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Malta International Airport. File Photo

Malta airport profit soars to record-high €46.3 million in 2024

MIA expecting 9.3 million passengers in 2025

4 hours ago| Marc Galdes
A plane takes off at the MIA runway in June 2024. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

MIA runways temporarily closed following 'incident' with light aircraft

Runways reopen following closure of roughly 30 minutes

May 12, 2025| Times of Malta
The luxury plane would be one of the most valuable gifts ever received by the US government. Photo: Reuters

Trump plans to accept luxury 747 from Qatar to use as Air Force One

Democrats, government advocates say it is unethical and likely unconstitutional for Qatar to make such a gift

May 12, 2025| Reuters
The UK's Red Arrows are returning for the Malta Air Show. (Photo: Malta Aviation Society.)

The Red Arrows to return for Malta Air Show

Squadron leader of Maltese descent joining the team

May 7, 2025| Times of Malta
Panellists and audience members at the event. Photo: Malta Business Network

Malta Air CEO to government: Stand up to Brussels over EU aviation policies

Aviation sector stakeholders fear Malta is being damaged by EU policy decisions

April 24, 2025| Times of Malta
The selection includes hot cross buns and Easter eggs for the young ones. Photo: Emirates

Emirates celebrating Easter with treats for all passengers

Special menus to be served between Good Friday and Easter Monday

April 17, 2025| Press Release
Transport minister Chris Bonett addressing the fourth edition of the aviation conference organised by Deloitte. Photo: DOI

Malta’s aircraft registry exceeds 900 planes

Transport minister hails sector's 'unprecedented growth'

April 4, 2025| Times of Malta
A lattice-structured airplane seat bracket (left), together with two printed gyroid structures (middle) and high magnifications of these structures (right).

Exploring additive manufacturing of materials for aerospace industry

These findings highlight a trade-off between strength and manufacturing accuracy

March 30, 2025| Kersty Jo Zammit, Bonnie Attard and Glenn Cassar
Ryanair accounted for 49% of seat capacity in 2024.

Ryanair carried almost half of all passengers to Malta in 2024

Central Bank study finds Italy, UK alone account for 45% of seat capacity

March 29, 2025| Jacob Borg
File photo: Times of Malta

Passenger who smoked on Cologne flight to Malta fined €2,000: Ryanair

Airline says fine handed down by Malta court after passenger pled guilty

March 28, 2025| Times of Malta
Douglas Bennison saluting at the grave of his friend Brian Alberry.

Watch: RAF veteran pays tribute to friend killed in 1956 plane crash

Douglas Bennison visited Mtarfa cemetery on 91st birthday

March 26, 2025| Matthew Bonanno
Planes parked on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport following its closure after a fire broke out at a substation supplying power.

Heathrow airport had 'enough power' to stay open: UK grid boss 

The shutdown affected thousands of passengers around the world

March 24, 2025| AFP
An aerial photograph taken on Friday shows planes parked on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport following its closure. Photo: STR / AFP.

First flights land at Heathrow after power station fire

Airport had remained shut for most of the day after a fire at an electricity substation

March 21, 2025| AFP
This frame grab taken from a UGC video shot and posted on X on March 21, 2025 by @fire_at_Vill shows a fire burning at a neighborhood electrical substation supplying power to Heathrow Airport in Hayes, west London. Photo: AFP

London's Heathrow airport closed after fire causes major power cut

Gatwick airport accepts some Heathrow flights

March 21, 2025| AFP
The Prime Minister said the aviation industry contributes €600 million annually to Malta's economy. Photo: DOI

Lufthansa to expand Malta facilities in €22 million investment

New hangar will create 70 new jobs

March 12, 2025| Matthew Bonanno
Much of 2024’s growth is down to low-cost carriers, which ferry more than two-thirds of passengers at the airport. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Editorial: Gearing up for increased air travel

MIA’s €345 million expansion is good news that must be followed by public investment

March 8, 2025| Times of Malta
Graphic: Rizzo, Farrugia & Co. (Stockbrokers) Ltd

Financial analysis: MIA accelerates investment programme

Shareholders should be eagerly awaiting the AGM on May 14 in view of the proposed share buyback scheme

March 6, 2025| Edward Rizzo
Salvo Grima Group is launching 2,000 square metres of prime airside space at Algiers International Airport’s new West Terminal, offering core duty-free items, fashion, jewellery and lifestyle brands, operating under the newly created Horizon branding.

Salvo Grima Group partnership awarded Algiers airport duty-free concession

Group, together with Algerian partners, awarded anchor retail concession at Algiers International Airport

March 3, 2025| Press Release
The new east wing of the airport will retain the same architectural style as the current terminal, which was built in 1990, the airport CEO said. Photo: MIA

Airport revives plan to double departures terminal

Airport CEO Alan Borg unveils changes to original plan mothballed due to COVID

February 26, 2025| Daniel Ellul
The upside down aircraft at Toronto airport. AFP.

Watch: Survivors describe aftermath as plane flips upside down in Toronto crash

The plane landed on an icy runway

February 17, 2025| AFP
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary wants to see airports limit passengers to two alcoholic drinks. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Watch: Drug use among passengers increasing, Ryanair boss says

There’s no evidence the state-run airlines model works, Michael O’Leary says

February 12, 2025| James Cummings
Rzeszow in Poland. Photo: Shutterstock

Ryanair adds Glasgow and Poland's Rzeszow to its Malta summer schedule

The airline will be basing an eighth aircraft in Malta

February 11, 2025| James Cummings
The moment the plane crashed in a street in Philadelphia is captured on a doorbell camera. Video: AFP

Watch: Toll rises to 7 dead, 19 hurt in Philadelphia plane crash

A second fatal plane incident within days for US aviation authorities

February 1, 2025| AFP
US President Donald Trump (R) looks on as Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth (C) speaks about the crash. Photo: AFP

Watch: Trump attacks Buttigieg as he blames diversity for DC plane crash

Buttigieg tells Trump to start leading and stop lying

January 30, 2025| AFP
Former world figure skating champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were named among the victims of Wednesday night's crash. Photo: AFP

Watch: No survivors expected after plane crash over Washington DC river

US and Russian figure skaters among passengers on crashed jet

January 30, 2025| Times of Malta, AFP
Although services to Hong Kong eventually resumed as the public health crisis receded, no flights were scheduled to Chinese mainland, owing to a political fallout. File photo: Shutterstock

India, China agree to resume direct flights five years after stoppage

Flights between both countries were halted in early 2020 at the start of the pandemic

January 27, 2025| AFP
Emirates’ daily flights to Rafic Al Hariri International Airport in Lebanon will be served by a Boeing 777-300ER in three classes.

Emirates resumes flights to Beirut and Baghdad

Flights resume on February 1

January 26, 2025| Press Release
Peter Agius, inset, called on the European Commission to take urgent action to ensure equal opportunities for diabetic pilots across the EU. Main photo: Shutterstock.com

Diabetic pilots should be allowed to fly – MEP Peter Agius

‘EU protocol permits pilots with Type 1 diabetes take to the skies if their blood sugar levels are well controlled’

January 25, 2025| Daniel Ellul
Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, inset, said an internal investigation by the Aviation Security Department into the incident is under way.

Watch: Home Affairs Minister defends AFM action on airport runaways

'Soldiers would have risked lives had they chased men on runway’ - Byron Camilleri

January 25, 2025| Daniel Ellul
New agreements for air traffic workers (left) and council clerical workers (right). Photos: DOI.

New collective agreements for air traffic managers and council clerical workers

Agreements announced Thursday

January 23, 2025| Times of Malta