Say Goodbye to Avelo Aviation Talk: Being associated with the airline industry and aviation as a whole for a number of years, I think I have a pretty good understanding of how things work. That being said, it's tough for airlines to maintain a descent load factor to make money at small to medium markets unless you are the dominating carrier. Deregulation played a major role in that back in the 70's. Some of you may remember that. Having two airlines serving one city at two different airports (ie: Sanford and Orlando International) most likely doesn't have the demand necessary to keep both airlines making money, so somebody has to come up with a great marketing scheme to draw the passengers in - or you end up not being able to make it and thus pulling your services all together. We've seen this happen at many smaller cities around the country for years. Lexington is no different than some of those. We struggle to compete with Louisville Standiford (Muhammad Ali) and Ci