Silver Airways, the regional service serving locations in Florida and the Caribbean, closed its doorways Wednesday morning.
In a discover posted to its web site and social media channels, the airline knowledgeable vacationers that it could be “ceasing operations” efficient Wednesday. All reservations made with a bank card are to be refunded by means of the cardboard issuer or journey agent.
Silver’s suspension comes practically six months after it filed for Chapter 11 chapter in December. The airline hoped to slash its debt and lift new capital by means of a court-led restructuring.
These hopes got here to an finish on Wednesday.
“In an try to restructure in chapter, Silver entered right into a transaction to promote its property to a different airline holding firm, who sadly has decided to not proceed Silver’s flight operations,” the service stated.
Silver flew roughly 52 every day flights to 16 locations in Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean, primarily from bases at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL) and Luis Munoz Marin Worldwide Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in keeping with schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
Vacationers affected by Silver’s suspension can flip to American Airways: It flies from Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) to many of the locations that Silver served nonstop from Fort Lauderdale, Cirium schedules present.
Cape Air, Frontier Airways and JetBlue have flights on most of Silver’s routes from San Juan.
Avianca, Azul, Copa Airways, JetBlue and United Airways all positioned their codes on choose Silver flights in Florida and the Caribbean. Members of JetBlue’s TrueBlue and United’s MileagePlus loyalty applications might earn factors on Silver flights.
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“We perceive this can be a irritating state of affairs for impacted prospects,” a JetBlue spokesperson stated, including that the airline was not given advance discover of Silver’s suspension. “We’re working to assist these with codeshare and interline itineraries by providing alternate journey plans or refunds.”
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