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Heston Airlines, which is a relatively young Lithuanian carrier with its headquarters in Vilnius, will launch a Maltese offshoot. The company commenced operations in 2021. Sources very close to the corridors of power at...
Declan Keller set to join Air Malta
Ex- Etihad and Air Serbia COO Declan Keller is set to join Air Malta. Sources close to Level 2 at SkyParks have confirmed with MAviO News that the Irish Airbus A330 captain has already been seen hovering around the...
Eurowings Europe moves to Malta
Eurowings Europe has relocated from Austria to Malta. This can be seen as a win for the Maltese authorities after losing out to the landlocked country in 2017, when both Malta and Austria were vying for the new...
A tale of clipped wings
During the first half of 2018, there was a serious attempt by Air Malta to diversify its business and the setting up of the Air Malta Academy was seen as a possible revenue stream. While the whole idea was still in its...
US aviation giant pursuing Maltese AOC
Mesa Airlines, one of the biggest capacity providers in the United States, has initiated the process to get a Maltese AOC. The company has 168 aircraft in its fleet and more than 2600 employees. Mesa flies the CRJ900 as...
MAviO News speaks to Malta Seaplanes Association President
The Malta Seaplanes Association organised a meetup at Gardjola Gardens in Isla, bringing together some of Malta’s top aviation talent together at one venue. One aircraft, an amphibian ICP Savannah registered I-9206 with...
Talented Clint Taliana leaves TM-CAD
Enemed MAviO Leader of the Year (2021) award winner Clint Taliana will be leaving the reins of the Flight Operations Inspectorate at TM-CAD by the end of September 2022. The departure of the highly talented and amiable...
Libya Aviation Forum
Libya is a thriving market for aviation entrepreneurs. At present the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority has no less than twelve pending applications from start-ups according to reliable sources in Tripoli. This has not...
Refurbished Misurata Terminal
Tomorrow 17th September, Libyan authorities will inaugurate the newly refurbished terminal at Misurata Airport. This will facilitate air connections with the Maghreb country. The inauguration will also coincide with the...
Valletta Air to replace Air Malta?
There has been speculation during the past weeks on whether the government will be closing down Air Malta and replacing the current national carrier with a new airline. Minister Clyde Caruana did not rule out the...
FUTURA captain retires
Captain Alejandro Ballarin officially retired from line flying on 3rd September 2022. His name will forever be intertwined with that of Spanish charter carrier FUTURA where he spent almost 20 years . Though now defunct...
F-16 display with a Maltese connection
Portuguese/Maltese operator HiFly were asked to join the FAP for a display from Beja Air Base as part of their 70th anniversary celebrations. The display with the massive Airbus A340 was planned in minute detail and had...
First Maltese at Air China
Captain Eric Abela hardly needs any introduction having been involved in the aviation industry for almost 30 years. In 1994 he joined Air Malta as a cadet pilot on the much maligned Avro RJ70. After KM decided to...
Heartfelt thanks!
Earlier in the day MAviO board member and awards coordinator Joanne Calleja presented a framed copy of the latest issue of Skyliner Aviation & News to Enemed’s Executive chairman Kevin J Chircop. It features an...
Is Swiftair getting a Maltese AOC?
There has been some frenetic activity going on at Triq Pantar and offices in Valletta as Spanish giant Swiftair has signalled its intention of setting up an AOC in Malta. The move has come as a surprise since the...
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...
Mario Caruana’s work recognized
Mario Caruana, who has recently been appointed as MAviO News staff photographer, was presented with a framed copy of his latest photo to adorn the cover of German’s civil aviation magazine Skyliner Aviation & News...
