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AIR UK LOCAL AIRLINE BADGE / BRITISH CALEDONIAN STICKER
Last Price: GBP0.99 Ending Date and Time (GMT): 2004-11-02 20:23:27 AIR UK LOCAL AIRLINE BADGE / BRITISH CALEDONIAN STICKER.
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Rare Business Air spoon (airline flatware)
Last Price: GBP46.00 Ending Date and Time (GMT): 2004-10-31 10:35:31 You are bidding for a spoon from the now defunct airline Business Air.
Business Air was a subsiduary of Lufthansa and flew executive flights
from London City to Frankfurt using Bae146 aircraft. Items from this
airline are becoming increasingly hard to find and are a must for any
serious collector. The Business Air logo is clearly stamped.
Listed with a very low starting price and no reserve.
Please see my other current listings for further aviation related
items.
Air Malta AIRWAYS Collectable Airline Pen - NEW
Last Price: GBP2.99 Ending Date and Time (GMT): 2004-10-30 19:17:07 Air Malta Airlines
Air Malta Pen
High quality metal ben with styled rubber grip printed with Air Malta
logo
This is a QUALITY collectable item.
See Photo for details
An asset to any collection.
Feel free to ask any additional questions by e-mail. More photographs
available on request.
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The rest of the world £3.00
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1st Class Tracked Delivery by Royal Mail
Overnight express delivery possible at an extra cost - please ask if
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A SHORT HISTORY OF AIR MALTA
Air Malta was set up by a Resolution of Malta's House of
Representatives on 21st March 1973 and was registered as a limited
liability company on 30th March 1973. The previous day, the Prime
Minister as Minister for Civil Aviation had granted the company an Air
Service Licence valid for ten years with effect from 1st April 1973.
The licence was granted subject to the condition that the substantial
ownership and effective control of the airline would, at all times, be
held and exercised by the Government of Malta and/or by citizens of
Malta and/or by companies incorporated under the laws of Malta and
controlled by citizens of Malta.
In the words of its charter, Air Malta's primary aim is to establish,
maintain, develop and operate air transport services to and from Malta
which, by the carriage of passengers, freight and mail, serve the
national interest. Air Malta carries out these services under the
regulation of the Maltese Department of Civil Aviation that has issued
Air Malta a JAR-OPS 1 Air Operatorâs Certificate signifying that its
operationsâ safety level is similar to other European airlines that
are regulated under the same standard of operation.
Air Malta started flying operations with two wet-leased Boeing 720Bs
from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on 1st April 1974 with
scheduled services to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Rome, Frankfurt,
Paris and Tripoli. Its schedule now serves around 45 destinations in
Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Currently Air Malta has a fleet of 13 aircraft consisting of four
Airbus A320, three Airbus A319 and six Boeing 737-300.
A major milestone for Air Malta was reached on 30th March 1982. After
several months of intensive evaluation of various aircraft types from
different manufacturers, the Maltese national flag-carrier signed an
agreement with Boeing Commercial Airplane Group for the purchase of
three B737-200 Advanced aircraft. Their delivery in March 1983
coincided with the airline's tenth anniversary celebrations. These
first-ever brand-new aircraft soon became the backbone of Air Malta's
fleet.
In August 1986 Air Malta purchased two more B737-200As which were
delivered in July 1987. The purchase was financed through a
US$40-million credit facility from a consortium of ten international
banks. This was the first-ever international financing for a Maltese
borrower, and it was a source of considerable satisfaction to Air
Malta that the loan, mandated to Chase Investment Bank, was
oversubscribed in syndication.
Early in 1987 Air Malta signed two other agreements: one for delivery
of an Airbus A320-200 airliner, delivered in August 1990, and another
for the sixth B737-200A, delivered in March 1988. Also in 1987 Air
Malta sold two B720Bs, leaving just one in the fleet. In March 1989
the airline exercised its option for a second A320-200, delivered in
March 1992. The following month it ordered three new Boeing 737
aircraft (eventually deciding on the 300 series) for delivery in
March, April and May 1993. The last remaining B720B was withdrawn from
the fleet late in 1989.
In October 1992 Air Malta wet-leased a British Aerospace Advanced
Turboprop aircraft in order to increase the frequency of services to
neighbouring destinations. It started by stepping up services to
Catania, keeping Palermo on, as a year-round destination and starting
operations to Tunis and Monastir. The ATP lease lasted 18 months.
In January 1994 Air Malta ordered four RJ70 Avroliners from Avro
International Aerospace, for delivery between September 1994 and March
1995. The package deal included the replacement of four Air Malta
Boeing 737-200A aircraft.
Air Malta was actively involved in the planning of the new air
terminal at Malta International Airport, which was officially
inaugurated on 8th February 1992.
Early in 1993 Air Malta took a fresh look at its cargo operation and
decided to give it increased importance in its strategies, with a view
to airfreight achieving a greater percentage of the airline's
turnover. It set up CargoSystems to provide services ranging from
third-party handling through warehousing, marketing, on-board courier
services and, eventually, a dedicated scheduled freighter operation: a
totally new concept for the airline.
For its revamped cargo operations the airline acquired the old Luqa
air passenger terminal, which had become vacant following the move of
all passenger-related handling activities to the new Malta
International Airport terminal. The building underwent a complete
internal refurbishing so that it could meet modern air-cargo
requirements. The Air Malta CargoSystems and Transhipment Centre was
officially inaugurated on 19th January 1994. Since, 1994 CargoSystems
have actively been involved in ad-hoc and schedule freighter
operations. Today CargoSystems operate a weekly schedule freighter
service between Malta and Frankfurt using Boeing 757F aircraft and
twice-weekly operations between Malta and Tripoli using AN26 aircraft.
Air Malta is a firm believer in the importance of the fullest possible
utilisation of aircraft. Within six months after taking delivery of
its first three B737 aircraft, the Maltese flag-carrier established a
world record with the highest utilisation for all operators of the
aircraft type: 14.9 hours per aircraft per day in September 1983. In
its very first year of A320 service the airline achieved some of the
highest utilisation figures of the type worldwide.
In its last reported financial period (August 2002 â July 2003), Air
Malta carried 1.6 million passengers on its combined scheduled and
charter services.
Air Maltaâs Board of Directors is headed by Chairman, Mr Lawrence
Zammit. Its members are Mr Ray Arpa, Mr Paul Bonello, Mr Joseph Fenech
Conti, Mr Eucharist Mizzi, Mr Noel Radmilli, and Mr Michael Soler. The
Companyâs Secretary to the Board is Dr Catherine Tabone. Mr Ernst
Funk is the Chief Executive Officer while Mr Joe Cappello is the Chief
Operating Officer.
Almost since its setting up, the airline has sought to diversify its
activities with a view to diversify its operations. The Air Malta
Group also incorporates a number of subsidiaries that reflect the
parent company's operation.
The first step in diversification was the setting up of a fully-owned
tour-operating subsidiary in the UK, followed by increasingly deeper
involvement in the accommodation side of tourism, where hotels, a
tourist village and self-catering complexes were acquired or
constructed.
Air Malta's two major hotels are the Crowne Plaza Malta and the Grand
Hotel Mercure Selmun Palace. The companyâs various subsidiary
companies include Sterling Travel & Tourism and Holiday Malta Company
Ltd. Sterling Travel & Tourism is a destination management company and
a major player as a representative and ground handler for
foreign-based tour wholesalers. Holiday Malta is the tour-operating
subsidiary based in London. It is the largest Malta specialist tour
operator in the UK and Ireland and, as Air Malta Holidays in
Scandinavia, Germany, Russia, Sicily and Greece, the company mounts a
comprehensive year-round programme of inclusive holidays to Malta,
Gozo, Comino and Sicily. Holiday Malta is also a leading incentive and
group travel organiser.
Other companies include Air Supplies & Catering Co. Ltd, which
provides duty-free goods on the ground and in flight. The airline also
has a stake in Middlesea Insurance, a State corporation writing
insurance business.
In September 1995 Air Malta announced the setting up of its own
captive insurance company, Shield Insurance Company (Guernsey) Ltd. The
company operates out of Guernsey and was set up primarily to insure
Air Malta's peripheral aviation insurance policies. At the same time
the company also set up Osprey Insurance Brokers Ltd which catered
primarily for the Groupâs insurance requirements but also handles a
number of 3rd party non-related accounts. Osprey handles all classes
of business with itâs most specific area of specialisation being
Aviation Insurance. The combination of Osprey and Shield has proved to
be an effective risk management tool for the company.
In December 1997 Malta's House of Representatives unanimously approved
a change in Air Malta's memorandum and articles of association. Air
Malta was registered as Air Malta p.l.c. and the authorised share
capital was increased from Lm5 million to Lm35 million.
Air Malta was awarded the JAR-145 Approval Certificate on 13th
November 1997 by the French Director General of Civil Aviation after
the European Joint Aviation Authorities delegated the French civil
aviation authority to audit the airline's engineering facilities and
procedures. Subsequently the Malta Department of Civil Aviation
qualified as a full member of the Joint Aviation Authorities.
Supervision of aircraft maintenance was taken over by the Maltese
Authority and following a second pre-qualification audit, the Malta
Department of Civil Aviation awarded the JAR-145 Approval Certificate
to Air Malta on 20th August 2001. This approval reflects the
internationally-recognised maintenance standards of Air Malta's
aircraft.
In June 2002 Air Malta and Lufthansa Technik AG set-up a new joint
venture by which, in January 2003, Lufthansa Technik Malta started
performing engineering C-Checks on the complete range of Boeing 737
and Airbus A320 family aircraft for Lufthansa German Airlines, Air
Malta and third parties.
A month later Air Malta concluded a multi-million dollar agreement
which involved International Lease Finance Corporation, Airbus
Industrie and CFM International for the renewal of its fleet over a
four-and-a-half-year period. Two major elements of the deal involved
the sale and lease back from ILFC, a major American aircraft lessor,
of Air Maltaâs own two A320-200s and three B737-300s, and the lease
of twelve new aircraft from the Airbus A320 family for a term of
twelve years each. The new aircraft will be powered by CFM engines.
The first new Airbus A320 with registration 9H-AEF joined Air
Maltaâs fleet on Wednesday 7th January 2004. The 168-seater
aircraft, named âVallettaâ, operated its first flight, KM146, to
Manchester on the 8th January. The second new aircraft, an Airbus
A319, with registration 9H-AEG and named âMdinaâ joined Air
Maltaâs fleet on the 4th of February 2004. This is the first time
that Air Malta is operating a Maltese registered Airbus A319 in its
fleet. By the year 2008 the average age of the fleet will go down to
2.7 years.
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