Avelo Airlines Cuts Ties With ICE, Ends Deportation Flights and Closes Mesa Base by Jan. 27

Avelo Airlines has confirmed it will end its controversial deportation flights for ICE and restructure its operations, closing key bases and refocusing its route network. The announcement matters now because the move marks a major reversal for the budget carrier just months after it entered federal deportation work.

The decision follows protests, boycott…