Success story
An airline went under.A broker found a new shipper in it.
Every broker read the news. One knew who to call.
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The headline
On May 2, 2026, Spirit Airlines stopped flying.
Three days later a judge approved the wind-down: sell everything, from the planes to the spare parts.
114
Airbus planes in the fleet
18
spare engines
84
planes parked in Arizona by August
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What we saw
Most read a dead airline. We read freight.
A grounded fleet does not disappear. It gets taken apart and sold, and every part that sells has to be shipped.
A grounded fleet
Planes, engines, spare parts, all up for sale.
Torn down for parts
Engines pulled, parts sold off one by one.
Bought by someone
Every buyer has parts to move. That's freight.
So we mapped the firms that would buy those parts.
The call
A new shipper, straight off that list.
A freight broker using LanePulse called down the list and landed a new shipper.
Same headline as everyone else. A different list.
Sources on Spirit Airlines: AP, May 5, 2026. Air Cargo Week, August 27, 2026.
The broker behind this storyI would have NEVER seen the VP's LinkedIn post. But because of your work, I knew exactly who to call, had his direct number, started an organic conversation, and now have a real sales prospect. That's value added work.