Avelo Airlines Grows to 15 Aircraft, Serves 34 Destinations

Avelo Airlines marked five years since its April 28, 2021 launch with a fleet of 15 aircraft serving 34 destinations, a sharp jump from three aircraft at startup. The carrier now runs nearly 60 routes across 14 states and Puerto Rico, giving travelers more nonstop options than it had when it began with 11 West Coast destinations.

9.3 million customers and more than 74,000 flights since inception give the scale behind that expansion. For passengers, the practical result is a larger leisure network anchored by a base model, with aircraft and crews stationed at specific regional airports rather than spread thin across a single hub.

Avelo’s 34-Destination Network

34 destinations now sit inside Avelo’s network as the airline moves beyond its original West Coast footprint. The growth spans 14 states and Puerto Rico, and the company said it now employs over 1,000 crew members, a staffing level that matches a carrier operating far beyond startup size.

0.13% was Avelo’s cancellation rate in 2025, and 79.95% of flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule under the DOT’s A14 standard. Those figures placed the airline in the top three for both on-time performance and cancellation rate last year, giving travelers a concrete read on how the expanded schedule has performed.

McKinney Becomes Fifth Base

Two months is the window Avelo gave for adding Cleveland and Indianapolis, while later this year it expects to open its first Texas base at McKinney National Airport. That airport would become the airline’s fifth base, joining New Haven, Wilmington, Lakeland and Concord.

15 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft currently make up the fleet, but Andrew Levy said the Embraer E195-E2 will eventually complement and then replace parts of the airline’s 737-800 fleet. reported last year that Avelo ordered 50 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft with purchase rights for another 50, and Levy said the E2 will enable service to airports with shorter runways.

Fleet Changes Through 2026

Two additional aircraft deliveries are expected by the end of 2026, which keeps the fleet transition in motion while the route map keeps widening. Avelo also said it achieved a Net Promoter Score of 51 in 2025 and launched the Avelo PLUS membership program last fall, signaling that the airline is pushing both scale and repeat business at the same time.