Recently, the retired Airbus A380 aircraft of China Southern Airlines, which has fascinated many A380 fans in China, has received radio waves from the huge apron of Mojave Airport in California, marking that China Southern Airlines' Airbus A380 large aircraft is about to return to the blue sky.
It is understood that the restart of China Southern Airlines' retired Airbus A380 action was initiated by London-based Global Airlines. The company has signed a contract to purchase four retired Airbus A380s, with the B-6140 being the first to be acquired.
As for whether the other three Airbus A380s of TWA are also purchased by China Southern Airlines, it is uncertain. As a start-up company that was only established in July 2021, the four Airbus A380s purchased by British World Air are undoubtedly a big bargain.
Although TWA did not announce its purchase, there are still sources that the company purchased four retired Airbus A380s for no more than 1$400 million. That's less than $35 million per A380 on average.
You must know that when China Southern Airlines bought a new Airbus A380, it was as high as 4$500 million! The B-6140 A380 was retired at the end of 2022 after only a few years of service with China Southern Airlines. Unexpectedly, only 13 months after decommissioning, it was bought by a British buyer.
At present, the retired Airbus A380 of China Southern Airlines has been re-registered as 9H-GLOBL in Malta. After overhauling and finishing, the aircraft is expected to start flights in 2024 and is scheduled to be operated on regular commercial routes New York-London or London-Los Angeles. These two world-famous routes are the busiest routes across the North Atlantic, the most high-end demand, and the most profitable international routes.
Trans World Airlines prides itself on being a high-end airline that provides high-quality transatlantic services. Still, there are many people who question whether this new company, which is less than 2 years old, is capable of running these huge aerial giants. After all, too many airlines that operate the A380 lose money and end up with retired aircraft.
However, the founder of TWA Airlines, 35-year-old James Asquith, a well-known traveler, was so confident that he had traveled to all 196 countries and territories in the world at the age of 24, earning the Guinness World Record for the youngest person to do so.
In particular, after Richard Stephenson, the former head of the British Civil Aviation Administration, was hired as the chief commercial officer of World Airlines, the boss James Asquith was more confident in running the high-end transatlantic routes in North America.
As for how James Asquith is doing, let's give him a Chinese saying: a mule is a horse, pull it out for a walk!
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