The End Of The Road: Inside The French Airport Where Planes Are Recycled

What happens to aircraft when they retire? When the time comes, aircraft go into boneyards and are eventually broken up and recycled. The most notable boneyard and aircraft recycling center in France is Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport near the French Pyrenees. Here the company TARMAC Aerosave maintains, stores, and recycles aircraft in the largest operation of its kind in Europe.