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Air Malta
Air Malta plc (stylized as airmalta) is the flag carrier airline of Malta, with its headquarters in Luqa and its hub at Malta International Airport. It operates services to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
History.
History Early years.
Shortly after the Second World War, several small private airlines were formed in Malta. Amongst these were The Malta Instone Airline, BAS (Malta) Ltd, and Malta Airlines. In 1947 the former two companies merged to form Air Malta
Malta Air
Malta Air is a low-cost airline due to start operating services with its own livery out of and into Malta by summer 2020. This is a joint venture between Ryanair and the Government of Malta. The new airline initially operated six former Ryanair aircraft. Ryanair will be assigning the 62 routes it operates to and from Malta to this new airline and there are plans to grow the network beyond that.
Fleet.
As of August 2019, Malta Air operates the following aircraft:
Six former Ryanair