Avelo Airlines cancels more flights at RDU as part of national reorganization
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- Avelo cancels RDU nonstop routes to Albany, Grand Rapids and Punta Cana.
- Company ends RDU base and crew assignments.
- Despite cuts, Avelo carried 235,132 RDU passengers through Nov., up 7%.
Avelo Airlines is ending flights to several destinations from the Triangle as part of a wider effort to streamline its network.
The low-cost carrier will no longer fly nonstop from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Albany, New York, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Avelo had previously canceled service to Fort Myers, Florida, Manchester, New Hampshire, Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Wilmington, Delaware.
Customers booked on the newly canceled flights were contacted by email and text Wednesday morning, said company spokeswoman Courtney Goff.
The changes leave Avelo with nonstop flights to only two destinations from RDU: New Haven, Connecticut, and Rochester, New York.
The airline will also no longer base a plane and crews at RDU. As part of a reorganization announced Tuesday, Avelo said it would close bases at RDU, Mesa, Arizona, and Wilmington, North Carolina. It will concentrate its operations at five other bases, including one at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport near Charlotte.
Avelo made its debut at RDU in May 2022 with flights to its East Coast base in New Haven. Less than a year later, it began flying between RDU and six cities in Florida.
The start-up company specialized in routes not served by other airlines. But it eventually found itself going head-to-head with other carriers at RDU, particularly another start-up, Breeze Airways. Both Avelo and Breeze fly from the Triangle to New Haven and Rochester.
Despite the earlier cutbacks, Avelo’s business had grown at RDU in 2025. Through November, the airline carried 235,132 passengers to and from the Triangle, a 7% increase over the same period in 2024.
