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Avelo Ranks Top In On-Time Performance Of All Airlines In CT In 2024

Meanwhile, this month will be the airline's busiest ever since first taking flight in Connecticut 3 years ago at Tweed New Haven Airport.

The on-time performances rates and rankings are based on all flights operated by the 10 airlines serving Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and Southern Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN).
The on-time performances rates and rankings are based on all flights operated by the 10 airlines serving Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and Southern Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN). (Ellyn Santiago/Patch)

From Avelo Airlines:

NEW HAVEN and HARTFORD, CT — Avelo Airlines announced it is Connecticut’s most reliable airline heading into the busy December holiday travel season.

Year-to-date, January through November, Avelo ranked #1 in on-time performance with 84.45% of the airline’s flights arriving at their destinations within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time, per the Department of Transportation’s standard metric for reporting on-time performance in the U.S. airline industry known as A14.

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The on-time performances rates and rankings are based on all flights operated by the 10 airlines serving Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and Southern Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN).

In 2024 year-to-date on-time performance, the airline outranks Delta, American, JetBlue, United, Spirit, Southwest, Breeze and Frontier, the airline notes.

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Avelo and Breeze, which ranked 1st and 9th respectively in on-time performance, are the only two airlines operating at HVN. Avelo debuted at HVN in November 2021 and Breeze introduced service at HVN earlier this month. Both carriers also operate at BDL, along with American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country and United. Avelo inaugurated service at BDL in November 2024.

Avelo also ranked #1 in on-time performance for the entire U.S. for the first 11 months of 2024. Avelo’s 85.2% on-time arrival rate outperformed all other U.S carriers.

Both the Connecticut and national on-time performance results and rankings are provided by Anuvu, a leading third-party aviation data services company also utilized by The Wall Street Journal for the publication’s annual airline ranking. Anuvu’s complete industry results and rankings are available at AveloAir.com.

Meanwhile, Avelo expects to fly 135,000 Customers at HVN and BDL this month. December will be the airline’s busiest December — and busiest month ever — since taking flight in Connecticut three years ago. During the peak holiday travel period (December 20 through January 5), Avelo expects to carry nearly 90,000 Customers.

Since taking flight in Connecticut three years ago, Avelo has flown more than 2.8 million Customers on over 20,000 flights.

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