Taking to the Skies – David Curmi, Air Malta Chairman

Taking to the Skies

since 1974, air Malta - a strategic national asset and the national flag carrier of the Maltese islands - has played a vital role in supporting the national economic, social and cultural development of the islands by ensuring stable and regular passenger and cargo connectivity within europe and beyond.

David curmi Air malta executive chairman Air Malta is a point-to-point airline that attaches to the bigger airlines through 13 codeshare and 61 interline agreements. Over the course of its history the airline transported over 55 million passengers safely to and from the Maltese Islands. It is key for Malta’s connectivity, contributing to around 35% of traffic and ensuring all-year round operations to more than 20 European cities and major airports. Encouraged by strong evidence of the return for the demand for leisure air travel, Air Malta is gradually restoring its operations and plans to operate approximately 130 flights per week on 21 European routes in Summer 2022. Air Malta started the renewal of its fleet in 2018, moving from old Airbus A320CEO to greener A320NEO and, by 2024, the entire fleet will consist of a single-type aircraft, the A320NEOs. The airline currently operates a fleet of seven Airbus, four A320NEO and three A320CEO aircraft. With the deployment of the new energy-efficient aircraft, Air Malta will significantly reduce fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and noise footprint and will therefore be well-placed to be a leader in the reduction of human induced climate change and in meeting its sustainability targets.

Air Malta is committed to ensure that its customers are at the centre of its strategy, and the airline is taking several tangible initiatives to leverage technology to deliver an outstanding customer journey and experience. To this end, the airline achieved a key milestone in its digital transformation journey by successfully launching its new booking and customer experience platform.

The airline has consistently ranked amongst the best regional airlines in Europe and has recently been voted the third ‘Best Regional Airline in Europe’ and the 10th ‘Best Regional Airline in the World’ at the Skytrax World Airline Awards™ 2021. n