Air Malta
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| IATA code : | KM |
| ICAO code : | AMC |
| Call sign : | AIR MALTA |
| Founding: | 1973 |
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Luqa , Malta
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| Home airport : | Malta airport |
| Company form: | State company |
| IATA prefix code : | 643 |
| Management: | Philip Micallef ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 1,018 (2015) |
| Sales: | € 130.4 million (2015) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | FlyPass |
| Fleet size: | 9 |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.airmalta.com |
Air Malta ( also airmalta in the corporate design ) is the national airline of Malta , based in Luqa and based at Malta Airport . There is no connection with the to Ryanair belonging to Malta Air .
history
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Air Malta was founded in 1973 following a resolution by the Maltese Parliament and began flight operations in April 1974. In the first few years, Boeing 720B shaped the fleet.
From the early 1990s until the fall of 2004 one was operating subsidiary called Malta Air Charter , temporarily as Gozo Wings known comprising a plurality of wet lease -operated Mil Mi-8 - helicopters a shuttle service to the neighboring island of Gozo . Air Malta also has a stake in Medavia , which operates turboprop aircraft mainly within Libya to support the oil industry.
Since the 2006/2007 winter flight schedule, Air Malta has been a codeshare partner of Lufthansa , with which a joint maintenance base is operated at Malta Airport .
In July 2012 the European Commission approved a state aid package for Air Malta amounting to 130 million euros . In the same month Air Malta presented its new corporate design , which also includes a completely new color scheme for the aircraft and a new logo. As part of its restructuring, Air Malta sold its British tour operator “Holiday Malta” to a Maltese company in September 2012.
In April 2016, Alitalia announced its intention to buy a 49% stake in Air Malta. This letter of intent was withdrawn in January 2017.
Air Malta took delivery of its first A320neo in June 2018.
Destinations
Air Malta serves important European city destinations from Malta Airport , as well as Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates . Air Malta also offers charter flights .
In the German-speaking area, there are flights to Berlin-Tegel , Düsseldorf , Frankfurt , Hanover , Hamburg , Leipzig / Halle , Munich and Stuttgart in Germany, Vienna in Austria and Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland.
Code sharing
Air Malta has codeshare agreements with Aeroflot , Alitalia , Austrian Airlines , Brussels Airlines , Czech Airlines , Emirates , Etihad Airways , KLM , Lufthansa , Ryanair , Meridiana , Swiss and Turkish Airlines .
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Current fleet
As of March 2020, the Air Malta fleet consists of ten aircraft with an average age of 9.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats | Average age
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| Airbus A320-200 | 6th | 180 | 13.1 years | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 3 | 1.2 years | |||
| total | 9 | - | 9.1 years | ||
Air Malta plans to lease a further A320neo and two A321XLRs . The A320neo, at least partially, should replace the A320-200.
Special paintwork
| Aircraft type | Aircraft registration | Painting | Period | image |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 9H-AEO | "Valletta - European Capital of Culture 2018" | since March 2012 |
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| 9H-AEI | " Retro " painting from 1974 | April 2014 - May 2020 |
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Previously deployed aircraft
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In the past, Air Malta used the following types of aircraft, among others:
Incidents
Air Malta has had two major incidents in its history:
- On October 13, 1981, two out of three bombs exploded in a Boeing 737-200 ( aircraft registration PH-TVC ) at Cairo International Airport , injuring four people on the ground. The damaged aircraft was repaired.
- On June 9, 1997, a Boeing 737-200 ( 9H-ABF ) on Air Malta Flight 830 from Malta to Istanbul with 74 passengers and six crew members was hijacked by two Turkish hijackers. They demanded the release of Mehmet Ali Ağca . The hijacking of the machine ended in Cologne , all passengers got away with the horror.
See also
Web links
- Air Malta website (including English, German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b airmalta.com - Annual Reports accessed June 7, 2017
- ↑ ch-aviation - Air Malta restructuring plan approved by the European Union , accessed on July 1, 2012
- ^ The Times of Malta - Air Malta's rebranding cost € 1.9 million , accessed July 31, 2012
- ↑ ch-aviation - Holiday Malta tour operator sold by Air Malta as part of restructuring , accessed on September 9, 2013
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Etihad will be accessed on May 5, 2016 via Air Malta shareholder Alitalia
- ↑ maltatoday.com.mt - It's official: Alitalia deal falls through, January 8, 2017 (English)
- ↑ A new Airbus A320neo complements Air Malta's fleet - it is adorned with Nicklodeon figures. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ airmalta.com - Targets accessed March 17, 2018
- ↑ airmalta.com - Partner, accessed June 7, 2017
- ^ A b Air Malta Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 15, 2020, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
- ^ Martin Rivers: Air Malta Outlines Five-Year Fleet Plan, Including A321XLR. In: forbes.com. February 13, 2019, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ With Airbus A321 XLR: Air Malta targets India and the USA. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. December 11, 2019, accessed on May 15, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ airfleets.net - Air Malta , accessed June 7, 2017
- ↑ Flight accident data and report PH-TVC in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report 9H-ABF in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
