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B747 basking in the Winter sun

This Boeing 747-400 BDSF has been put out to bask in the Winter sun earlier today, after it was freshly painted by Aviation Cosmetics Malta. The aircraft was originally delivered to Singapore Airlines more than 26 years...

Captain Martin Ferrando in the hot seat

The third episode of Bi Mħatra li Diġà Nsejt focuses on one of the most epic moments during Air Malta’s history. MAviO TV have tracked down Captain Martin Ferrando who was at the controls of 9H-AEQ when the passenger...

The Culling of the A321XLR

During February 2019, Air Malta had revealed ambitious plans of expansion that among other things included the induction of the yet-to-be-developed A321XLR. With its claimed 4700NM range, Air Malta’s CEO Captain...

Avio Tourism: What Future?

Avio Tourism is not a new niche for Malta to embrace in a post-pandemic scenario and neither is it a cliche that exists only in economic textbooks. Captain George E. Kissaun who conceived the first air rally way back in...

KM Pilots gather to hand in company belongings

A number of the 69 pilots that were made redundant gathered outside Air Malta Head Office to hand in the company’s belongings. It is yet unclear how things will evolve as MAviO is reliably informed there have been some...

Malta Airshow returns after three years

Photo: Mario Caruana After a three year hiatus the Malta International Airshow returns with a bang. With support from Komunità Malta and the Malta Tourism Authority, an aerial display will be held along the Qawra coast...

Kam Air to add a second ATR

Afghani carrier Kam Air is to add a second aircraft from the ATR stable. During the past 36 hours, this ex-Oman Air ATR 42-500 has been towed to the maintenance area in front of the Medavia Technics hangar. The aircraft...

MAviO 2014

The 2014 edition continued to build on the excellent foundations set in 2011.  History was done, when two leading aeronautical publications carried out a MALTA SPECIAL article focusing on the ever expanding Maltese...

Connectivity needs to improve

As Malta International Airport continues to recover lost terrain during this post-pandemic period, CEO Alan Borg emphasised that in comparison to other competing countries, Malta’s connectivity is still at -34%. France...

Double Whammy …

One of our roving correspondents caught this lovely pair of Kuwait Air Force C-130 Hercules as they routed back to Kuwait from Tunis-Carthage. Interestingly a C-17 which also formed part of the squadron did not stop in...

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