"A new air carrier will begin local nonstop flights to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in May. Fares will start at $62 one-way.
Flights between Albany International Airport and Raleigh will be on Mondays and Fridays to start, beginning on May 10, said Courtney Goff, communications director for Avelo Airlines. The airline made the announcement Thursday at the Albany International Airport.
“We’ve done the math,” Goff said, explaining that Avelo executives concluded there is a market for flights between Albany and Raleigh-Durham.
Albany and Raleigh are capital cities and, perhaps more importantly, technology hubs.
Raleigh-Durham is part of the Research Triangle region, which for decades has been known for technology research and development affiliated with local schools including Duke, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State.
Albany, likewise, has emerged as a technology center, with the development of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Global Foundries microchip factory in Malta.
“This nonstop flight will place you in North Carolina’s Research Triangle in just a couple of hours, providing great connectivity between two capital cities and high-tech regions,” said airport CEO Phil Calderone.
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Avelo was started in 2021 flying from Las Vegas to Sonoma, Calif.
They have since carved out a niche by serving smaller airports with direct flights at low fares. They fly Boeing 737s, and Albany marks their 48th destination in 23 states and Puerto Rico.
Avelo serves airports in New Haven, Conn., Manchester, N.H, Mobile, Ala., and Brownsville, Texas, among others.
The airline on Thursday also announced the start of new routes between Rochester and Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C. and between Manchester, N.H. and Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C."
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