Boycotting Avelo Airlines? Here’s How to Make Your Voice Heard

If you're boycotting Avelo Airlines due to their contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to operate deportation flights, you're not alone. Many travelers are shocked to learn that Avelo has partnered with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assist in immigration-related removals. If this contract scares the heck out of you/pisses you off/makes you want to shake your fist at a cloud, here’s how to speak up—and help others do the same.

Even if you don’t personally fly Avelo, please share this information with friends, family, and your social media. People have been holding protests at airport for weeks; let's keep the momentum going!

AVELO AIRLINES LEADERSHIP CONTACTS

• Andrew Levy, CEO: alevy@aveloair.com

• Blaine Nicholas, VP of Airports & Customer Support: bnicholas@aveloair.com

[Edited to add I also sent letters to the heads of the two regional airports I used to fly into with Avelo...and heard back from one of them, who let me know another small airline would soon be covering that same route! Thank goodness, as I just had to book the most ridiculous flight to get where I need to be without Avelo.]

EMAIL TEMPLATE TO PROTEST AVELO'S ICE DEPORTATION FLIGHTS

The email I sent; feel free to steal as needed:

Dear Mr. Levy and Mr. Nicholas,

We were so excited when you started your [city]>[city] route. My family flies to [state] multiple times per year, and sometimes friends fly to visit us there as well. This new route was so much more convenient than flying into [city]!

Sad to say, this past week we took our final flight on Avelo. We just can't support an airline that will be helping the current administration deport people without due process, flout birthright citizenship, and even break up families just to prove a point.

We enjoyed your fast flights and kind employees and are sorry to go...but we're happy to suffer a minor inconvenience to avoid supporting authoritarianism in the U.S.

Thanks for listening,

If this email is too mild to express what you're really thinking, write your own letter and sprinkle it with these words and phrases, from least to most angry:

• unconscionable

• unbelievable

• poor business practice

• horrifying

• unconstitutional

• pitiful

• disgusting

• criminal

• losers

• jagoffs

• buh-bye, assholes

• see ya, shitbags

• fuck you and your airline

• burn in hell

WHY IT MATTERS

Avelo Airlines is helping carry out immigration deportations that are unethical and politically motivated. By participating in these deportation flights, Avelo is aligning itself with policies that undermine our rights. Boycotting Avelo and contacting its leadership directly are small but powerful actions we can take to push back.

Don’t stay quiet. Forward this blog post, post it on social media, and most important—let Avelo Airlines know what you think.

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