Avelo Airlines, the carrier founded in 2021 by former Allegiant Air President Andrew Levy, has opened flights from Houston, where it is headquartered, for the first time.
Avelo launched service in April 2021 with U.S. West Coast flights from Hollywood Burbank Airport in southern California, and in November 2021 added East Coast service from Tweed–New Haven Airport (HVN) in southern Connecticut. But despite expanding its network to 53 U.S. airports, including six bases, the airline had not flown from Houston, where the carrier’s business operations are based.
Avelo opened service on June 14 between Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) and HVN, marking its first flight from the Texas city. The route, to be operated 2X-weekly on Mondays and Fridays, is exclusive to Avelo.
HVN is Avelo’s largest operating base, now with 26 routes served from the airport.
“The route's inauguration underscores the strategic significance of both Houston and New Haven within Avelo Airlines' extensive network,” the airline said in a statement.
Avelo currently bases around 230 employees in Houston.
The launching of the HOU-HVN route “marks a significant milestone as we inaugurate Avelo's first flight from our home city of Houston,” CEO Levy said. “This route will also connect our airline's national [headquarters] with the largest of our six bases. Avelo will be the only airline connecting Houston and Connecticut.”
HVN sits roughly 60 mi. south of Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport, which serves Hartford, and 80 mi. northeast of New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports.
HOU is one of four new routes Avelo has just launched from HVN. The other services are to Lakeland, Florida (2X weekly); St. Louis (2X–weekly); and Traverse City, Michigan (1X–weekly).
The airline operates a fleet of 16 leased Boeing 737NGs, with five more leased 737NGs, sourced from Brazil's GOL Linhas Aereas, expected to be added by the first quarter of 2025.
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