With so much of the focus of the aviation industry on manufacturing new aircraft and maintaining or repairing existing aircraft, it can be easy to forget about an aircraft’s end-of-life and what happens when a plane is decommissioned. More recently, with the rise of “green aviation” practices, aircraft recycling has become a huge part of retiring an airplane. Moving forward, aircraft recycling is becoming even more important, with 12,000 aircraft due to retire in the … Continue reading How Aircraft Recycling Works