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ICE deportation flights escalate at Boeing Field, drawing scrutiny and outcry
BOEING FIELD (KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT), NEAR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, JUL 15 – Avelo Airlines cuts nearly 10% of its schedule on the West Coast amid rising Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights and activist-led boycotts, CEO said.
- La Resistencia released a report on July 2025 revealing a sharp rise in ICE deportation flights at King County International Airport, with over 42 flights and more than 1,300 detainees transported.
- The increased flights follow King County's failed 2018 executive order aimed to block ICE flights, overturned by federal courts, and a 2023 order mandating greater transparency around ICE operations.
- La Resistencia and volunteers documented detainees shackled with wrist, waist, and ankle chains, using the restraint device The Wrap, and noted unreliable airport transparency and missing flight data in logs.
- Avelo Airlines, which started providing charter flights for ICE earlier this year and operates most Seattle-bound ICE routes, announced it will cease all West Coast activities by December due to financial difficulties and a competitive market.
- The report calls for King County and private contractors like Avelo to enforce transparency mandates and end ICE-related charters, highlighting that this deportation program is the largest mass transport of chained people since the slave trade.
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Popular budget airline pulls out of west coast with all routes & flights
GettyBURBANK, CALIFORNIA – JULY 25: A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport above other Southwest planes and an Avelo plane on July 25, 2024 in Burbank, California. Southwest Airlines has announced it will discontinue its 50 year policy of open seating and will assign seats including premium seating in an effort to […][/caption] A POPULAR budget airline has completely pulled out of the American West Coast with all rou…
Struggling Avelo to end all West Coast flights - The Points Guy
Beleaguered Avelo Airlines will close its West Coast operation and exit 10 cities by December as it struggles financially.Citing the "current operating environment," Avelo CEO Andrew Levy has notified staff members and customers that it will significantly shrink operations at its Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) base by Aug. 12, and exit the market entirely by Dec. 2."We believe the continuation of service from BUR in the current operating enviro…
13 migrants transferred out of Tacoma onto ICE flight
The Trump Administration’s directive of mass deportations is being met with both protests and adherence in Seattle. The latest deportation by local ICE officials involves 13 adults. Bussed from a detention center in Tacoma, their belongings have been reduced to a plastic bag. Humming engines and the faint clink of shackles at King County’s Boeing Field, first off the detention center bus was a fugitive from Mexico facing a homicide warrant when …
Budget airline to wind down West Coast flights to focus on East Coast operations
Budget airline Avelo announced it will close its base at Hollywood Burbank Airport later this year.The airline said it will begin drawing down operations on Aug. 12, when it reduces its presence at the airport to a single aircraft. Full suspension of operations at Burbank is scheduled for Dec. 2.Avelo currently offers flights from the airport to destinations in California, Oregon, Montana and Washington."This was not an easy decision," said Avel…
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