Avelo Airlines launches at Concord Regional Airport

Shalaunda Bacon, Deirnesa Jefferson,

CONCORD, NC – Avelo Airlines opened its newest base of operations at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport Thursday.

The opening of Avelo’s base at includes positioning two aircraft, the addition of new destinations, and creating up to 50 new jobs.

The first flight took off at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

This is the airlines the base in North Carolina.

It also means some flight crews and aircraft will now be based out of Concord.

Avelo Airlines plans to open another base in Wilmington, North Carolina next month.