10 Facts About Air Malta

Air Malta plc is the flag carrier airline of Malta, with its headquarters in Luqa and its hub at Malta International Airport.

The owners of Air Malta Ltd used their real estate, staff, and equipment to set up a ground handling company called MAS, Malta Aviation Services.

Air Malta started operations, with two wet leased Boeing 720Bs that served Rome, Tripoli, London, Manchester, Frankfurt, and Paris from Malta.

Between 2002 and 2007, Air Malta embarked upon a fleet replacement programme, opting to change all aircraft to Airbus A319s and A320s.

Air Malta had around 190 interline ticketing agreements with other IATA airlines.

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In September 2007, for instance, Air Malta made two agreements with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways by which Air Malta wet-leased 2 Airbus aircraft to Etihad Airways for the winter period starting 1 September 2007, and provided operational support on another Airbus A320 aircraft leased by Etihad Airways.

In 2012 Air Malta underwent a re-branding process, which caused some controversy as the titles on aircraft and signage only say Malta, omitting the word Air.

Air Malta then opened a number of new routes, including Tunis, Malaga, Comiso, Kiev, Lisbon, Casablanca, Southend and Cagliari.

On 1 April 2019, Air Malta celebrated 45 years since it commenced its first operations.

Air Malta was reportedly facing a loss of €30 Million, a year after recording profit for first time in 18 years.