Malta Air

Malta Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
MAY BLUE MED
Founded9 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-09)
AOC #MT-57
Operating bases
Fleet size161
Parent companyRyanair Holdings
HeadquartersPietà, Malta
Key peopleDavid O’Brien (CEO)[1]

Malta Air is a low-cost airline that operates from Malta.[2] It is a joint venture between Ryanair and the Government of Malta.[3]

The new airline initially operated six former Ryanair aircraft.[4] Ryanair planned to assign 66 routes it operates to and from Malta to this new airline and there were plans to grow the network beyond that.[5] However, these plans were revised in May 2020, when redundancy for one third of the full complement of 179 pilots and cabin crew was announced in response to the COVID-19 crisis.[6]

  1. ^ "Ryanair | Executive Officers". investor.ryanair.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ^ Martin, Ivan (11 June 2019). "Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air and Air Malta 'can live happily ever after'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ^ Galea, Albert (11 June 2019). "Malta Air will fly to 60 destinations but will not clash with Air Malta, PM says". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  4. ^ Martin, Ivan (9 June 2019). "Ryanair to set up a new airline based in Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  5. ^ Hudson, David (11 June 2019). "Malta Air officially launched, as Ryanair promises $1 billion investment". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  6. ^ Vella, Matthew (30 May 2020). "Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air starts COVID-19 redundancies of pilots, cabin crew". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2020-06-01.