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...
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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...
Captain Robin Zammit hailed as a modern-day hero
MAviO News caught up with Captain Robin Zammit who carved his name in the annals of Malta’s aviation history books after he played a pivotal role in saving the life of an incubator baby way back in March 2017. In an...
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...
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...
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...
Tecnam launches the P-Mentor
During the past 24 hours Tecnam has officially launched a new model dubbed the P-Mentor. The aircraft is based on the highly successful P2002JF. The P-Mentor is a more developed version with IFR capability. The aircraft...
