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Stephen Gauci will be moving to pastures new at the end of this month (July 2022…ndr). He can be best described as an airline communications and marketing guru who managed to achieve a lot despite the very limited...
Air Malta leases another 737
This Boeing 737-800 arrived in Malta on Tuesday 5th July to fly for the Maltese national carrier Air Malta. Registered LY-DUE , the aircraft departed this morning (06/07/22) to Madrid at 09:00 after a 40 minute delay...
Air Malta’s Boeing 737
A Getjet Boeing 737-800 is currently operating for Air Malta. The aircraft is a 2004 example which was originally delivered to Virgin Blue in May of that year. The 737NG currently carries the registration LY-UNO, with...
Air Malta’s Three-Holers
The recent news of Air Malta wet leasing an Airbus A320 from Getjet Airlines to better serve the increase in traffic during the 2022 summer season hardly came as a surprise. KM has been using aircraft on ACMI basis to...
Another Libyan newcomer
A new airline is likely to join the already crowded skies in Libya as Crown Airlines launched a recruitment drive for Airbus A320 pilots and ancillary staff. The nascent company has Ziad Farhoud as Chief Executive...
Air Malta’s only BAC1-11
The 1975 summer season was particularly busy for the Maltese national carrier. Since the company was fully aware of the increase in demand for seats on the route to the island it entered into an agreement with British...
Getjet flies for Air Malta
Air Malta has taken a Getjet Airbus A 320ceo on ACMI lease to provide additional capacity during the peak Summer season. During the past six weeks, the Maltese national carrier has also been forced to lease an A319 from...
Edelweiss adorns the front cover
Everyone at MAviO would like to congratulate top spotter Mario Caruana for having yet another picture of his making it to the front cover of an international aeronautical publication thanks to MAviO’ News. The specially...
Unmanned Chinese freighter
Earlier in the day, China’s homegrown TP500 unmanned freigher completed its maiden flight. The news was revealed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The first flight lasted 27-minutes and AVIC reported...
Malta’s Interception Squadron
Flight International had an extremely popular page known as Straight & Level prior to the recent revamp that saw it going monthly. The issue of the then weekly magazine 16-22 October 2012 published this photo...
Air Nostrum orders airships
Air Nostrum has just revealed that the airline has the intention of introducing up to ten Airlander 10 airships in its fleet. The company has said in an official statement that if the project goes ahead the airships...
9H-FLY heading back to Malta
Transport Malta – Civil Aviation Directorate has issued the approval certificate for the latest ATO (Approved Training Organisation) to be based at Malta International Airport. Aviation South West had already been...
Maltese Harmony Jets expands
Maltese operator Harmony Jets has completed an overhaul on one of its Falcon 50 jets and gave it a new dazzling colour scheme that was very well received. It is believed that substantial repairs were carried out with...
Stephen Xuereb wins prestigious award
Stephen Xuereb hardly needs any introduction within Maltese aviation circles being one of the most high profile directors sitting on the board of Malta MedAir. He has also played a crucial role in the return of the...
Ryanair Recruitment Day – Malta
Ryanair is currently recruiting for cabin crew positions across Europe and will be holding a recruitment day in Malta. Although the advert being put forward by Ryanair says, that the Recruitment Day is being held on...
Volunteer Reserve Force Pilots
During the past 48 hours the Armed Forces of Malta have issued a call for applications for the post of civilian pilots to enlist and serve within the Volunteer Reserve Force of the Armed Forces of Malta. The applicants...
Ex-Air Malta COO moves to Nigeria
Paul Fabian who is well known in Maltese aviation circles having held very high positions within the senior management team at KM, has moved to Green Africa Airlines. The young airline started flying last August using...
