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Silver Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December. Since then it has struggled to maintain its schedule with many flights seeing significant delays. Additionally, it has feuded with airports like Anguilla’s Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA) over more than $103,000 in unpaid fees and ceased service there. A few weeks ago, it cancelled all flights at Orlando International Airport (MCO) and left passengers stranded. Now, it’s being reported that Silver Airways has furloughed around 20% of its pilots.
Aero Crew News is reporting that Silver Airways issued notices as it tries to save cash.
The updated route map on Silver Airways’ site shows Orlando International Airport (MCO), Anguilla’s Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (AXA), Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS), Governor’s Harbour Airport (GHB), and Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM) all removed. One has to wonder when other routes will also disappear.
This route map from November shows all of these destinations that have since been removed.
Going back to 2023, Santiago’s Cibao International Airport (STI) and five Southern US destinations used to be served.
The regional airline has been struggling for the past few years. In April 2023, I wrote about how Silver Airways had not paid its rent at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) since 2021. Silver Airways allegedly owed $957,750.17 after its $113,634 security deposit was deducted. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) is Silver Airways’ biggest hub. The airline is owned by a private equity firm (Versa Capital Management), so its finances are not public. This was apparently not resolved and other debts weighed down the regional carrier further, which led to the bankruptcy filing. Since then, the carrier has also has to return nearly one third of its fleet to lessors.
Anthony’s Take: Silver Airways has been plagued with issues for quite some time. I have had great experiences and some really bad ones (flights excessively delayed to the point that I drove or cancelled) with the airline and hope they can get it together, but it’s not looking good.
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