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The Malta Air Boeing 737-8200 finally breaks cover. Special thanks to Captain Norman D’Amato for the superb pictures take at the Renton Boeing Factory.
MarvicActive sidestick technology to assist airline pilots during taxiing
By Captain Alan Muscat (QuAero Limited) Whenever you go to the airport you will always see aircraft maneuvering on the ground, under their own power, moving towards their parking stand or proceeding to their take-off...
Malta launches the first Drone Innovation Ecosystem
The first drone pilot training academy was launched in Malta in early February. The company known as Malta Drone Centre Limited is a joint venture between Maltese interests and UK company Vantage UAV. The academy has...
Corendon getting ready for the rebound
Corendon Airlines Europe is adding a seventh Boeing 737-800 to its fleet. MAviO News is reliably informed that the aircraft is an ex-Norwegian airframe that is managed by Dubai based DAE Capital. The aircraft was...
Award Winners 2020
During 2020 the Enemed MAviO Awards had to shift to a virtual setting given the huge limitations imposed on the organising committee by the pandemic which in late September was close to reaching its second peak. Despite...
adminQatar Airways will no longer fly to Malta
Malta will not feature on the Summer 2021 schedule of Qatar Airways. MAviO News is reliably informed that the highest echelons at the Doha based company have been in contact with the local travel community to relay the...
Is Engineless Taxiing the Next Big Revolution?
This is a project that can actaully be implimented in real life. These words resounded at the Esplora Hall while Handson CEO Geoffrey Farrugia was addressing academics, pilots and other interested parties during the...
Ex-EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella to chair Aviation Advisory Committee
Karmenu Vella has been appointed as chairman of the Aviation Advisory Committee by Minister Ian Borg. In his introduction Minister Borg praised Karmenu Vella for his excellent leadership qualities and said that the ex...
MAviO Online Conference (2020)
During late September, more than 100 delegates convened online to discuss and follow the first ever virtual aviation conference held in Malta. The event was supported by Enemed together with Malta Industrial Parks...
Charles Mangion talks about refunds and much more…
The Maltese national carrier is at a very important juncture in its path. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated its client base. Long gone are the plans for a 14-aircraft fleet and today the active number of aircraft...
Libya is firmly on Air Malta’s radar screen
In a hard-hitting interview, Air Malta Executive chairman Notary Charles Mangion revealed that the company is actively looking at setting up bases beyond Malta’s shores. He mentioned Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily...
Malta International Airshow 2020 – Quo Vadis?
The Malta International Airshow 2020 has been now officially cancelled by the organisers led by Malta Aviation Society president Joe Ciliberti. There is an air of disappointment after all the hard work put in by the...
Enemed inaugurates new €15 million facility
The project inaugurated by Enemed at Malta International Airport forms part of a chain of investments that reaches the €100 million mark. Thanks to this project Enemed increased the efficiency in its handling of...
SR Technics gets in shape
Early this morning, Minister Silvio Schembri attended a ceremony, whereby he initiated the process to raise the roof of the new six-bay hangar facility in place. The new hangar on Park 4 is being built for SR Technics...
The Reopening of LMML
After more than hundred days, Malta International Airport is now open for business and today it welcomed the first commercial flights. MAviO News has joined the top brass at MIA as well as Minister Julia Farrugia...
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...
Malta – A Hub for the Aviation Industry
Malta is an island in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea with fascinating history, a rich culture and beautiful blue waters where the sun shines for more than 300 days a year. Malta’s strategic position puts it at the...
