Medical association warns of dispute, directives
Between April and June 2020, Emirates SkyCargo has facilitated the movement of essential commodities and other supplies for individual consumers and businesses across the world by operating more than 10,000 cargo flights to destinations across six...
ALPA again calls on Air Malta to engage in ‘meaningful discussions’
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair plans to close its Frankfurt-Hahn base in Germany - and other hubs could follow after German pilots voted against pay cuts, it emerged on Wednesday. Ryanair, which is seeking to axe 3,000 jobs due to a...
National airline restarts flights to Tunis, Kiev, Moscow and Tel Aviv
Emirates will deploy its iconic A380 on its daily Amsterdam service and add a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow starting from August 1. This announcement follows the Emirates A380’s return to the skies today with EK001 to London Heathrow,...
Updated 3.50pm A British national was arrested on Friday after a Ryanair plane flying from London to Oslo received a bomb threat, Norwegian police said, the second threat against a Ryanair flight in a week. Fighter jets from neighbouring Denmark...
What to expect as Malta opens to more countries on Wednesday
Airlines are pleading for help from their clients as they face paying customers back for flights cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic that could starve them of cash, the industry said Wednesday. "We are asking passengers for help... that's true,...
More fire trucks to arrive in 2021
The Netherlands said on Friday it would take Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its role in bringing down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing nearly 300 people. The Dutch government's move is designed to support cases...
COVID-19 led to most challenging quarter
Airline coming to terms with consequences of extraordinary travel restrictions
The pilots' union has filed a judicial protest attempting to hold Air Malta and the government responsible for "the illegalities that tainted" the company’s decision to terminate the employment of 69 pilots and demote 31 captains. ALPA said in a...
Patrick O’Brien speaks to Malta Air CEO Diarmuid O’Conghaile about the future prospects of Malta Air now that COVID-19 travel restrictions are starting to be lifted in Europe. Ryanair has long defied conventional insight. Its garish yellow and blue...
Airline denies safety issues, accuses union of 'distorting truth'
Malta has made it on England's 'air bridge' list of 50 countries
Spike in bookings seen in past two weeks
After coronavirus lockdowns that brought civil aviation to nearly a complete halt air traffic is slowly resuming in Europe as borders reopen, but tens of thousands of jobs are still hanging in the balance. Slow awakening The lockdowns saw air travel...
Cameras will monitor social distancing - and no goodbyes in the terminal
Malta Aviation Society speaking to stakeholders about its plans
ALPA's request to stop demotions is upheld
Paris's Orly airport reopened on Friday after three months closure during the coronavirus pandemic, but traffic was thin and also briefly disrupted by climate protesters storming the runway. A plane operated by low-cost carrier Transavia took off for...
Pakistani airline grounds 150 of its 434 pilots
Pilots set to fly to Cochin were part of group made redundant earlier this month
Airline and ALPA given one week to reach agreement
Flight postponed 'for logistical reasons'
Emirates Official Store has just made shopping for Emirates merchandise even more convenient and rewarding. Emirates Skywards members can now shop online for Emirates branded items using their Skywards miles as currency. Members can also earn Skywards...
Updated 5.20pm Air Malta’s decision to make pilots redundant and demote a substantial number of captains was taken without a safety risk assessment being commissioned in terms of the airline’s ‘Safety Management System Manual’, and as required by the...
Travel to and from a further six countries permitted
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