This spring, unusual airline startup Global Airlines operated its very first Airbus A380 flights with passengers. Not much has happened with the whale jet since then, as the plane remained parked for several weeks. However, there’s an interesting update…
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This is likely just a money laundering campaign under the guise of an airline.
Global Airlines is not a serious business.
TARMAC Aerosave already performs a lot of airframe scrapping @ LDE, so it's in the right location if they decide to not go flying again.
Lot of politicians and business owners in Europe earned billions in the onoing Ukraine conflict. This is one of the many ways they launder the money to save taxes
I feel like they got too ambitious with the scam and it became a little too real. A perfect scam should be years and years and years of 'almost' and your name would be pretty anonymous compared to the company name. Now we have vloggers and bloggers and people all calling this guy out and the story is out of their control now
So they put an (only) a/c in service in May that in July would need to go out of service for a Heavy Check. Wow, I thought I've meet some idiots in the C suite over the past 40+ years but these guys take stupidity to a whole new level.
lol. Mothballed. What a joke / scam. I thought it was going to be a serious competitor haha.
It’s absolute genius, purchase the plane to make it look real, get lots of “investment” then when it’s time to pull the shutters down just before the planes heavy check, part it out and get the money you paid for the aircraft back ( and maybe more ) oh and have us all reading all about it along the way.
@Ben, does this makes Global's the only first class cabin you didn't get to fly (since you started flying)?
Not if he already flew China Southern's A380 first class before they retired the fleet.
I believe he did fly CZ's "first class" when they were flying the A380s.
The trip report should be easily found (spoiler: he didn't find it a "first class" experience).
Your original comment didn't make a lot of sense on the first read, but I'm guessing English isn't your primary language. That's okay. Your English is far better than my skill at your primary language.
I'm guessing you were saying he had not flown China Southern's first class. He has.
Why do you think the old owners retire the plane and sell it cheap.
I thought I've meet some idiots not understanding C suite over the past 40+ years but this guy take stupidity to a whole new level.
In a world of daily WTF ??? it's rather refreshing to see something that is not at all a surprise. LOL !
All airliners, at least the ones an airline plans to use again, carry passengers right up to the point it heads to heavy maintenance.
The global airlines website is also offline, with a promise of a new website coming soon.
They do, but one would think if you were about to launch regularly scheduled service, you’d put the jet through the (D check?) before that, if you had the means to do so. Especially if you only had one plane! Just like you’d install the new interiors you purported the jet was getting…
Started as a scam, operated as a scam, actually investing another $ is scam, all thats left is who they can scam into buying the airframe and parts