Avelo Adds Tweed Flights For 1st Puerto Rican Day Parade In San Juan

NEW HAVEN, CT —To celebrate JUNTE Boricua, a tourism initiative in Puerto Rico, and the first-ever Puerto Rican Day Parade in San Juan on May 18, Avelo Airlines added two nonstop flights from Tweed New Haven Airport to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.

JUNTE Boricua is focused on connecting the Puerto Rican community in the states with the island, it's noted in a news release. Organizers and members of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican parades and festivals plan to participate in the opening weekend, Avelo noted. "While the initiative is geared at increasing tourism on the island, there is exciting potential here for a mutually beneficial partnership between the initiative and Connecticut," an Avelo spokesperson said.

Puerto Ricans United and Puerto Rican Festival of New Haven President Joe Rodriquez thanked the airline.

"On behalf of so many Puerto Ricans in Connecticut who plan to attend the first-ever Puerto Rican Day Parade in San Juan," he said, "I want to thank Avelo for this exciting announcement."

Regularly scheduled twice-weekly Avelo flights to San Juan began last November. The airline noted in a news release that it has flown more than 13,000 people on the route since.

"Avelo is honored to add these flights to support the Puerto Rican community across the state who hope to attend the kick-off of JUNTE Boricua festivities in San Juan, including the first-ever Puerto Rican Day Parade," Avelo Airlines Chairman and CEO Andrew Levy said. "Connecticut’s Puerto Rican community members approached Avelo to add the additional flights, and we were more than happy to help."

The additional flights between New Haven and San Juan are May 16 and May 20. Fares start at $100. Customers can make reservations at AveloAir.com.

Editor's travel log to San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aboard an Avelo Airlines flight out of Tweed New Haven Airport in 2023, with many of the passengers Puerto Ricans who live in Connecticut, the four-hour air voyage was lively and joyous.

Arriving in Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, a town that's part of metro San Juan.

For the inaugural flight from New Haven to San Juan, passengers were greeted with musicians.

In Viejo San Juan (Old San Juan), cobblestone streets are lined with a rainbow of brightly painted houses.

Architecture dates to the 16th century and includes San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal fortresses and the old city walls.

In towns including Santurce, Loíza, going further east towards Fajardo and Luquillo heading to El Yunque National Forest, beaches beacon.