Two upstart discount airlines celebrated their presence in Las Vegas Thursday, commemorating new flights, a new crew base and new schedules that promise to add to record-breaking passenger numbers at Harry Reid International Airport.
Houston-based Avelo Airlines, developed by a longtime Las Vegas aviation executive Andrew Levy, opened its sixth base of operations at Reid with a party with showgirls at one of the airport’s gates.
Meanwhile, Breeze Airways on Thursday launched its previously announced three-times-weekly service between Las Vegas and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and added daily one-stop service to Tampa, Florida.
Between them, the two carriers have brought more than 152,619 passengers to and from Las Vegas with Breeze bringing in the bulk of them.