{"id":40019,"date":"2023-12-13T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=40019"},"modified":"2023-12-13T17:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:51:15","slug":"is-avelo-airlines-coming-to-lakeland-linder-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/12\/13\/is-avelo-airlines-coming-to-lakeland-linder-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Avelo Airlines coming to Lakeland Linder Airport?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lakeland Linder International Airport officials hope to offer commercial passenger flights operated by Avelo Airlines <\/a>by the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lakeland commissioners will be asked to approve an operating agreement between the ultra-low-cost carrier and Lakeland Linder at their Dec. 18 meeting. If approved, it would be the first commercial airline to operate out of the municipal-owned airport in over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our airport has been waiting for a long time to welcome air service back to Lakeland,” Airport Director Kris Hallstrand said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Avelo, which is pronounced so it rhymes with yellow, is a low-cost carrier based out of Houston that launched during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2021. It has rapidly grown to serve more than 40 U.S. destinations and recently launched its first international flights to Puerto Rico, as reported by Forbes.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hallstrand said the carrier primarily focuses on providing flights to secondary markets, or smaller urban cities. Some of its main hubs are in Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Burbank Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We think this is a great opportunity for our community and for the airport to be able to provide service to some of our folks in the local area,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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