Avelo, formerly a charter service known as Casino Express or Xtra Airways, launched on April 28, 2021, the town and airline said. The airline flies to dozens of U.S. cities, including Albany, New Haven and Hartford, as well as Cancun, Mexico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, according to the company's website.

A new airline offering low-cost domestic flights is coming to MacArthur Airport on Long Island. Beginning in June Avelo Airlines will add stops at MacArthur Airport as part of its expansion of 13 new routes and three new destinations.

There's an "intolerable risk to aviation safety" with helicopters and planes flying too close to each other near DCA.

Federal investigators looking for the cause of the January collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people are recommending a ban on some helicopter flights.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the separation between helicopters and jets in the area was insufficient and increased “chances of a midair collision.”

Authorities say a man passing through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants.

A Pennsylvania man attempting to go through airport security was discovered to have been hiding a living turtle in his pants as he tried to sneak it onto the plane.

An officer conducting a pat-down on the man man figured out he was hiding somethin in the groin area of his pants.