Ryanair has announced a new service between Malta and Eindhoven (the Netherlands).It is launching the route at a fare of €26.99, applicable until midnight of August 27th.Ryanair’s Luis Fernández-Mellado, sales and marketing manager for Malta, said the flights, starting on October 31th, will operate on Thursdays and Sundays.(www.timesofmalta.com)
Passengers on a flight from Malta to Luton were delayed by more than five hours today when their Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft (reg'n EI-EKB) was hit by a vehicle lifting a wheelchair. The incident happened at about 11.10 a.m. Although the damage did not appear to be serious, engineers declared the aircraft unserviceable and the passengers were disembarked. Ryanair sent another aircraft to pick them up.The stricken aircraft was kept in Malta for repairs.(www.timesofmalta.com)
Air Malta has for the third time passed the global airline industry’s benchmark operational safety audit.The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has renewed the company’s operational safety audit (IOSA) registration for another two years until the next audit scheduled for 2012.The IOSA programme is the global flight safety and quality benchmark recognised by member airlines of IATA.Air Malta continues to be listed as one of the IATA IOSA registered airlines which it joined in 2006 when the national carrier was first listed among IOSA-compliant airline after an audit that it completed with similarly outstanding results.The audit examined the airline’s regulatory compliance of operation in eight main areas: flight operations, operational control and flight despatch, aircraft engineering and maintenance, cabin procedures, ground handling, cargo operations and operational safety.Activities in these eight areas were conducted on the basis of more than 900 requirements examined in the course of an IOSA airline audit, and which the airline has to be able to fulfil in order to gain registration with this international body.The audit this year was conducted by IATA on the basis of more rigorous and updated standards taking into consideration the ever evolving industry standards. Every operational area of the airline was involved in a week long audit conducted by a team of six certified auditors.Commenting during the presentation of the IOSA certificate, Air Malta’s CEO J. Cappello said, "The successful IOSA audit further strengthens the professional reputation of Air Malta since IOSA registration is highly valued and mutually accepted at international levels, thus representing a more than acceptable guarantee of quality for our customers. This certification will help Air Malta in its commercial dealings such as codesharing and aircraft leasing".The IATA Operational Safety Audit programme is an international recognised and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.IOSA uses internationally recognised quality audit principles and is designed so that audits are conducted in a standardised and consistent manner. It was developed with a view to best industry practices and continues to be further developed to go beyond the strict official requirements. This has made it a highly respected air industry certification generally accepted as a benchmark around the world.The aim of the programme is maximisation of quality and improving the security and cost-efficiency of the industry.
Transport Malta / Directorate of Civil Aviation has published today the latest update of the Malta Register of Aircraft.
New additions (since last update of April 22, 2010):- 9H-AFT - A318-112 Elite (ex D-AUAB)- 9H-BGL - BD-700 Global Express XRS (ex C-FWGH)- 9H-BOM - CL-600 Challenger 605 (ex OH-ANS)- 9H-SKY - Tecnam P2002-JFCancellations (since last update of April 22, 2010):- 9H-AFB - Learjet 60EX (re-registered N545LF)
Following the 10.3% growth reported for the first half of 2010, passenger movements in July once again increased by a substantial 15.8% reaching a record high of 401,952 movements. The increase, in absolute terms, when compared to July 2009, is equivalent to 54,729 movements.
"This was the first time that Malta Int'l Airport’s monthly passenger movements exceeded the 400,000 mark" said CEO J. Jaeger expressing satisfaction at these results and stating "this confirms our positive outlook for 2010. These results are indeed attributable to the close cooperation with the MTA as well as the input of all other stakeholders.The results for the first seven months of the year, in terms of passenger movements therefore show an increase of 11.5% when compared to the same period last year, totalling 1,782,757 passenger movements. The strong increase of 9.2% in seat capacity was the main driver of this result, whilst the average seat load factor improved by 1.4% reaching 69.0% for the period January to July 2010.
In July alone, aircraft movements and seat capacity grew by 10.8% and 12.0% respectively over the corresponding period last year, whilst the average seat load factor also increased by a significant 2.5% to reach 77.1% from the 74.6% registered in July 2009. The maximum take-off weight was 10.9% higher than that registered in July last year, whilst cargo and mail was 4.7% lower than that recorded during the same month in 2009.
All the core markets, with the exception of Germany, registered significant increases during the month of July with Spain, Italy and France growing by 41.5%, 31% and 17.5% respectively, whereas the largest market, the U.K., resulted in a more modest increase of 5.2%. The German market on the other hand registered a 1% drop.
(www.maltairport.com)
Ryanair has announced a new service between Malta and Eindhoven (the Netherlands).
Passengers on a flight from Malta to Luton were delayed by more than five hours today when their Ryanair Boeing 737-800 aircraft (reg'n EI-EKB) was hit by a vehicle lifting a wheelchair. The incident happened at about 11.10 a.m. 
Air Malta has for the third time passed the global airline industry’s benchmark operational safety audit.
Transport Malta / Directorate of Civil Aviation has published today the latest update of the Malta Register of Aircraft.
Following the 10.3% growth reported for the first half of 2010, passenger movements in July once again increased by a substantial 15.8% reaching a record high of 401,952 movements. The increase, in absolute terms, when compared to July 2009, is equivalent to 54,729 movements.