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

With the collapse of Spirit Airlines, there's now the question of what happens to the company's assets — especially its ...

Meet the pilots flying Spirit Airlines' yellow jets to the desert

In just over a week, he said he and his team ferried 23 Spirit planes from airports around the country to the Arizona desert.

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 ...

This company repossessed Spirit Airlines planes and flew them to the Arizona desert

Nomadic Aviation races against time to reclaim Spirit's leased jets, utilizing crews freshly grounded by the airline's abrupt ...

The World’s Highest-Flying Repo Men Are Collecting Spirit Airlines’ Jets

The company’s collapse started the clock on a mission to collect dozens of planes and deposit them in Arizona boneyards.

Spirit Airline's bright yellow planes are being sent to Arizona 'graveyards'

After Spirit Airlines shut down, Bob Allen and a crew of former Spirit pilots repossessed the planes and flew them to storage ...

Repo Man Had 'Six Hours To Find 20 Pilots' While Seizing Jet Aircraft From Bankrupt Spirit Airlines

Side view of three Spirit Airlines aircraft parked close to each other soon after the company went out of business - Joe ...

When Spirit Airlines went under, this Lexington native was called in to repo their planes

Lexington native Bob Allen's firm was called in to repo Spirit Airlines' yellow planes.
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Spirit Airlines planes repossessed, stored at Arizona airports following company's collapse

A captain who is helping a company repossess airplanes that were being operated by Spirit Airlines says Arizona's dry climate ...

The story of the Spirit Airlines repo men

When Spirit Airlines shut down, a group of airplane repo men went to take the planes back. Spirit Airlines shuts down. Here's ...
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Dozens of repossessed Spirit Airlines jets now parked in Arizona desert

A Spirit Airlines plane at its gate. (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) Dozens of bright yellow jets once operated by Spirit Airlines are ...