Silver Airways shutters Tampa airport operations, cancels flights

Silver Airways has shut down and is canceling all flights out of Tampa International Airport.

The Fort Lauderdale-based airline, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December, posted an alert on its website Wednesday morning saying it had sold its assets to a company “who unfortunately has determined to not continue Silver’s flight operations” to Florida and elsewhere.

“Please do not go to the airport,” the alert says. “All credit card purchases should be refundable through your credit card company or your travel agency.”