First A380 ‘Royal Yacht’ May be Launched Soon

Plans to convert the first Airbus A380 retired from airline service into a ‘royal yacht’ are well under way. “We are in discussions with three parties. One is at a very advanced stage,” says Philip Queffelec, chairman of Sparfell & Partners, the leading aircraft trading company in Switzerland...
John Morris

John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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