A low-cost airline that offers no food or in-flight Wi-Fi is offering cheap commercial flights this fall from Palm Beach County to North Carolina.
Avelo Airlines is selling one-way nonstop tickets from PBIA for $57 to Concord, N.C., for flights departing Oct. 23 and onward, and Wilmington, N.C., for flights scheduled for Nov. 20 and later. Each flight takes less than two hours one way.
No other airlines flying out of PBIA offer flights to Concord-Padgett Regional Airport or Wilmington International Airport as cheap as Avelo is, nonstop or not. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Spirit Airlines offers direct flights to Concord for $39.
More: Spirit offering cheap flights from Fort Lauderdale to Key West starting in November
What type of luggage does Avelo allow onboard?
Avelo passengers can bring one “personal item” onboard for free if it is smaller than 17 inches long, 13 inches tall and 9 inches wide. Carry-on bags and checked luggage cost extra. Bags weighing more than 50 pounds cost an additional $100 each. Booking or canceling not done online adds $25. Passengers who want to choose their own seats must pay extra.
Avelo helps with deportations to boost bottom line
Avelo signed a deal this year with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to carry out immigrant deportation flights under a charter agreement.
The deal “will provide us with the stability to continue expanding our core scheduled passenger service” and keep the airline’s 1,100-plus workers employed, CEO Andrew Levy said in April. Deportation flights have been departing since May 12 from Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona.
Launched in 2021, Avelo has struggled to turn a profit. The company lost nearly $37 million between July 2024 and March 2025, according to the latest financial data the airline is legally required to report to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Houston-based airline plans to end commercial flights in the western United States by the end of this year.
Local organization protests Avelo, calls for boycott
Anti-Trump group Palm Beach Indivisibles protests monthly at PBIA against Avelo for participating in the deportations of people accused of being in the United States illegally. The group says they have been denied their rights to a fair trial.
Palm Beach Indivisibles is calling for a boycott of Avelo. Anyone interested in learning more about the group and its events can go online to palmbeachindivisibles.com/contact or email pbindivisibles@gmail.com.
Anyone looking to book a flight on Avelo can go online to aveloair.com.
Chris Persaud covers transportation in Palm Beach County for The Palm Beach Post. Email news tips and article ideas to cpersaud@pbpost.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Avelo Airlines to offer cheap flights from Florida to North Carolina
