Why 600+ Planes Are Sitting Engineless

Airlines are scraping perfectly good airplanes — not because they're broken, but because the engines inside them are worth as much as or more than the plane itself. *Fascinated by billion-dollar industries like this? Get more here:* https://clickhubspot.com/wsfb A big part of the problem is time. Engine shop visits that used to take a few months now stretch past 300 days, and when a fleet depends on a tight rotation of engines, every delay cascades into cancellations, wet leases, and higher costs. That's how you end up in a world where a single engine commands lease rates that rival the enti…