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During the past week, HandsOn Systems, QuAero and German company Phoenix-Wings GmbH have been conducting trials, flying the drone between Malta and Comino. MAviO News spoke to Geoffrey Farrugia who is the CEO of HandsON...
MarvicGozo Airstrip : A step closer
Feature image: Andrè Abela MAviO News is reliably informed that the issue of the Gozo Airstrip has been discussed at cabinet level. After intense discussions, a consensus has been reached for this project to get the...
RJ70 : Lame duck?
Photo: The RJ70 was launched during a glitzy ceremony held at the KM maintenance hangars. The whole event was broadcast by the national TV station. Within the short span of nine months, from the signing of the contract...
Air Malta thanks Ryanair
Photo : Gino Galea Ryanair started flying out of Malta way back in the third quarter of 2006. The two airlines were soon at loggerheads over a number of issues which mainly revolved around routes and subsidies. Herman...
From the CASA C-212 to the Airbus A380
MAviO had to dig deep in its archives to unearth this gem. An interview done by ex-TMIS columnist and journalist Marie Benoit which was featured in Malta this Month more than 25 years ago (Feb ’96). Captain Anton...
“Mummy is the pilot!”
Photo: Edward Montebello Way back in April 2007, Charmaine St John was the only female captain in the employ of the national airline – Air Malta. In an interview with then ILLUM editor JULIA FARRUGIA (now Minister...
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...
Two Brothers Share a Flight Deck
Air Malta made history in 1994 when two brothers Charles and Joseph Maniscalco flew together for the first time. Details about this historical milestone was featured prominently in an article in Air Malta’s...
Seduced and Abandoned
Photomontage by Riccardo Flask / MAviO News During the first quarter of 2017, there was a frenzy of activity going on at KM’s Sky Parks offices as Embraer sent a high-level delegation to pitch what was then the...
Arrivederci AS2132
Photo: Mario Caruana UPDATE: (22/05/21 – 11:34am) : Latest NOTAMS indicate that the AFM/Frontex UAV will fly on Monday 24th May. The IAI Heron unmanned air vehicle deployed by Frontex but carrying an AFM Air Wing...
The National Aerospace Centre exists no more
Minister Owen Bonnici was shown around the Institute of Aerospace Technologies where he was briefed about the various programmes the institute is engaged in. Profs Zammit Mangion praised Quaero for their input. He also...
Fly & Cruise to restart in July
After a 15 month hiatus, Fly and Cruise will start again this July. Viking Cruises will have two cruise liners based at Valletta Cruise Port and will be flying in American tourists who are already vaccinated. MAviO News...
SSJ100 offered to Air Malta
An artist’s impression of how the SSJ100 would look like in Air Malta livery. (Photomontage: Riccardo Flask) The Superjet100 made its first flight in 2008. Despite the best of intentions, the aircraft has not been...
Qrendi Airfield : An option for GA in Malta?
The airfield at Qrendi was opened on 10th November 1942 by Air Vice Marshall Sir Keith Park. It consisted of two intersecting runways not far from the coast, approximately 1000 metres long and about 45 metres wide...
Is the AFM Air Wing close to deploying an Unmanned Air Vehicle?
The Armed Forces of Malta’s interest in unmanned air vehicles goes back more than 10 years. In an article which appeared on MaltaToday in July 2012, it was claimed that the AFM were keen on a European Union project that...
Gozo Heliport and Qrendi Airfield: A new lease of life for the Maltese GA community?
(Feature image: Mario Caruana) The recently set up Aviation Advisory Committee has immediately embarked on a number of studies. Interestingly, one of the topics which has resurfaced focuses on the Gozo Heliport and...
EPA MAviO Quiz proves to be a big hit
MAviO News visited European Pilot Academy at Malta International Airport earlier today. Riccardo Flask met up with EPA’s Business Development Manager Matthew Rota to take a closer look at the academy’s latest addition...
