Aviation & Ships Spotting in Malta
Anything from Civil & Military Aviation to Naval Vessels
Malta is a small island nation in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta lies directly south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English. The strategically located islands constituting the Maltese nation have been ruled by various powers and fought over for centuries. Malta gained her Independence from her last (British) rulers on September 21, 1964, and became an island Republic on December 13, 1974. Since May 1, 2004, Malta is the smallest member state of the European Union, both in population (404,000) and area (316 sq. km). Malta is the only nation in the world that has collectively been awarded the George Cross (by King George VI on April 15, 1942) for conspicuous gallantry in World War II, and its flag bears a replica of that award.
Forthcoming Movements in Malta (all times local)
Civil/Military Aviation:
14.03.10: Smartlynx Airlines - A320 (sta 1200, std 1300)
15.03.10: Spanair - A321 (sta 0020) ...for maintenance at LTM (tbc)
15.03.10: Qatar Airways - A321 (sta 0600) ...for maintenance at LTM (tbc)
18.03.10: Saudi Arabian Cargo - MD-11F (sta 2325, std 0125 on 19/3)
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Daily scheduled flights to/from Malta International Airport - ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
Local/Foreign Airlines operating scheduled flts from/to Malta Int'l Airport... [VIEW]
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Naval Vessels:
FGS U17 (S 196) - Type-206A Submarine ......presently a/s at Pinto-2 Wharf, ets on 16/3 (tbc)
15.03.10: SPS Martin Posadillo (A 04) - Vehicle Cargo Ship ...eta 1330
20.03.10: FGS Laboe (M 1097) - Kulmbach Class (Type MJ333) Minehunter ...tbc
20.03.10: FGS Pegnitz (M 1090) - Ensdorf Class (Type 352) MCM (Drone Control) Vessel ...tbc
Latest News...
Local & International (click on date to read more)
- 12.03.10: A Nigerian AF G-222 (NAF950) has sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Port Harcourt Airport, Nigeria.
- 12.03.10: Malta Int'l Airport issues its financial results for 2009 and revised forecast for 2010.
- 12.03.10: U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has grounded 104 USN & USMC F/A-18 Hornets after more cracks were discovered on their airframe.
- 12.03.10: Swiss Int'l Air Lines has recorded a 69% fall in profits in 2009 when compared to 2008.
- 12.03.10: Russia and India have signed a US$1.5 billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi.
- 12.03.10: First Nimrod MRA4 destined for the RAF has been formally accepted and declared ready for crew training by Britain's MoD.
- 11.03.10: Saab has been awarded a contract by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration to upgrade the Swedish AF's fleet of JAS-39 Gripens.
- 11.03.10: AgustaWestland has announced that the Indian Government has signed a contract for 12 AW-101 helicopters.
- 11.03.10: Boeing has received a contract modification from USAF for the FY10 production of more than 6,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition kits.
- 11.03.10: Indian government's security committee has approved the allocation of US$2.3 billion to retrofit the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier (INS Vikramaditya).
- 10.03.10: An Izmir Airlines A319 (TC-IZR), operating obo Pegasus Airlines, has blew both nose gear tyres upon touch down on Frankfurt's RWY07R.
- 10.03.10: European passenger traffic up 3.9% during January 2010.
- 10.03.10: A USMC F/A-18D Hornet has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, app. 35 miles east of St. Helena Sound, SC, after a double engine failure.
- 10.03.10: United has signing a firm order with Airbus for 25 A350-900 XWBs powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.
- 10.03.10: Airliner net orders came in at 27 in Jan-2010 as 28 new orders were offset by a single cancellation, with another 12 swaps.
- 09.03.10: Hawaiian Airlines has placed a firm order with Airbus for an additional A332.
- 09.03.10: India's new international cargo airline, Aryan Cargo, has been awarded its air operator’s certificate.
- 09.03.10: Boeing has been awarded an USAF contract for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets.
Local time in Malta is UTC +1-hr (last week October to last week March) & UTC +2-hrs (last week March to last week October)
Last Updated on March 14, 2010 @ 08:35
(since 01/01/2009)
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