Avelo will launch its red-eye flights this week as the carrier continues to expand its network. The ultra-low-cost carrier is slated to operate up to 88 peak daily flights in July, according to Cirium Diio schedule data.
But at least one of those flights will operate during late-night hours. Avelo’s director of network planning, Mike Corcoran, told Air Service One that “we’re going to try our first scheduled service red-eye this summer.”
This route, according to Corcoran, will be from Avelo’s New Haven, Connecticut, base to San Juan, Puerto Rico. At 1,624 miles, this is also one of the airline’s longest scheduled routes.
Per Cirium’s data, these overnight flights are scheduled to launch on Thursday, departing New Haven at 8:59 p.m. before arriving in San Juan at 12:45 a.m. local time the next day.
The aircraft then departs San Juan at 2:42 a.m., and is scheduled to land back in New Haven at 6:45 a.m. local time.
This late-night flight will operate on Sundays and Thursdays through September.
“One of our standards is to ‘Keep it Simple,’” Corcoran told Air Service One. “Red-eyes would add crew and operational complexity to our network, but it’s not a hard-set rule to avoid them if there’s other benefit to be found. We’d certainly look to add red-eyes selectively if there’s reason to believe that it’s the best use of aircraft time without adding cost or operational risk.”
