Perth Airport in Australia has seized an unspecified number of airliners belonging to Virgin Australia to secure debts owed by the carrier for rent and other fees. Last week, the airport parked heavy equipment, trucks and even airstairs around the aircraft, which the bankrupt airline is storing there because of the drastic reduction of flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. "Virgin has significant outstanding invoices from Perth Airport for airfield and terminal use charges—money the airline has already collected from its passengers and the FIFO sector," an airport spokesperson told the Canberra Times on Friday. "While Perth Airport is working with the Virgin administrators, it also needs to protect its own interests.”
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