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AIR MALTA DOUBLES GERMAN DESTINATIONS
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his winter Air Malta has given renewed focus to its German market and inaugurated three new services to the country. The airline inaugurated a twice weekly service to the capital Berlin, and a once weekly service to Hamburg and Leipzig.
These services will supplement the airline’s double daily flights to Munich, five weekly flights to Frankfurt and the twice weekly services to Dusseldorf.
Minister for Tourism Konrad Mizzi (3rd left) together with Air Malta Chairman Dr Charles Mangion (4th left), Chief Executive Captain Clifford Chetcuti (centre), celebrating the inaugural flight to Leipzig with Captain Cedric Fenech Azzopardi (1st left) and the crew of the first flight. Photo: Daniel Balzan.
Capt Sylvander Sant (3rd left) and his crew upon arrival of Air Malta’s inaugural flight to Hamburg. Photo: Hamburg Airport.
Through these services the airline is making sure to cover comprehensively the German market with 50 weekly departures to and from six airports.
Air Malta’s newest aircraft with registration 9H-NEO arrives in Berlin on its inaugural flight on Sunday, 28 th October 2018.. Photo: Patrick Schwarzschulz / www.airliners.net.
AIR MALTA AND AIRBUS DISCUSS JOINT INITIATIVES One of the potential initiatives is the development of a flight academy to be set up by Air Malta with the support of Airbus. The academy would offer a range of training courses for pilots. The proposal was made by Air Malta after the airline trained 20 cadet pilots for Qatar Airways. Airbus officials also provided a production update on the delivery of two new A320neo aircraft which will be joining Air Malta’s fleet in the first half of 2019. The brand new aircraft will replace A320ceo aircraft as part of Air Malta’s fleet renewal programme. Talks were also held on cost-effective technical options which will be available to Air Malta to launch longer-haul routes. Photo: Daniel Balzan.
A delegation headed by Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, Air Malta’s Chairman Dr Charles Mangion and Chief Executive Capt. Clifford Chetcuti discussed potential initiatives with Airbus during a visit to the aircraft maker's headquarters in Toulouse.
Dr Mizzi said that such meetings proved fruitful and would now enable Air Malta to plan new routes in line with its growth strategy. The Government’s vision for the airline is to position it as the airline of the Mediterranean which would connect Europe with Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.
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