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Two days before the first day of 2025, the Silver Airways Budget airline announced that it was bankrupt and that it would request protection in the United States bankruptcy court for the South District of Florida.
The regional airline based in Hollywood had found a market flying to national destinations such as Key West and Tampa, as well as the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.
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Amid the fall in sales and the increase in the cost of operations, Silver had accumulated more than $ 500 million in debt and had begun to lose airport door spaces due to unpaid rates.
“We anticipate completing this process for the first quarter of 2025, emerging stronger and ready to continue serving with the same dedication that we have confirmed for more than 13 years,” said the airline in a statement at that time.
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In mid -January, the British territory abroad of Anguila revoked Silver's ability to fly to Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (Axa) due to lack of payment of almost $ 104,000 in airport rates. The airline also faced the eviction of its center at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL).
More recently, the city of Tallahassee in the center-norte of Florida has presented a motion against silver on behalf of the International Airport of Tallahassee (TLH).
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'Subject to pay for things such as the use of the tracks and facilities of the terminal'
As First reported According to the view of the Aviation website from the wing, the complaint has to do with the positions of the passenger installation (PFC) that the airline must charge the passengers, according to the complaint, the silver has not been transferring these rates To the airport.
“Silver pays for the use of airport facilities and is subject to the requirement of paying things such as the use of the clues and facilities of the terminal.” motion reading.
Similar complaints have also been presented by airports in San Juan, Tampa and Key West. The Anguilla government said Silver increased debts of more than $ 103,000 USD before revoking its permission to fly to the country. Since then, the airline has ceased operations; Several passengers with tickets to or outside the island reported that their tickets were reimbursed and alternative flights in other airlines.
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Tallahassee is asking the Banking Court to supervise the case of Silver to order the airline that creates a separate bank account for the funds generated through these charges and demonstrates that they are being regularly transferred to the airport to make a dent in what should be instead of spending on something else.
“The airport usually supports the efforts of the debtors to reorganize and the relief sought in motions,” he says. “However, given the magnitude of the PFCs collected on behalf of the airport individually and the airports as a whole, and the risk of future disputes in case a breach that implies a cash guarantee, the airport requests that (the court The above demands.
Neither Silver nor the bankruptcy court have publicly commented on the presentations. As the complaints of the airport and the landlord increase, the airline faces a uphill battle to get out of bankruptcy without the recognition of the brand of a competitor carrier like Spirit Airlines (SAVE) .
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