WILMINGTON, Del.- Avelo Airlines' first flight from Wilmington Puerto Rico took off Wednesday.
San Juan is Avelo’s first destination outside the continental United States and Avelo is the first airline to offer nonstop flights beyond the continental United States at Wilmington's ILG Airport.
Since taking flight at ILG in February, Avelo has flown more than 200,000 customers – more than doubling the prior record number of annual travelers at ILG set in 2014. Avelo has also achieved year-to-date on-time performance rate at ILG of 81% and a flight cancellation rate of 0.4%.
"Today’s inaugural flight to San Juan is the latest example of the smooth and seamless travel experience Avelo is bringing to the four-state Delaware Valley region," said Avelo Airlines Founder, Chairman and CEO Andrew Levy. "With the second-largest Puerto Rican community in the continental U.S., Avelo is making it easier than ever for friends and family to reconnect on both ends of this exciting new Caribbean route, while offering the most convenient way for vacationers to enjoy the sun, culture, beaches of this tropical paradise.”
Avelo operates this route twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It tripled its service earlier this year, and flies to the Southern United States, with most of its Wilmington flights headed to Florida.