More than 90 Spirit Airlines aircraft with $20M parts were abandoned at airports — here's why retrieving and selling them is a challenge

When an airline goes out of business, dealing with its aircraft is no ordinary repo operation.

Spirit's abandoned planes are being repo'd and flown to Arizona — and their $20M engines may be the real prize

With the collapse of Spirit Airlines, there's now the question of what happens to the company's assets — especially its aircraft. And it's no ordinary repo operation when an airline goes out of ...
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Union wants removal of abandoned aircraft

NAN reports that a Boeing 777-200LR belonging to Emirates Airline and a B737-400 owned by HAK Air collided on July 6 at the airport. A similar incident involving two aircraft belonging to First Nation ...
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Growing colony of abandoned aircraft at airports

Airports across the country are increasingly becoming an eyesore, littered with abandoned, unserviceable and dead airplanes.This unpleasant development is fuelling safety, security and environmental ...
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This is what's happening to Spirit Airlines' 81 abandoned Airbus A320s after the airline went bankrupt

Their long-term fate is uncertain, but the next step isn’t ...
The Nation Newspaper

Abandoned aircraft not needed for election, says Rivers PDP

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims that Governor Nyesom Wike wants to use the Legacy 600 Aircraft to prosecute next year’s election. Wike had accused ...