As title says it all. I've been following this and sad their planes are now officially at Graveyard in Arizona.
See link: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/posts/188700100/
See link: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/posts/188700100/
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Skycana is officially DEAD
https://acento.com.do/turismo/sky-cana-volara-en-el-caribe-9377943.html
this story is about 6 weeks old, from your link. So there is something more recent?
this story is about 6 weeks old, from your link. So there is something more recent?
There are a lot of planes that go to the "graveyard". Doesn't necessarily mean the airline is "officially dead".
As far as I can see, simply fleet adjustment:
Sky Cana - Wikipedia
Also, I only see one plane of theirs in this parking lot, you see more?
This is an excellent point but I'd like to add something: I have indeed seen stories of actual plane graveyards, where planes are retired and they will not be used again, or future use is not planned at least. However, I've seen several huge parking lots in particular in Spain (for EU airplanes), where airlines simply park their planes to "wait for better times" if you will. Lufthansa has had their largest planes (at least one A380 among others, I believe) resting there during the pandemic, and then, when they needed the plane again, the sent pilots to inspect it and to bring it back home. So parking planes to a field is not necessarily a graveyard unless that is specifically stated. Also, why would anyone dump usable planes to a graveyard, they would sell those or end the lease if rented? Broken planes yes or to be retired aircrafts as well, but newish planes?
If the planes are just parked there, obviously, you cannot even call it a graveyard, but I'm missing the right word for it right now... Long-term parking lot for airplanes sounds silly, so it must be something else...
The OP's link are posts (opinions), not anything official that says the airline is "officially dead".
Many planes that go to the “graveyard” are perfectly fine, it is just that the efficiency and running costs of new planes make older planes obsolete rapidly. The a380 is an example of that. While some planes make it back into service when there is demand it is indeed mind boggling to see the amount of capital that is parked in the deserts.