Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Avelo Airlines, an ultra-low-cost airline, announced it will end its contract with the U.S. government to conduct deportation flights.
The airline had been flying deportees for the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security since May.
The company announced Tuesday that it's closing its Mesa, Ariz., operations, which is from where ICE flights depart, and it will lay off people based there.
It will also close its bases in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Wilmington, N.C. Avelo will continue serving Raleigh-Durham, N.C., from New Haven, Conn., and Rochester, N.Y. It will also continue serving Wilmington, N.C., from Nashville, Tenn.; New Haven, Conn.; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md.
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