Hi Fly ferried Global Airlines A380 across a distance of 5000 nautical miles, from Mojave to Prestwick, via Montreal Mirabel.
Hi Fly teams worked closely with Airbus and Global Airlines as Global Airline’s A380-841 9H-GLOBL had to be ferried to PIK where it will undergo further maintenance before returning to the skies.
The first flight from MHV-YMX had a total flight time of 05h40 and around 2150 nautical miles. Second flight from YMX-PIK had a total flight time of 07h44 and around 2800 nautical miles.
Additional flight time was planned to avoid demanding weather, such as thunderstorms and severe icing.
The flights were operated with the gear down ahead of the required maintenance, thus slower and at lower altitude, and the need for a fuel stop.
This phase of the Global Airlines project represented more than 4000-man hours of work. The aircraft had been stored for a little over a year and is being reactivated.
The A380 will complet a C-Check and the cabin will be upgraded before this former China Southern Super Jumbo to return to operations.
