Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
I agree that times were different. There are other reasons why global is going nowhere but I do not believe it is the "owners' lack of aviation experience. Branson proved you can launch a successful airline with no aviation experience, Stelios at Easyjet had shipping experience, no airline experience.
Global is just a giant publicity stunt/ego trip. if he was serious about flying planes, he would be flying planes by now, maybe not JFK scheduled flights
I completely agree, having a A380 sitting with the word "GLOBAL" stuck over the China Southern livery, is certainly a talking point (its what gets us talking here anyway) But the whole thing is giant publicity stunt, to what end who knows.
Had he really any serious intent to get this airline going, he would have picked up some of the second hand 787's/A330's on the market, started his airline in smaller routes to build profitability and brand reputation before hitting the big routes, then expanding the fleet eventually with the likes of 777x but instead he has opted to bring on the biggest aircraft on the second hand market, and go after routes that are so fiercely competitive, that BA/AA/VS etc ply the route with dozens of aircraft a day
Even Emirates who were backed by ALOT of money, started off relatively small