AirX apprentice Anton Cilia has made the big leap into the right-hand seat of the Boeing 737. He completed his type-rating course at Baltic Aviation Training before moving to Denmark where he did his base training with...
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Air Malta’s Three-Holers
The recent news of Air Malta wet leasing an Airbus A320 from Getjet Airlines to better serve the increase in traffic during the 2022 summer season hardly came as a surprise. KM has been using aircraft on ACMI basis to...
Medavia’s ambitions for Gozo
Photo: John Visanich The helicopter air service between Malta and Gozo provided by Malta Air Charter was shut down in 2004 with the Air Malta subsidiary being wound up sometime in November 2004. With the Mil Mi-8 Hip...
The impounded Libyan jets
Earlier in the day (23/04/22) one of MAviO’s roving correspondents sent us a great picture of the two Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 sitting forlornly on Apron 3.. The aircraft can be seen huddled together on the...
Is Airbus looking at launching an A221?
In a report published by Air Data News (www.airdatanews.com) top aviation journalist Ricardo Meier questioned whether Airbus will ditch the A220-500 in favour of a new variant known as the A221. The whole hulabaloo has...
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First aircraft for SkyUp MT
New Maltese ACMI provider SkyUp MT has already taken delivery of the first aircraft earmarked for the Malta operation. The new subsidiary of the Ukrainian charter carrier is working round the clock to secure its AOC and...
New Russian turboprop
Russia has started wind-tunnel testing of a new turboprop based on the Czech airliner Let L-610. The Let company was for a time owned by US-based Ayres Corporation and the Let L-610 of which a total of eight have been...
MIA welcomes first flight from Niš
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...
Aviation brings people together
A recent post by an aircraft engineer created a huge response on social media. It highlights that professional people within the close-knit aviation community can overcome political tensions and whatever is dished out...
RedBull plane swap ends with crash
A skydiving “plane swap” stunt planned by Red Bull was unsuccessful Sunday night after one of the two planes involved spiraled out of control and crash-landed in Arizona. Both pilots were safe and no injures...
