New British airline opens first transatlantic flight sale – here’s how much tickets cost

Global Airlines, the British start-up airline planning a transatlantic network, has started selling tickets for its first flight.

Seats have gone on sale one month before planned inaugural flight from Glasgow to New York. An Airbus A380 is scheduled to depart from the Scottish city at 11am on 15 May. The world’s biggest passenger plane, fitted with more than 500 seats, is due to arrive at JFK airport seven hours later.