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Travel Weekly
21 hours ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Breeze Airways will now be bookable via Travelport
Breeze Airways and Travelport have signed a long-term content agreement, the low-cost carrier's second GDS partnership. Breeze content is now available through Travelport's API, Smartpoint and Smartpoint Cloud. Travelport-connected agencies can access fares and ancillaries, including baggage options, seat selection and WiFi. "This partnership with Travelport will help make Breeze's fares and unique nonstop network more accessible for agencies and travelers," said Eric Walters, Breeze Airways' director of pricing, revenue management, distribution and sales. "We're all about making travel more convenient, accessible and affordable, and Travelport will only help further that goal." Breeze initially sold only through its own website and app, but last year it expanded to OTA distribution and corporate travel agencies. It entered a distribution agreement with Amadeus earlier this year. Just this week, Breeze announced plans to fly from Burbank, Calif., just as Avelo said it would exit that market.
Toronto Star
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Faux? Sure! This Toronto company makes plant-based proteins that look, cook and taste (almost) like the real thing
Toronto is a pretty good place to be a vegan. There's excellent plant-based restaurants (Gia, Planta, Avelo), bakeries (Bad Attitude) and delis (Aunty Em's). Honey's, arguably the most delicious dairy-free ice cream ever scooped, is made here, and the city's even the birthplace of Vegandale, North America's largest vegan festival.
Travel Weekly
3 days ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Avelo Airlines will cease West Coast operations
Discount carrier Avelo Airlines will close its lone western base in Burbank, Calif., and halt West Coast operations. Avelo will further focus efforts on the East Coast, where its six remaining bases are located. Avelo said the current operating environment "will not deliver adequate financial returns in a highly competitive backdrop." "Despite the investment of significant time, resources and efforts, our West Coast operations have not produced the results necessary to continue our presence there," the airline said. The move out of Burbank is especially significant for Avelo, since it made the Los Angeles-area airport its initial operational base when launching service in April 2021. Avelo operated as many as 14 routes from Burbank and reached its frequency peak there in July 2024 with 190 departures, according to Cirium. This month, the airline is flying to eight destinations from Burbank: Eureka and Santa Rosa in California; Eugene, Medford, Bend and Salem in Oregon; Kalispell, Montana; and Pasco, Washington. Avelo also flies a Burbank-based aircraft between Las Vegas and Santa Rosa. The airline said it will reduce its Burbank flying from two aircraft to one on Aug. 12 before closing the base entirely on Dec. 2. The Las Vegas, Salem, Santa Rosa and Kalispell routes will end in August, followed by the remainder on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Avelo's largest base is in New Haven, Conn. The carrier also maintains bases in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Lakeland, Fla., Wilmington, Del.; Wilmington, N.C.; and Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, near Charlotte.
Time Out
3 days ago
- Business
- Time Out
One of California's go-to budget airlines is ceasing its West Coast operations
California's skies are about to get a little less budget-friendly. Avelo Airlines, the ultra-low-cost carrier that made Hollywood Burbank Airport its West Coast home base, has announced it's packing up and pulling out—completely. On Monday, Avelo confirmed it will cease all West Coast operations by Dec. 2, 2025, ending a four-year run that made the airline a favorite for no-frills fliers hopping between SoCal, NorCal, Oregon and beyond. Once heralded as a post-pandemic disruptor, Avelo's California debut was bold, launching amid COVID-era uncertainty in 2021 with cut-rate fares and routes to underserved airports. At its peak, Burbank was Avelo's crown jewel, accounting for nearly a third of the airline's passengers. It even flew its one-millionth guest out of BUR in 2023. But as competition tightened and operational costs rose, the airline's West Coast strategy no longer made sense, said CEO Andrew Levy. 'We believe the continuation of service from [Hollywood Burbank Airport] in the current operating environment will not deliver adequate financial returns in a highly competitive backdrop,' Levy told KTLA, noting that Avelo will instead focus on 'more efficient longer-term growth' back East. The drawdown begins immediately: Burbank will go from a mini-fleet to a solo aircraft by mid-August before disappearing from Avelo's map entirely this winter. The airline's California-based employees have been offered the chance to relocate to one of Avelo's eight other bases, including Hartford, Charlotte and Wilmington (Delaware, not North Carolina), all firmly planted east of the Mississippi. Passengers with upcoming bookings can cancel online for a refund. Though some observers have linked the West Coast retreat to recent backlash over Avelo's controversial ICE deportation charter program (operated out of Arizona, not California), the airline insists the decision was purely financial. Still, the news will sting for budget-minded travelers who once praised Avelo for bringing back some of the simplicity—and affordability—of flying short-haul in California.
The Hill
4 days ago
- Business
- The Hill
Low-cost airline shutting down entire West Coast operations
(KTLA) – One of Hollywood Burbank Airport's major airline partners is set for departure. On Monday, budget airline Avelo announced it would be shuttering its Southern California base, moving its planes to various hubs across the country and offering its California-based staff the opportunity to transfer elsewhere. For more than four years, Avelo has been operating out of the Burbank airport, establishing it as its West Coast base. The airline launched under its current brand name during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, a move that was deemed risky at the time by some industry analysts. The ultra-low-cost carrier quickly expanded operations in Burbank, adding flights to various parts of Northern California, Oregon and, briefly, Montana. In 2023, the airline celebrated flying its 1 millionth passenger, and even described its Burbank flights as being among its most successful offerings, accounting for one-third of its total customers at the time. But airline officials say the company has been hit hard with new financial challenges that have made it increasingly difficult to provide service to its West Coast destinations. On Monday, CEO Andrew Levy confirmed that Avelo would be reducing its number of planes flying out of Los Angeles County to one by mid-August, before shutting the base down entirely on Dec. 2, 2025. That closure will coincide with Avelo ceasing all West Coast operations, company officials confirmed. Levy described the decision as a difficult one, adding that there's no singular reason for Avelo ceasing operations with one of its longest airport partners. 'We believe the continuation of service from [Hollywood Burbank Airport] in the current operating environment will not deliver adequate financial returns in a highly competitive backdrop,' he said. Avelo will relocate its current Burbank fleet to different locations where Levy says the company sees more 'efficient longer-term growth prospects,' as it attempts to build out its East Coast operation. All California-based employees will be given the opportunity to transfer to another Avelo base, Levy said, all of which are on the Eastern Seaboard, including Hartford, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Wilmington, Delaware. Passengers with existing flights can cancel their trips online and receive a refund. India orders airlines to inspect certain Boeing models after Air India crash In addition to flying ticket-purchasing passengers out of Los Angeles County, Avelo also received backlash and calls for boycott after it was announced that the airline had partnered with the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide charter flights to assist with its deportation efforts. Those flights were specifically operated out of the Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona, but a push for a company boycott was widespread on social media. A spokesperson for the company denied that the decision to close its Burbank base was related to its charter program in Arizona, and said the company had invested 'significant time, resources and efforts' that have not produced 'results necessary' to continue its West Coast presence.
