Spirit Airlines Grounds 25 Aircraft For Fuselage Inspections

Spirit Airlines A320
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Spirit Airlines is pulling some Airbus A320ceo family aircraft from service to ensure they comply with a 2018 FAA airworthiness directive (AD) requiring inspections of a certain fuselage area. The airline on Oct. 20 disclosed it had canceled a portion of its flights “to perform a necessary...
Christine Boynton

Christine Boynton is a Senior Editor covering air transport in the Americas for Aviation Week Network.

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