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Talented Clint Taliana leaves TM-CAD

Enemed MAviO Leader of the Year (2021) award winner Clint Taliana will be leaving the reins of the Flight Operations Inspectorate at TM-CAD by the end of September 2022. The departure of the highly talented and amiable...

Youngest CRI on the island!

Matthaeus Sciberras has carved his name down in Maltese history books as the youngest Class Rating Instructor ever on the TM-CAD records. Since young , he always showed great passion for anything that flies and his...

Two intrepid Maltese pilots

Two AFM pilot trainees embarked on a gruelling three day journey, that saw them flying in a single-engine Cessna 172 from Malta up to Venice and back. The arduous task required some excellent planning. Rick DImech as...

FUTURA captain retires

Captain Alejandro Ballarin officially retired from line flying on 3rd September 2022. His name will forever be intertwined with that of Spanish charter carrier FUTURA where he spent almost 20 years . Though now defunct...

Capt John Galea on the move

Captain John Galea was well known at Air Malta having started his career in January 1980, initially working as a clerk at the company’s head office and subsequently making the transition to the flightdeck in the early...

Medsky makes a splash

As revealed by MAviO News Malta MedAir will be operating up to three aircraft for Libyan “paper airline” Medsky. The aircraft arrived this afternoon (26/03/22) from Shannon where it was painted in full...

Stephen Gauci quits Air Malta

Stephen Gauci will be moving to pastures new at the end of this month (July 2022…ndr). He can be best described as an airline communications and marketing guru who managed to achieve a lot despite the very limited...

The Maltese in Oman

Mosta raised Captain Cliffton Vella has rejoined Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air after a short spell flying in Europe for a major charter carrier. Captain Vella is the only Maltese to have ever flown for the Muscat...

First Maltese at Air China

Captain Eric Abela hardly needs any introduction having been involved in the aviation industry for almost 30 years. In 1994 he joined Air Malta as a cadet pilot on the much maligned Avro RJ70. After KM decided to...

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