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Malta International Airport

Luqa Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMalta International Airport plc
ServesMalta
LocationLuqa
Elevation AMSL91 m / 300 ft
Coordinates35°51′27″N 014°28′39″E / 35.85750°N 14.47750°E / 35.85750; 14.47750
Websitewww.maltaairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 2,377 7,799 Asphalt
14/32 3,544 11,627 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Passengers2,701,624
Aircraft movements27,832
Cargo (kg)18,262,515
Source: [1]
The old passenger terminal at Luqa Airport was converted into an air cargo terminal when the completely re-furbished Malta International Airport became fully operational in March 1992.

Malta International Airport (IATA: MLA, ICAO: LMML) is the only airport in Malta, and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago. It is located between Luqa and Gudja in Malta. It occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa and was completely re-furbished, becoming fully operational on March 25, 1992. It is still referred to by locals as Luqa Airport, and sometimes as Valletta Airport internationally, as it is located 8 km from the Maltese capital Valletta.

The airport serves as the main hub for Air Malta, though many other airlines also fly to the airport, including many holiday airlines. The airport is operated by Malta International Airport plc, a public limited company. It also hosts the Area Control Centre. The airport hosts the annual Malta Airshow, visited by military and civil aircraft from various European and other countries.

Incidents and accidents

  • On November 23, 1985, Luqa Airport was the scene of one of the deadliest aircraft hijackings in aviation history.[1] EgyptAir Flight 648 was forced to land in Malta en–route to Libya. On the agreement of Maltese officials, Egyptian antiterrorist forces were dispatched to deal with the incident. Storming of the Boeing 737 resulted in the death of over 60 passengers[2] plus several security personnel, aircrew and hijackers.
  • Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was convicted for the Lockerbie bombing on the theory that, by some unexplained method, he loaded a bomb onto a plane at Luqa Airport that eventually found its way, via Frankfurt and Heathrow, onto PanAm 103.

Airlines and destinations

Gallery

  • Departures lounge
    Departures lounge
  • Arrivals lounge
    Arrivals lounge
  • View of the outside of the terminal
    View of the outside of the terminal

External links

References

  1. ^ "1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane". BBC. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "After nearly 11 years, EgyptAir hijacker sentenced". CNN. October 7, 1996. Retrieved 2007-02-07. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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