The Brief
- Spirit Airlines ceased operations this month, leaving abandoned Airbus 320s to be retrieved by airplane repossessors like Nomadic Aviation Group.
- Contracted pilots, including former Spirit employees, are flying the planes to dry climates in Arizona to prevent the aircraft from deteriorating.
- The abandoned planes are being stored at Phoenix Goodyear Airport and Marana to be leased, sold, or stripped for valuable engine parts.
PHOENIX – If you see a Spirit Airlines’ bright yellow plane in the sky these days, it is definitely not the airline, as the company ceased operations after rescue and bailout efforts collapsed.
In the aftermath of Spirit’s collapse, the airline industry is collecting the now-former airline company’s planes.
The backstory:…