Avelo Airlines

Avelo Airlines is a “super” low cost carrier, with flights linking smaller-used airports near larger communities with 2-5 flights a week.   They operate a fleet of Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft but in a very minimalistic configuration and very few comfort options for customers.   But, they let you skip the major busy airports/hubs and run on-time.

We give them 3 stars because our flights were on time, they got us between Wilmington, DE & Ft Lauderdale on time and just fine – and we got to avoid Philly AND other airine hubs.   We were surprised that the airline doesn’t even offer ICE onboard – just very small portions of water.   Its very much bare-bones flying.   Avelo is cheap but we’d probably avoid them for flights over 3 hours.   As long as you know what you are getting into, Avelo does the job.

As you could guess from the photos, the legroom is a bit tight on Avelo.   Also there’s NO inflight service at all – no ice, no sodas, no food – not even for sale.  Anything you want to consume on the flight you’ll need to bring on board.  The FAs are there for your safety and 2 or 3 garbage runs.   There’s also no inflight wifi, movies, no power ports, and no inflight reading material outside of the safety card.

 

For seating, you are assigned a seat at check-in if you did NOT pre-purchase one.   The seat fees area fairly reasonable on Avelo compared to other airlines.  While there’s no inflight entertainment, the seats look like they could fit a screen or two.  But sadly, nothing will fit there, and no clamps or ways to hold a tablet in its place.  

 

The exit row is nice, however the seat cushion is very small and there’s a recline ability (yay), however its a small knob between the seats and will protrude into your thigh.   We did try sitting in a regular row and while it was tight, its bearable for a few hours, especially if it means overflying a hub & flying nonstop.

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