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Global Airlines has decided to return its only Airbus A380 to storage in Tarbes, France. This decision follows two return flights to New York. The airline informed Simple Flying that the aircraft will stay parked "until it heads off to the next stage of heavy maintenance," adding that "it won't be long until it is up in the clouds once again."
Earlier this summer, Global Airlines became the second airline to operate a second-hand Airbus A380. The flights were conducted by Hi Fly on behalf of Global Airlines. Hi Fly had previously struggled with leasing out the aircraft, and COVID-19 ultimately ended its efforts.
The Airbus A380, registered as 9H-GLOBL, was tracked extensively on FlightRadar24 during its ferry flight from Dresden, Germany, to Tarbes, France. The aircraft left Dresden at 14:13 and arrived in Tarbes at 16:03 after a flight lasting approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.
