Business
Airplane parking lot has never been busier – The Australian Financial Review
With far fewer aircraft in the sky than before the pandemic, a business that looks after grounded planes is doing very well, and employing more staff.
Cirium data also shows the number of planes in storage around much of Asia declining. At Alice Springs, though, the numbers keep rising. Many Asian locations are too humid for long-term storage of aircraft, so planes that were parked there in the expectation of a quick return to the skies are now heading to Alice Springs, whose dry desert air and cool nights make for near-perfect storage conditions.
APAS managing director Tom Vincent says the idea of a storage facility in Australia’s centre had…
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