US ultra low cost carrier Avelo Airlines is expanding its business model, with a new kind of charter flying.
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Reading the linked story about how crew work these flights, I don't know why the airline (and government) even goes through the pretense of having flight attendants. If these are prisoner transport flights, it's not like these are normal passengers with the same ability to move around/follow directions. And the door-operating role of the flight attendant can be learned in what, maybe 15 minutes? Just get rid of the requirement.
Basing aircraft purely for deportation is both a depressing thought but shows you how woefully inefficient and expensive the cost of each individual's flight must be
The real immorality was a wide open southern border.
Human trafficking (includingchildren), sexual exploitation, extortion and drug running were all directly related.
It's a problem that was easily avoidable.
Just because something is difficult and/or expensive doesn't mean it isn't necessary.
People need jobs right now. Nothing depressing about taking this gig if that's what you want.
Another corporate example in the conga line of sycophants succumbing to the deplorable and unethical to appease Orange Putin and Elonia.
Shame on Avelo.
I will not ever fly Avelo. The lack of a moral compass at this airline is disgusting - participating in deportation flights which bypass due process and that judges have ruled are illegal defies explanation. Avelo is partnering with Fascism.
That Avelo's leadership team thinks this is a good idea suggests a very stupid, cruel and arrogant group of folks at the top - read the room, guys. Jesus Christ.
Hallelujah praise the Lord; hopefully he tanks our population of illegals as quickly as he is tanking our economy!
You mean it’s cheaper to continue letting violent criminals get free housing, medical care, phones, internet, and schooling for their kids to the tune of $80,000 a year per illegal? Thats pretty inefficient and expensive.
God, the absolute way that brains like David Arnett's have been liquified by a diet of conservative propaganda is so embarrassing
ICE is Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Not Immigration Control and Enforcement.
I have no issue with the deportation of convicted criminals (murder, robbery, rape, etc). I would think the majority of those illegally in the U.S. simply want to work. And that is where a solution is needed.
An easy solution, which neither political party has addressed while president, is to pass a law allowing for a new class of non-immigrant visa, a casual work visa. A visa specifically for those from the western hemisphere allowing them to work in the U.S. in any job that does not require a license or covered by an existing non-immigrant visa. This visa would cover casual labor such as construction labor, restaurant work, working at a department store, clerical/office, etc.
1) Must be renewed every three years. Run fingerprints to ensure no criminal convictions and bring 1040s and W-2s to show employment.
2) Can attend university, college, or trade schools, without needing a student visa. (As long as they are working to support themselves and cannot receive any Federal grants or loans).
3)They would not be entitled to any Federal benefits except unemployment compensation (employers pay into the fund based on employee salaries).
4) If they graduate with a bachelor degree and are hired by an employer, they would receive a three year work authorization for a job within the scope of their degree.
5) At the end of the three year work authorization the employer can, if they so choose, sponsor them for an employer based immigrant visa (Green Card).
This would allow for law abiding workers to pay taxes, work their way through college, and earn a green card.
Could someone point out at least one "ultra low fare" of that or any other company that classiffies themself as ultra low cost? Or low cost airline?
LCC means low comfort, ULCC means ultra low comfort.
My favorite airline hands down is Omni Air International, most useful aitline ever.
How about the moral compass of NOT illegally entering a country without a visa?
This might be United's backup plan this summer too, when the recession craters demand and they can't economically fly to Greenland or Adelaide or Ulaanbaatar anymore.
There are multiple cases of innocent people being caught up in this and being deported and held in this max security jail in El Salvador.
This is in addition to Trump crashing the global economy. Trump and Vance should be on the next flight to The Hague.
The Trump administration has screwed up on a few individuals by deporting legal residents without due process. That is unacceptable and there should be consequences for those involved when that occurs. Despite those intolerable mistakes, virtually all of the forced deportations have been of those in the country illegally who have a criminal record and/or a pending deportation order. Deportations of these individuals is just and companies that assist the government in this process should be commended.
so what happens to those innocent ones caught up ??? f.. all it seems as the attitude of that US government is .. well it is only a few they can rot there.
Following the money, during the Biden admin Avelo was flying illegals on behalf of the federal government from border towns into the interior of the US.
They are brought back. You can count on one hand how many "Innocents" have been deported.
As usual people are hysterical and moronic. Illegal immigration is illegal. There's a right and wrong way to claim asylum. Notice I don't see anyone here offering to pay for these people.
This is a business decision. It's probably pretty lucrative. Grow up.
LCC - Low Cost Carrier - refers to the operating model of the airline itself, *not* to the fares.
Where the U.S. leads others are sure to follow, for good or bad, for better or for worse that is the question?
Every government of every country has a duty of care towards their legitimate citizens, many forget that fact in favour of the concept of the human rights of illegal immigrants.
Yep. But don't forget Mercedes Benz, IBM, Gaggenau, Bosch, BMW and countless others. Even Ford can make that list. Bumbling Bee must have a very short list of acceptable vendors.
An interesting scenario, however, the danger is that there are those who will scream “Slave labour”.
Furthermore, there are those nonsensical legal beagles who would just love to challenge such a government decision, so that their services are paid for by the taxpayers.
Clearly BB, because people like you will not fly with Avelo, the airline has to make money from somewhere …. do you have a better suggestion?
The fascist regime in the USA is also deporting asylum seekers to the gulag in El Salvador. Have you read about Andry Romero ?
Trump is a mendacious narcissistic sociopathic troglodyte as is everyone who supports him. He’s just threatened China with 50% more tariffs. The USA imports $500 billion from China.
Boycott everything American. The rest of the world should sign new trade deals with other countries ensuring the US is excluded.
Provide evidence they’ve been brought back as it’s not true. There are also more than you may believe. Germany 1934. Republican Party = Nazis.
This would take a functional congress that actually passes thoughtful, comprehensive laws…
Avelo can choose to make money on the misfortunes of others and I can choose to NEVER give a dime to Avelo. Watching the cases of people who are erroneously deported and then watching our government refuse to bring them home while flipped the middle finger to the judiciary is a road too far for me. If the US government and, by extension its contractors, choose to deport undocumented immigrants, so be it. But, if you make a mistake and deport someone who wasn;t supposed to be deported have the decency and humanity to bring them back.
Sorry, AndyS, look at the news today: "Trump asks Supreme Court to block order requiring US to bring back man mistakenly deported to El Salvador"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/politics/supreme-court-el-salvador-abrego-garcia/index.html
NCLawyer, would you consider the thousands that have been deported with pending asylum cases to be wrongful too?
The only way to address the wrongful deportations is through due process for everyone. Individuals must be provided counsel and a chance to plead their case in front of a judge. Once it has been proven that the individual is in the country illegally, then you can deport them.
>There's a right and wrong way to claim asylum
In order to claim asylum, you must be physically present in the US or at a port of entry. Trump then barred asylum seekers from applying at a port of entry. So if you cannot get a visa to enter the US, your only alternative for seeking asylum is to illegally cross the border. It's a manufactured problem of Trump's own making. Biden reversed this, allowing asylum claims at ports of entry and registration via the CBP One app, while barring those who crossed the border illegally from claiming asylum. This both cut down on illegal crossings and increased the number of people who played by the rules and went through the CBP app, which Trump shut down again once he was back in office. At the end of the day, the problem is our broken immigration system that's stuck in 1990s quotas and rules. Absent Congress reforming it, the illegal immigration problem will never change.
Personally, my stand is that if you are in the US and the government wants to deport you, the government must give you due process in a court of law. None of this shady BS Trump pulled, picking people up on suspicion alone and flying them to a supermax prison in a country they aren't from. That's literal human trafficking.
They're a bunch of bumbling idiots intentionally crashing our economy. They snuck hundreds of people out of the country to a supermax prison for cash payment, despite court orders to stop so that these people could receive the due process they are entitled to, and after being called on it they first claimed ignorance then said it was regrettable and refused to do anything about it, not even for the legitimate green card holders and asylum seekers. Responsibility is alien to these clowns.
The vast majority deported have already been been ordered to leave by the courts, overstayed their visas, or are not here lawfully. With regard to person you mentioned, the administration is appealing the ruling by the district court judge which is their right. We will see if the Supreme Court takes the case. You act as if most of the deportations have been American citizens. It is abit rich with your comment about his contempt for the judiciary when his opponents sought to use it play lawfare against him.
Ic, “Fascist regime”, “Gulag”, “Mendacious narcissistic sociopathic troglodyte” …. strong words rendered without meaningful context.
Most only have one personality Esk, however, you are quite the exception to the rule.
Yeah, not like Trump withheld Congressionally allocated aid to extort a foreign head of state, nor did he tell the GA Secretary of State to find him exactly the number of votes he needed to win the state in 2020, nor did he take top secret official documents home with him and store them in a bathroom, nor did he incite a mob to occupy the capitol and prevent the transfer of power. Oh wait, he did all those things and spineless Repubs in Congress are the sole reason he escaped the consequences of his actions. I would simply not have committed these crimes were I in his position, but I guess I'm just built different.
This is true but it’s not really about illegals. All illegals should be deported or worse. It’s tourists or people with visas that inadvertently have an issue who are then treated very poorly. It’s just like regular citizens and tourists who get abused by tsa and customs at the airport but illegals roamed free through the border and even received free housing, tuition, and benefits. Government is evil and unfortunately government is ensnaring tourists and visa holders who have a technical issue or where there was never a problem before with some minor past conviction. It’s not new. It happened under Biden, Trump the first time, and others. The agents have discretion not to detain people and to let people who have an issue immediately leave the country but they don’t use discretion. The Grump administration deserves blame for not clarifying to homeland security that tourists and visa holders should not be detained unlike illegals.
You have a very strange definition of "patriot."
I'd ordinarily associate patriotism with adherence to the law. Neither person you mentioned is doing this.
without the due process required by law we don't actually know these folks are criminals.
try to keep up.
Patriot means fighting for freedom whether speech or property rights. Slavery was the law for many years as was prohibition so equating patriot with the "law" mixes up the concepts entirely.
When Biden allowed millions of illegals to pour in against the law bringing crime, taking jobs, and taking tens of thousands a year in benefits, that’s the opposite of being a patriot.
Surprised you haven’t written an article yet on how much you hate Jews.
Maybe next week!
Avelo emailed me this morning that they are cancelling the flight I have booked with them in three weeks, presumably to free up planes for this. Now I have to scramble to find another flight while all the other airlines are selling tickets for 2x what they were a couple weeks ago when I booked.
I will never fly Avelo again. Seems like their values are more aligned with fascism than with customer service.
(Also, it's very funny that their website right now has a big display touting that they are "America's Most Reliable Airline" while showing Feb stats that rank them as #7 in on-time and #10 in flight cancellation.)
Disgusting. I cancelled my flight with this joke of a company. I'll never use them.
We all need to stop supporting any & all businesses who support our Convicted felon & adjudicated rapist president.
Good screw the left and anyone who supports the Democrats.
Hope we can report you next
Absolutely disgusting to agree to fly out immigrants! This is one of the worst customer relations issue you can have!