Avelo will suspend service to one of the airports it first served when launching flights in 2021. The airline is also cutting a handful of routes as it continues to refocus its operational strategy on the East Coast.
In a statement Monday, Avelo CEO Andrew Levy said the ultra-low-cost carrier’s base in Burbank, California, will close by Dec. 2, 2025. The airline’s first-ever flight was between Burbank and Santa Rosa in April 2021.
“This was not an easy decision,” Levy stated. “Our company’s deepest operational roots are in BUR, having launched our first flight there over four years ago during the COVID pandemic.”
He added that the current service to Burbank “will not deliver adequate financial returns in a highly competitive backdrop.” The airline will reduce service to the Southern California airport on Aug. 12 to just one aircraft.
“We intend to redeploy these BUR aircraft to business areas where we see more efficient longer-term growth prospects, while also building depth and breadth to our East Coast operation,” he continued.
Levy said employees at the carrier’s Burbank base will be offered transfers to other parts of the airline’s network.
Route Cuts
According to Ishrion Aviation on X, Avelo will exit three stations and cut seven West Coast routes in mid-August.
These include flights between Salem, Oregon, Burbank, and Las Vegas; Santa Rosa, California, to Las Vegas, Burbank, Redmond, Oregon, and Kalispell, Montana; and Las Vegas to Redmond.
The airline will no longer regularly serve Salem, Las Vegas, or Santa Rosa as part of these network changes.
