American Airlines, once the anchor and darling of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, filed a motion in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York stating its interest in getting out of its lease agreements with the government for the use of the facilities, the Dallas Morning News reported Thursday.
The island's bankruptcy filings continued to drop in February, when 11 percent fewer cases were submitted to the court, versus the same month in 2011, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday by research company Boletín de Puerto Rico.
After several months of waiting for a decision, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York overseeing the Borders liquidation case granted Plaza Las Américas’ petition to retain control of the space the bookstore held at the Hato Rey mall prior to going out of business.
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