Several weeks ago, we learned how Houston-based ultra low cost carrier Avelo Airlines would get into the deportation flight business. With this project, we’re seeing the airline base three Boeing 737s at Arizona’s Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA), with flights having started as of the middle of May. Anyway, here’s an interesting update regarding this.
Avelo repainted 737s used for deportation flights
Bluesky user jjindc flags something interesting, that I hadn’t noticed before. It would appear that Avelo has repainted the Boeing 737s that it’s using for its deportation flights. Specifically, the planes have been repainted in an all-white livery, so that you wouldn’t even know that they’re in any way associated with the airline.
For example, below is the plane with the registration code N804VL. Aside from the registration code, you’d have absolutely no clue which airline this plane is associated with. It would appear that this work happened in Dothan, Alabama (DHN), as the plane spent around a week there prior to positioning to Mesa.
For those curious, the other planes that are part of this project have the registration codes N801XT and N805VL.
What can we make of these planes being repainted?
One might assume this repainting aircraft is just standard procedure for these kinds of projects, but it’s really not. The government certainly doesn’t care one way or another, so it’s up to the airline how it wants to handle that…