Alabama Businessman Buys $100 Million Airplane From Bankrupt Airline
Spirit Airlines is no longer an airline, and they have a bunch of airplanes just sitting in a hangar.
Some of these Airbus (with a factory in Alabama) planes are worth $100,000,000. That is some serious money, and not everyone can afford a new jumbo jet. In my recent travels to Albertville, Alabama, I discovered the story of a beautiful Airbus A320 airliner that has been parked in Albertville for the last few weeks.
Albertville is home to an amazing company known as Aviation Service Partners, which repairs aircraft and can also customize the inside. Nobody knows who has purchased this former Spirit Airlines jet, but rumor has it that it will soon belong to an Alabama businessman.
WHO IS BUYING THE JET?
Well, everyone seems tight-lipped about the wealthy buyer, but that hasn't stopped social media from kicking out some names.
Credit: Aviation Service Partners via Facebook
The name we are seeing the most is connected to a certain wood company in South Alabama. I think that is due to the color of this big jet. It is currently bright yellow. Who does that make you think of?
Yes, that is definitely a business tycoon with the funds for a giant yellow airplane. It just looks so crazy to see a big jet like that on the tarmac of a small-town Alabama airport. I can't imagine how wild it was to see that plane coming in for a landing on that little tiny runway.
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