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Prestwick is launchpad for record-breaking flight

[ August 18, 2026   //   Chris Lewis ]

Glasgow Prestwick Airport has supported National Airlines’ longest ever cargo flight of an aerospace component from to Melbourne Airport, Australia, for a grounded aircraft.

The 20-hour 9,849 mile flight was operated by a B777F brokered through Golden Aviation whose director of operations, David Giles, said: “This was essentially a ‘go-now’ B777F, something that can only be pulled off with all stakeholders coming together to arrange the landing, handling, parking, processing, loading, refuelling and slots over the weekend enabling the flight to operate ASAP on the Monday with the aircraft positioning that very next morning.

“The team at Prestwick delivered a flawless operation from start to finish, ensuring the aircraft was handled efficiently and departed exactly as scheduled.”

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