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The 2016 edition was one of the largest ever organised by the organising committee. The theme was carefully chosen, with the senior management team opting to focus on the much overlooked subject of seaplanes...
adminMAviO 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...
MAviO 2013
The 2013 edition proved to be one of the most successful for the core team behind the event. The incessant work put in by Riccardo Flask, Marica Vella and Joanne Calleja resulted in the first ever air to air photo...
MAviO 2012
The second edition saw a number of small changes taking place in the organising committee. Lara Debono, left for pastures new, while the ranks were reinforced with banker Joanne Calleja and Captain Sinclair Portelli...
MAviO 2011
Work on the very first edition of the BOV Aviation Outlook started in late 2010, with the first conference held in May 2011 at the BOV Head Office in St Venera. Riccardo Flask, Marica Vella, Chris Cauchi, and Lara...
Air Malta in near Mid-Air Collision over Attard
One of the main stories way back in 2007 was the near miss between an Air Malta aircraft on final approach for runway 13 and the intruder flying into its path from the Grand Harbour side. The story created a huge debate...
Frenchman Tells Police Plane left Malta in Container
One of the most interesting stories to ever emanate from the Maltese Law Courts, was that involving ex-French military official Jean Jacques Fuentes who in 2010 was found guilty of exporting two military planes to the...
Gozo Airstrip Still Seems Pie in the Sky
Flashback to 2009 – The Gozo airstrip debate had been an ongoing saga for years. Up to January 2014, some work was carried out using shovels from the Armed Forces of Malta before this project came to an abrupt...
Award Winners 2018
The winners of the 2018 edition of the MAviO Awards, from left to right: Mr Martin Azzopardi (Lifetime Achievement Award) / Mr Raffaele Fiorentini (Leader of the Year) / Flight Examiner Trevor Darmanin (Aviator of the...
Award Winners 2017
The 2017 winners together with the then Minister for Transport Joe Mizzi. From left to right: Major Anthony Abela (Lifetime Achievement Award) / Minister for Transport Joe Mizzi / Nigel J Dunkerley (Leader of the...
Award Winners 2016
MAviO 2016, from left to right: Captain Norman D’Amato (Aviator of the Year) / Captain Joe Agius (Leader of the Year); in absentia his wife collected the award on his behalf / Charles Stafrace (Lifetime...
Award Winners 2014
MAviO 2014, from left to right: First Officer Mark Attard (Aviator of the Year) / Captain Michael O’Brien (Lifetime Achievement Award ); in absentia his friend Stephen J Muscat collected the award on his behalf /...
Award Winners 2013
MAviO 2013, from left to right: Captain Mark Micallef Eynaud (Aviator of the Year) / Alex Vit (Lifetime Achievement Award ); in absentia Ramona Galea collected the award on his behalf / Ray Polidano...
Award Winners 2012
MAviO 2012, from left to right: Richard J Caruana (Lifetime Achievement Award) / Abdulrazagh Zmirli (Leader of the Year) / Captain Philip Apap Bologna (Aviator of the Year)
Award Winners 2011
The awards started in 2012, however in 2011, we gave due recognition to three people who had worked extremely hard to help MAviO get off the ground in what was a very harsh environment at the time. I have also included...
