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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

‘I’ve risked everything’: New airline vowing to revolutionise transatlantic flights ready for take-off

Start up: James Asquith, founder of Global Airlines, on the steps of one of the carrier’s Airbus A380s - (Global Airlines)

Global Airlines, the start-up carrier pledging to “revolutionise” transatlantic flying, has announced the date of its first passenger flight.

An Airbus A380 is scheduled to depart from Glasgow at 11am on 15 May, arriving at New York JFK seven hours later.

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