Air Malta

Air Malta (founded as Maltese Airways) is the Maltese flag carrier and a LAC subsidiary. It has got destinations to almost Europe, North Africa, Middle East, North America, India, Japan, and Australia.

History
The airline has been founded on 1st September 2019 as Maltese Airways after the LAC administration's decision to expand to Malta.

The first flight was on 10th September, with the route Luqa-London Heathrow.

On 27th September it received 3 Hughes 269a/TH-55 Osages and has been opened the new base, as a focus city, Gozo Xewkija Heliport, for connecting the island with Malta, Comino (a little island between Malta and Gozo) and Sicily (including Pantelleria and Lampedusa), with an occasional charter tour to Mt. Etna.

On 1st October it received 4 Concordes and 1 Airbus A380-800s with the opening of the intercontinental routes:

Malta-Chicago O'Hare

Malta-New York JFK

Malta-Miami

Malta-Toronto

Malta-New Delhi

Malta-Mumbai

Malta-Tokyo

Malta-Perth

Malta-Sydney

On 20th November 2019 the 3 previous Hughes 269a/TH-55 Osages has been changed with 3 new Airbus H135s.

On 1st May 2020 it changed name to Air Malta, like the irl Maltese airline.