1. Review the aircraft commitments

Open the aircraft in Fleet and confirm its ID and registration. Review active flights, loaded cargo, maintenance, future schedules and any loan or lease. Plan replacement capacity first. Removing an aircraft does not make its timetable operate with another registration automatically.

2. Sell an owned aircraft

The sale workflow requires the relevant permission. Leased aircraft cannot be sold, and an open aircraft loan must be settled in Finance first. The aircraft must be parked, ungrounded and out of maintenance. Read the current sale value and final confirmation before submitting; treat confirmation as a consequential ownership change.

After success, check the fleet and financial record. If the response is unclear, inspect the existing records before trying again.

3. Retire an aircraft

Retirement removes an aircraft from service and has its own permission check. Leased aircraft cannot be retired and the aircraft must be parked. Do not treat retirement as a temporary grounding control or assume it earns the same proceeds as a sale. Read the confirmation and verify the resulting fleet state.

4. Handle a lease through its agreement

For leased aircraft, consult the active agreement and the controls available to the owner or renter. Cancelling an unaccepted wet-lease listing is different from ending an active lease. Do not use sale or retirement as a return shortcut, or assume early return clears future obligations.

If no supported return action is available, report the agreement ID and intended end date to support. Review lease responsibilities and schedule replacement before the handover.