Budget Airline Begins Deportation Flights For ICE

The Associated Press reports:

A budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants.

Avelo Airlines announced in April it had signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to make charter deportation flights from Mesa Gateway Airport outside Phoenix. It said it will use three Boeing 737-800 planes for the flights.

The Houston-based airline is among a host of companies seeking to cash in on President Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations. Avelo did not grant an interview request from The Associated Press. Financial and other details of the Avelo agreement — including destinations of the deportation flights — haven’t publicly surfaced.

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