Chris
On this very day in 1912, a young Turkish pilot took his first flight. His name was Fesa Evrensev. This man was born in 1878 in Istanbul, Turkey. After graduating, he decided to pursue a military career. Therefore, he...
The impounded Libyan jets
Earlier in the day (23/04/22) one of MAviO’s roving correspondents sent us a great picture of the two Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 sitting forlornly on Apron 3.. The aircraft can be seen huddled together on the...
The Pesky Monitor Lizard
The First Officer of a Skyway Enterprises Short 360 had to go the extra mile after a big lizard positioned itself into the wheel well of the Flying Shoebox. The company’s fleet includes among other, seven Shorts SD3-60...
MarvicAmpaire introduces the Eco Caravan
Earlier in the month, Ampaire began ground testing the propulsion system on its first hybrid electric Cessna Grand Caravan flight test aircraft. The proposed Eco Caravan offers game-changing fuel savings over the...
Etihad recruiting in Malta
Captain Franco Azzopardi, who today forms part of the senior management team at Etihad Airways has just revealed that the well-known Abu Dhabi carrier will be recruiting for cabin crew in Malta. Recruits are being...
The Return of the Seaplane Rally
In a facebook post the president of the Malta Seaplanes Association, Jonathan Galea, announced the return of the Como to Malta Seaplane Rally – Roberts Cup after a two year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. The...
9H-MMO is ready to go!
As revealed exclusively by MAviO News, Malta MedAir has now inducted the third aircraft in its fleet. The Airbus A320ceo which arrived in Malta as OE-IOB can now be seen sporting the Maltese registration 9H-MMO. The...
SSJ100 Renaissance?
Anyone flying to airports around Turkey these days must have noticed that the Russian Superjet 100 has become a far more familiar site. Azimuth is flying to Istanbul regularly with its SSJ100s. It appears that as a...
From PanAfriqiyah to Medsky
Abubaker Elfortia has been known in Maltese aviation circles for almost a decade. He formed part of the initial group of trusted airline executives that launched the second Libyan state airline: Afriqiyah. AAW was...
Medavia Technics working on Flybe DHC-8
Having launched operations just days ago, Medavia Technics was quick to snap up as customer the newly relaunched FlyBe. As we went to press, a DHC8-400 is about to land in Malta as flight BEE31M inbound from Birmingham...
Royal Air Force A400 Atlas visits Malta
This Royal Air Force Airbus A400 ZM411 was a welcome visitor to Malta International Airport. It arrived last night (14/04/2022) from Rabat in Morocco as RRR4070. The aircraft will continue with its journey to Beirut...
Malta MedAir adds third aircraft
Malta MedAir continues with its rapid expansion unabated. Our eagle-eyed roving correspondents have spotted the third Airbus A320 which landed last night(13/04/22) at 21:52hr . The airliner should join the Corendon...
Sanctions to target aviation entities with Russian interest
Russian businessmen and enterprises that are subject to EU sanctions can sell their shareholding in companies registered in the European Union until 9th October 2022. The European Union has introduced amendments to the...
An Acropolis in Malta
One of our roving correspondents caught the only Airbus A320neo ACJ in the Acropolis Aviation fleet. The company has its headquarters in Farnborough and was launched amid much fanfare in late 2008. Initially the UK...
Tecnam launches the P-Mentor
During the past 24 hours Tecnam has officially launched a new model dubbed the P-Mentor. The aircraft is based on the highly successful P2002JF. The P-Mentor is a more developed version with IFR capability. The aircraft...
Ground handling car collides with 737
News has just reached us, that a diesel powered 2017-model Renault Clio collided with a Boeing 737-800 belonging to Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair. It is yet unclear at which Spanish airport the incident happened...
The electric Jumbolino
Announced in 2020, Wright Electric has been developing a megawatt propulsion system for an all-electric aircraft . The Wright Spirit is a re-engined BAe146/RJ affectionately known as “Jumbolino”. The term was first...
