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This article is about the Maltese charter airline. For its Portugese parent company, see Hi Fly (airline).
Hi Fly Malta
IATA ICAO Call sign
5M HFM MOONRAKER
Founded2013
AOC #MT-24
Operating basesMalta International Airport
Fleet size8
Parent companyHi Fly
HeadquartersSkyparks Business Centre, Malta International Airport
Websitehifly.aero

Hi Fly Malta is a Maltese charter airline based at Malta International Airport and a subsidiary of the Portuguese Hi Fly.

History

Hi Fly Malta Airbus A340-300 in Swiss Space Systems livery.
Hi Fly Malta Airbus A340-300

Hi Fly Malta started operations in early 2013 with one Airbus A340-600 formerly operated by Virgin Atlantic with one more pre-owned on order.[1] The airline had also applied for an Air Operators Certificate[2] and planned to start scheduled operations to destinations in North America.[3] During 2015, all of the airlines' aircraft had been stored and in May 2015 the A340-600s were sold to Al Naser Airlines, a front company for Mahan Air.[4]

Hi Fly Malta was reactivated that September with the re-registration of one A340-300 from the parent Portuguese company on the Maltese registry and a second A340-300 was added in early 2016 that had previously flown for Sri Lankan Airlines.[5] Several former Emirates A340-300 frames were added in 2017.

In 2018, Hi Fly Malta became the first secondhand operator of the Airbus A380-800, adding two former Singapore Airlines aircraft.[6]

Destinations

Hi Fly Malta has no scheduled destinations. Its planes operate on a charter and ACMI basis. One of its planes was to have been reconfigured for Swiss Space Systems prior to its liquidation, and retained a black livery with the Swiss Space Systems logo on the stabilizer prior to its retirement, while all other frames are unmarked except for registration.

Fleet

As of July 2018, the Hi Fly Malta fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

Hi Fly Malta Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F C Y Total
Airbus A330-300 1 — — 12 313 325
Airbus A340-300 2 — 12 42 213 267[8]
2 — — 24 271 295[9]
2 — — 12 288 300[10]
Airbus A380-800 1 — 12 60 399 471
Total 8 —

References

  1. ^ Hi Fly-ers head to Malta
  2. ^ Hi Fly apply for air operator certificate
  3. ^ http://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/hi-fly-malta-hfm
  4. ^ http://www.airliners.de/mahan-air-airbus-a340-600/35656
  5. ^ Hi Fly supplies A340 for commercial zero-gravity flights
  6. ^ "Portuguese Hi Fly acquires two used Airbus A380 | AIRLIVE.net". www.airlive.net. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  7. ^ "fleet". hifly.aero. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  8. ^ http://www.hifly.aero/en/a340/9h-jai.html
  9. ^ http://www.hifly.aero/en/a340/9h-sun.html
  10. ^ http://www.hifly.aero/en/a340/9h-tqm.html
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