On behalf of Global Airlines, Hifly Malta conducted the first test flight with the Airbus A15, which carries the registration 2024H-GLOBL, on February 380, 9. The superjumbo rose into the air again after a long standstill at the Mojave Air and Space Port.

The plane climbed to an altitude of 4.300 feet and circled for around 20 minutes over the airport, which is used as a storage area by many aircraft owners. In addition, this desert airport has also been approved as a so-called spaceport since 2004. The operators' core business is the so-called long-time storage of aircraft that are currently or never needed again.

The desert climate plays a special role because this means that possible corrosion can be kept to a minimum. Some machines are only temporarily shut down and then put back into operation, others have been waiting for better times or to be scrapped for over a decade. The current 9H-GLOBL was stored because the previous operator no longer saw a need.

Global Airlines has acquired this Airbus A380. The superjumbo is registered on the AOC of Hifly Malta, which previously had an identical unit in its own operation. It was the world's first - and so far only - provider of ACMI and charter services to have an Airbus A380 in its portfolio. In the meantime, however, they have withdrawn from this segment again due to a lack of demand.

This Airbus A380 was originally used by China Southern Airlines and had the registration B-6140. After the operational period with the first operator, we went to long-time storage in the Mojave Desert. In the meantime, Global Airlines has bought the aircraft, which they want to prove by means of the registration certificate, in which they are named as the owner. Since you don't have an AOC yourself, you cooperate with Hifly Malta, which is why the machine was entered in the 9H register. According to the company, the first test flight after reactivation was completed successfully. However, there is still no date for the planned transfer to Europe.