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by ISL 177 days ago
Avelo assists ICE daily with deporting people from the United States:

https://bsky.app/profile/jjindc.bsky.social/search?q=avelo
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mattmaroon 177 days ago
Can’t load that but don’t they all? I can’t imagine any airline telling the federal government no.
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ISL 175 days ago
It is likely that many airlines accommodate people who are being deported as regular passengers on outbound international flights.

For movement of humans at industrial scale, though, there are only a few operators with ICE contracts. Avelo, GlobalX, Eastern, Key Lime Air, and Omni come immediately to mind. For international flights, there's at least one Learjet operator that flies a bunch for them, too.

These days, the aforementioned carriers fly 20-30 flights/day. Here are Saturday's flights (apologies for the sign-in wall, but lalabote keeps their account somewhat locked down): https://bsky.app/profile/lalabote.bsky.social/post/3mai6lach...

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apical_dendrite 177 days ago
I think Avelo is the only airline that participates. The rest are charter companies.
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ISL 175 days ago
Key Lime Air operates daily airline flights as Denver Air Connection in addition to their charter work for ICE and others.
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Scoundreller 177 days ago
> Search is currently unavailable when logged out

Can you hook us up with some deep links?

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ISL 175 days ago
Whoops -- was away from HN for a few days.

Here is JJ's account -- he is a prolific flight-tracker: https://bsky.app/profile/jjindc.bsky.social

Here is an Avelo flight moving through California right now: https://bsky.app/profile/jjindc.bsky.social/post/3malkyew432...

Here is an Avelo flight on the ground in Seattle on Saturday: https://bsky.app/profile/jjindc.bsky.social/post/3magxcnri32...

Avelo flies a number of flights each week for ICE.

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