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MAviO’s Editor-in-Chief Marvic Bugeja has earlier today caught up with the president of the Malta Aviation Society Joe Ciliberti. Talking to MAviO News, Ciliberti sheds new light on how things unfolded since...
MarvicSkyliner magazine celebrates 20th Anniversary
Skyliner Aviation & News is twenty years old. A truly important milestone for Chris Witt and his team. The magazine has almost cult following and is one of the most sought after by civil aviation buffs as it always...
Airstream mandated to remarket Medavia aircraft
As exclusively revealed by MAviO some weeks ago, Medavia is actively looking to dry lease its aircraft after all its flight crew were sacked in mid-April. Airstream International have been exclusively mandated by the...
Transport Malta launches Aircraft Leasing Malta
TM-CAD Director General Captain Charles Pace reiterated that with the launch of Aircraft Leasing Malta, we now have a whole ecosystem for the aviation industry based on the island. Transport Malta has been working on...
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...
Air Malta Hellzapoppin
The courts had to open early this morning, at around 11am, after ALPA presented a prohibitory injunction against Air Malta. The move which was upheld by the courts will mean that all redundancies announced by the...
Malta MedAir – On Standby
Malta MedAir expands its Airline to Airline service offers Malta MedAir is a young European airline which can boast of a wealth of experience in airline management. The airline has its registered offices in Malta, today...
BritishJET: David vs Goliath
Since deregulation was introduced with Malta’s accession to the EU in 2004, there have been a number of start-ups which tried to capture a slice of the lucrative leisure market. Hotelier Robbie Borg was a pioneer in...
Air Malta Pilots fly Jumbolino for BA
A lot has been written about Air Malta’s decision to opt for the much-maligned RJ70 when Joseph N Tabone was at the helm as CEO between 1992 and 1997. Politically responsible for the national carrier during these...
First Five Years for Air Horizont
Juan Luis Diez and Manuel Salhi came up with the idea of creating an airline way back in 2010. Ryanair had just abandoned four apparently promising routes out of Zaragoza. Their initial choice was the Fokker 100, an...
The Untold Truth about 9H-AEI
After MAviO covered in detail the departure of Air Malta’s 9H-AEI during the past 48 hr, we received this great contribution from Malta Aviation Society President Joe Ciliberti: It all started by casually walking the...
Capt. Patrick Calleja reveals all
MAviO TV continues to bring you some exclusive content, with the cream of the crop of Maltese aviators appearing exclusively on Malta’s biggest aviation web channel. With more than 80K who have watched the first three...
Private Wings acquires Dornier 328
MAviO is reliably informed that a promise of sale has been signed between the owners of the Dornier 328-100 which was managed by Medavia and German charter specialist Private Wings. 9H-AET was owned by German...
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...
Sky Alps has an important Maltese connection
Dash 8-400 of Sky Alps will be operated by Maltese AOC holder Luxwing.
Bi Mħatra li Diġà Nsejt back with a Bang!
The second episode of Bi Mħatra li Diġà Nsejt sees aircraft engineer David Polidano in the hot seat. University of Malta senior lecturer and veteran journalist Riccardo Flask asks some burning questions as David delves...
Mallorcan Aeronautical Foundation’s first European Seaplane Congress
Puerto Pollensa, on the beautiful island of Mallorca, and seaplanes have always had their history intertwined. More than eighty years ago, an airline operating seaplanes was established in Mallorca to keep vital links...
