Flashback to 2009 – The Gozo airstrip debate had been an ongoing saga for years. Up to January 2014, some work was carried out using shovels from the Armed Forces of Malta before this project came to an abrupt halt. Until then an official statement from the Ministry of Tourism had mentioned an Italian company being interested in flying Malta-Gozo-Sicily with the Gozo airstrip being part of the project. At a later date it was stated that the airstrip was no longer “a priority”.
Captain Etienne Zammit Lupi has retired from Air Malta after a 30-year career in which he logged more than 20,000 flight hours. He has flown an array of passenger aircraft starting on the original Boeing 737-200 before...
On Friday, Malta International Airport welcomed the first flight and passengers from Niš, marking the inauguration of the second direct connection between Malta and Serbia. Flights to Serbia’s third-largest city will be...
After an almost 10 year hiatus Turkish Airlines will start flying to Libya from Thursday 28th March 2024. MAviO News spoke to Libyan aviation expert Captain Nouman El-Ageli who shed light on the recent devlopments...
The Mallorcan Aeronautical Foundation has hatched a plan to convert the harbour in Pollensa into the capital city of seaplane operations in the Mediterranean. The project aims to re-develop an existing air base which is...
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