The first aircraft to enter the Global Airlines fleet arrived at the Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) facility in Dresden on Friday 4th of October. 9H-GLOBL flew from Prestwick in Scotland to Dresden and was handed over to the expert team at EFW who will now perform maintenance across the aircraft.

Global Airlines recently signed a multi-million Euro deal with EFW to perform the base maintenance inspection that will enable return to commercial service for its first fully acquired aircraft. 9H-GLOBL will now undergo all necessary maintenance, including mandatory inspections and component replacements, before repositioning within Europe for an interior overhaul, ahead of starting operations in 2025.

James Asquith, CEO and Founder of Global Airlines said:
“Seeing 9H-GLOBL, our first Global Airlines A380 land in Dresden was fantastic. Working with our friends at EFW, we will now progress towards our first commercial flights next year. It is hard to put into words just how much work goes into getting a commercial aircraft back up into the sky and the A380 is the biggest and most complex of them all. It is a testament to the hard work and dedication of people across numerous organisations working around the world to make it happen. Quite an incredible step forward and I was delighted to be there on the ground to see it move into the hangar.”

Asquith continued; “I don’t think many people will ever truly appreciate and understand the complexity involved in getting an A380 out of the desert, across the Atlantic and then into an MRO facility. This can only happen due to the dedication of our own internal team and the significant partnerships we have entered into in the last year. There are too many people to thank here, but they know who they are and I want to share my heartfelt thanks with everyone that has invested so much of their time and focus on getting us to this point. But our journey continues and there are exciting times to come.”