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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Silver Airways cancels more than a dozen flights at Fort Lauderdale airport. Why?
Hollywood-based Silver Airways abruptly canceled all flights early June 11, telling passengers going to or from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the other airports it services to check with their credit card companies for refunds. "We regret to inform you that we are ceasing operations as of today, June 11, 2025," the heavily indebted company said around midnight Wednesday, June 11 on Instagram. "Please do not go to the airport. All credit card purchases should be refundable through your credit card company or your travel agency." The airline canceled 14 flights in and out of Fort Lauderdale that connected with airports across Florida and the Carribean. Silver Airways shut down after no one stepped up during a June 6 auction to buy the company, allowing Connecticut-based Wexford Capital to take control of it. "In an attempt to restructure in bankruptcy, Silver entered into a transaction to sell its assets to another airline holding company, who unfortunately has determined to not continue Silver's flight operations," the airline wrote in its social media post. Silver filed for bankruptcy protection in December with more than $100 million in debt. It was operating until Wednesday with a $5.7 million loan from Wexford, South Florida NPR affiliate WLRN reported June 6. The airline flew entirely within Florida and the Carribean. In Florida, it connected Fort Lauderdale with Tampa, Key West and Tallahassee. It also serviced Pensacola, but not directly with Fort Lauderdale. Silver Airways flew nonstop between Fort Lauderdale and Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the islands of St. Maarten and St. Kitts. More than 32,000 people flew Silver Airways in and out of the Fort Lauderdale Airport in April, the airport's latest passenger data shows, up 31% from a year prior. Silver Airways stopped flying out of Palm Beach International Airport last September. Chris Persaud covers transportation for The Palm Beach Post. Email news tips and ideas to cpersaud@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Silver Airways flights cancelled at Fort Lauderdale, Florida airport
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teens found dead in plane's landing gear after flight from JFK identified
Two teen boys found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane more than two months ago have been identified by authorities in Florida. The bodies of Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered late in the night on Jan. 6 by workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport who were carrying out a 'routine post-flight maintenance inspection' at the time, the airline said. According to flight data, the Airbus A320 had a busy schedule that day, initially traveling from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to New York's JFK Airport. It then traveled between Jamaica, New York, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before landing for the night in South Florida at 11:10 p.m., WFOR-TV reported. The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said investigators relied on the use of 'extensive DNA testing' to determine their identities. Their causes of death, meanwhile, remain undetermined, with both sets of remains still awaiting autopsies. While authorities have not said how the teens managed to sneak into the plane's wheel well, a preliminary investigation has suggested they did not gain access to the aircraft at JFK.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teens found dead in plane's landing gear after flight from JFK identified
Two teen boys found dead in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane more than two months ago have been identified by authorities in Florida. The bodies of Jeik Aniluz Lusi, 18, and Elvis Borques Castillo, 16 were discovered late in the night on Jan. 6 by workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport who were carrying out a 'routine post-flight maintenance inspection' at the time, the airline said. According to flight data, the Airbus A320 had a busy schedule that day, initially traveling from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to New York's JFK Airport. It then traveled between Jamaica, New York, and Salt Lake City, Utah, before landing for the night in South Florida at 11:10 p.m., WFOR-TV reported. The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said investigators relied on the use of 'extensive DNA testing' to determine their identities. Their causes of death, meanwhile, remain undetermined, with both sets of remains still awaiting autopsies. While authorities have not said how the teens managed to sneak into the plane's wheel well, a preliminary investigation has suggested they did not gain access to the aircraft at JFK.
