AVELO’S ICE DEPORTATION FLIGHTS UNDER FIRE — Activists Urge Dems To Cut Subsidies, Tax Breaks And Airport Leases

Activists and local officials are campaigning to withdraw public subsidies, fuel tax exemptions, and airport leases that have supported Avelo Airlines after the carrier began flying deportation charters for ICE. Municipal actions in New Haven and policy proposals in states like New York and Delaware show a coordinated, emerging tactic to use subsidy withdrawal as leverage; responses from governors and airport authorities have been mixed. Organizers say these incentives can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a financially strained carrier and could materially affect Avelo if replicated.