New Start - Global Airlines
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I saw that B L. Thank you.
The question was how the crew were current with no active airframes to fly? Do HiFly have A380 simulators?
I wonder too if PIK were awsre that this was NOT a fuel stop. Did they expect it to fly out? AFAIK no ex PIK Flight plan.
I wonder if 9H-GLOBL HAD to leave Mojave before it was realused by 'authorities' that its a Scrapper.
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The question was how the crew were current with no active airframes to fly? Do HiFly have A380 simulators?
I wonder too if PIK were awsre that this was NOT a fuel stop. Did they expect it to fly out? AFAIK no ex PIK Flight plan.
I wonder if 9H-GLOBL HAD to leave Mojave before it was realused by 'authorities' that its a Scrapper.
Full of wonder
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Global just tweeted 'Our team will be there again next week as we continue to implement plans to get this ship back to the skies. You can expect more updates about this beautiful aircraft very soon'.
Obviously doesn't say much. They might just pay the accrued parking fee 😜
Obviously doesn't say much. They might just pay the accrued parking fee 😜
Why would you fly your unserviceable aircraft to an airport with no maintenance facilities?
It should be starting to dawn on Global how they lack the ability to start an airline and how expensive it is to own an unserviceable aircraft with no prospect, at the moment, of any revenue.
Meanwhile parking fees acrue at £2000 a day, £60000 per month, £720000 per year.
"Why would you fly your unserviceable aircraft to an airport with no maintenance facilities?"
So you can approach various Govt bodies and get a grant/loan of course - just look at how some sharp guys have rebuilt Harland & Wolff etc in N Ireland - loads of "vision" on their side and a shed load of tax payers cash on the other side
So you can approach various Govt bodies and get a grant/loan of course - just look at how some sharp guys have rebuilt Harland & Wolff etc in N Ireland - loads of "vision" on their side and a shed load of tax payers cash on the other side
It should be starting to dawn on Global how they lack the ability to start an airline and how expensive it is to own an unserviceable aircraft with no prospect, at the moment, of any revenue.
Meanwhile parking fees acrue at £2000 a day, £60000 per month, £720000 per year.
Global's new Head of Bean Counting must be tearing his hair out at this.
Not quite right.... POP leased the aircraft and paid the leases directly from 2 different lessors for 2 units at one stage.... They opted for HiFly to operate them for POP. HiFly operated both A330's for POP just like the proposed A380 deal with Global - not the other way round. POP pulled both from HiFly, one returning to the lessor and the other now being operated by SmartLynx... The experience POP had wasn't great with HiFly (allegedly) hence the termination and option for another carrier to operate POP's plane. Again, at no stage in the past has POP leased an aircraft from HiFly, as above - quite the contrary!
I was clearly wrong on many levels regarding the story behind the operations of FlyPOP.
But I'm now fully informed which is appreciated.
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From FightGlobal, ‘The company state that it will assist with developing “new maintenance capabilities” at Prestwick.
Why would you fly your unserviceable aircraft to an airport with no maintenance facilities?
It should be starting to dawn on Global how they lack the ability to start an airline and how expensive it is to own an unserviceable aircraft with no prospect, at the moment, of any revenue.
Meanwhile parking fees acrue at £2000 a day, £60000 per month, £720000 per year.
Why would you fly your unserviceable aircraft to an airport with no maintenance facilities?
It should be starting to dawn on Global how they lack the ability to start an airline and how expensive it is to own an unserviceable aircraft with no prospect, at the moment, of any revenue.
Meanwhile parking fees acrue at £2000 a day, £60000 per month, £720000 per year.
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The question still is when will the few million left of the 140 or so shareholders' money run out? Or might the aircraft at Prestwick convince more to sign up?
Is Global Airlines now actually trading? How many employees does it actually have, as against the announcements?
Did they file the original flight plan to Prestwick or did they maybe have to land due to maximum crew duty time or a missing UK special permit for the gear down ferry? Where was this flight intended to end?
To be fair, if the aircraft is moved to the far side of the runway where the maintenance areas are I’m sure the parking charges will be significantly lower than suggested above. However that doesn’t answer the multitude of other questions about this whole situation.
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Asquith seems to have had a bit of a fit on Instagram this morning with some incredibly nasty messages directed at somebody who made 1 sceptical comment 6 months ago. I'm amazed anybody is still convinced by this outfit.
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He literally posts something on social media on a daily basis, often repeating the same thing, albeit in a slightly different way - the posts regarding the recent flight to PIK are becoming rather tedious now to say the least and I think this is all just to massage his ego. Posting nasty messages directed at an individual smacks of desperation and isn't particularly professional either as it makes you wonder whether that's how he'll treat any crew/staff in the future.
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This made me laugh out loud! Just read it under his bio on their own home-page.
I've bolded up & underlined what stood out at me from this. Is this meant to be a joke?
''Global Airlines was founded in 2021 by renowned travel personality and serial entrepreneur, James Asquith. James is insanely passionate about the joys of travel. He is also constantly bewildered and disappointed by the poor experiences he has encountered aboard hundreds of commercial flights whilst on his many adventures.''
I think they have actually summed up this whole project themselves in this one paragraph.
I've bolded up & underlined what stood out at me from this. Is this meant to be a joke?
''Global Airlines was founded in 2021 by renowned travel personality and serial entrepreneur, James Asquith. James is insanely passionate about the joys of travel. He is also constantly bewildered and disappointed by the poor experiences he has encountered aboard hundreds of commercial flights whilst on his many adventures.''
I think they have actually summed up this whole project themselves in this one paragraph.