Xtra Airways

XP· VXP· AVELO· Houston· Flying since 1989· North America· Official site

Avelo Airlines, Inc. is an American ultra-low-cost airline headquartered in Houston, Texas. It previously operated charter flights as Casino Express Airlines and Xtra Airways before transitioning to scheduled operations and rebranding as Avelo Airlines on April 8, 2021. The airline's first scheduled flight under the Avelo name was on April 28, 2021, from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport.

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Where they crew

4 bases

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Xtra Airways is the sole carrier crewing these bases.

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Industry data on Xtra Airways

Industry operator dataset

Published by an industry dataset, not reported by verified crew. Each figure is shown with the date its source was last revised — some are years old.

Figures dated Aug 20, 2005 – Sep 25, 2010Published in USD, not converted

Recruitment

Negative outlook

negative 3 pilots on furlough with 10 % pay cut and pay freeze. as of Sep 25, 2010 · 15 yrs old

Loosing contract in one base. as of Sep 25, 2010 · 15 yrs old

Published pay

Captain
$63,840$94,920
Bottom to top of scale · period not stated
as of Apr 21, 2010 · 16 yrs old
First Officer
$36,120$57,120
Bottom to top of scale · period not stated
as of Apr 21, 2010 · 16 yrs old

Payscale by year of service

Captain · B737-400 · per hour

All 10 published years

Year 1: $76
Year 2: $83
Year 3: $88
Year 4: $93
Year 5: $97
Year 6: $100
Year 7: $103
Year 8: $106
Year 9: $109
Year 10: $113

as of Apr 1, 2010 · 16 yrs old

First Officer · 737 · per hour

All 10 published years

Year 1: $43
Year 2: $47
Year 3: $50
Year 4: $55
Year 5: $58
Year 6: $60
Year 7: $62
Year 8: $63
Year 9: $64
Year 10: $68

as of Apr 1, 2010 · 16 yrs old

Duty pay and per diems

Captain$1/hr per diemas of Aug 20, 2005 · 21 yrs old
“$1.25/hr per diem”
First Officer$1/hr per diemas of Aug 20, 2005 · 21 yrs old
“$1.25/hr per diem”

Selection process

All Internal Recommendations only as of Apr 21, 2010 · 16 yrs old

On order

NA as of Sep 16, 2010 · 16 yrs old

How to apply

Internal recommendation only as of Apr 21, 2010 · 16 yrs old