Budget Airline Cancels Its Deportation
Contract With ICE, Citing ‘Political Controversy’
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 1/8/2026 12:02:11 PM
The low-cost Avelo Airlines has cancelled its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Less than a year after signing a deal to carry out deportation flights for ICE, the airline will close its base in Mesa, Arizona later this month. “The program provided short-term benefits but ultimately did not deliver enough consistent and predictable revenue to overcome its operational complexity and costs,” a company spokesperson said. Meanwhile, CEO Andrew Levy cited “political controversy” as their reason for canceling the contract. "We moved a portion of our fleet into a government program which promised more financial stability but placed us in the center of a political controversy,” he wrote.
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