Global Airlines Secures First Airbus A380!

The Image Above: Global Airlines Airbus A380.

As we have seen this week, UK start-up carrier Global Airlines has made its first aircraft purchase, an Airbus A380.

The first unit was purchased from Doric Aviation, based in Germany, although no overall fee has been announced for this.

It is understood that Global Airlines will start operations with three Airbus A380s, with plans to launch services from London Gatwick to New York & Los Angeles.

In terms of financial resiliency, this has already been questioned by skeptics due to the amount of failed start-up carriers in the country that have occurred over the last few years.

The founder of Global Airlines, James Asquith, had this to say to the skeptics:

"Acquiring our aircraft rather than leasing showcases our commitment to financial security and resilience from day one".

"The purchase of our first aircraft demonstrates that we are well on the way to launching Global."

"The next step is to overhaul and refit the aircraft to our high specification, providing our customers with the best experience in the sky today."

With plans to launch flights in Spring 2024, we do still have a little while to go before we see whether this comes to fruition or not.

With founder James Asquith already trying to beat skeptics to the post, there does seem to be a high level of confidence that this model will work.

However, utilizing the Airbus A380 does have its benefits, especially with what they intend on doing in terms of the hard product offerings moving forward.

Either way, though, this is going to be an interesting one to watch and will no doubt continue to cause discussion until they get in the air in Spring 2024.