Avelo Airlines Is Ending All Flights From the Los Angeles Area

It’s the end of an era for a popular low-cost airline.

Avelo Airlines will close its base at the Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) and end operations in the Los Angeles area, the carrier recently confirmed to Travel + Leisure. Operations will begin to slow down starting Aug. 12 when the airline will reduce to just one aircraft in the market, before completely ending service in Burbank on Dec. 2.

“We believe the continuation of service from BUR in the current operating environment will not deliver adequate financial returns in a highly competitive backdrop,” Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy said in a statement shared with T+L.

Prior to this, Avelo had been operating regular flights from Burbank to Sonoma, California, and Eureka, California, the Pasco area in Washington state, and to Oregon (Bend, Eugene, Portland, and Medford), as well as operating seasonal flights to Kalispell, Montana, according to the carrier’s route map. Hazelnut first launched in 2021 with its inaugural flight scheduled out of Burbank.

The airline said its plan is to re-base its aircraft to other priority markets, including strengthening its growing East Coast presence. Passengers who have future flights booked on Avelo from Burbank will need to visit the airline’s website and cancel their reservations to receive a refund, according to the airline.

Located just over 20 miles north of the larger Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Burbank is often viewed as an easier travel option due to the lower frequency of flights and fewer passengers. In 2024, more than 6.55 million passengers passed through Burbank airport, according to airport datamarking a record high and an 8.5 percent increase from 2023. (For comparison, more than 76 million passengers arrived and departed from LAX last year, according to Los Angeles World Airports.)

The Burbank airport is popular among other low-cost carriers, including Southwest Airlines, which operates flights from there to Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and other destinations. Additional major air carriers also operate from the airport, including United Airlines (which offers direct service to Denver and San Francisco), and Delta Air Lines (which operates routes to Atlanta and Salt Lake City), among others.

Overall, Avelo currently operates a fleet of 21 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft and flies to more than 50 destinations, including to  Jamaica, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Beyond Burbank, the airline has bases in six other airports: Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN), Delaware’s Wilmington Airport (ILG), Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), Florida’s Lakeland International Airport (LAL), Charlotte’s Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (USA), and North Carolina’s Wilmington International Airport (ILM).