Matthew Gee
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 1 Aug
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Yes, absolutely.
So we effectively as the company, we're the aircraft operator for the lessors.
So we have all of the legal responsibilities and requirements to fulfill as any other aircraft operator would.
It's just that we don't have a schedule.
We don't have passengers and we don't have cargo.
It would be a very simplistic way of looking at it.
That's correct.
So the Federal Aviation Administration, the regulator in the U.S., initially maintained Spirit's operating certificate for the weekend in early May that they collapsed.
Very quickly after that, the aircraft were removed from that operating certificate, and what's called a designated airworthiness representative was tasked to go to each aircraft scattered across the U.S.,
and issue a special ferry permit for the recovery of the aircraft back into Arizona.
Yes, that can happen.
In the US, there was a bankruptcy protection put around spirits.
So that did give the lessor some isolation.
Nevertheless, there was that risk.
And where we've seen collapses before in numerous jurisdictions worldwide,
That very much is the case where a local lien can be placed on the aircraft.
Yeah, as quick as possible, but obviously also falling within all of the regulatory and safety requirements.
It's quite common.
So when the aircraft delivers out of the factory, the lessor is typically purchasing the whole aircraft, engines, landing gear, seats, etc.
However, with the aircraft in operation with an airline, particularly within a large airline, components go away for servicing.
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