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| Founded | 9 June 2019 | ||||||
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| AOC # | MT-57 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 161 | ||||||
| Parent company | Ryanair Holdings | ||||||
| Headquarters | Pietà, Malta | ||||||
| Key people | David 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]
- ^ "Ryanair | Executive Officers". investor.ryanair.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ^ Martin, Ivan (11 June 2019). "Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air and Air Malta 'can live happily ever after'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Martin, Ivan (9 June 2019). "Ryanair to set up a new airline based in Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Hudson, David (11 June 2019). "Malta Air officially launched, as Ryanair promises $1 billion investment". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Vella, Matthew (30 May 2020). "Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air starts COVID-19 redundancies of pilots, cabin crew". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2020-06-01.