Poor visibility in Air Malta’s operations
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The public that owns Air Malta deserves to be kept updated on how the national airline is performing, especially since the government is now no longer allowed to provide state aid to the company. But its chairman, Charles Mangion, thinks otherwise. Asked by jPoor visibility in Air Malta’s operations
The public that owns Air Malta deserves to be kept updated on how the national airline is performing, especially since the government is now no longer allowed to provide state aid to the company. But its chairman, Charles Mangion, thinks otherwise. Asked by journalists what the cost of recent operational disruptions was to the company, he acknowledged that the issues had, naturally, come at a cost. However, he hastened to add that he “was not comfortable” divulging details. He also sounded complacent, if not also insensitive, about the inconvenience caused to Air Malta customers when he said: “We are not the only (airline) that has delays.” Dr Mangion may need reminding that, in September 2013, Air Malta had issued a press statement to inform the public on the disruption caused by pilot sickness and how this was affecting its operations. It had also said that, as a result of the extraordinary high level of sickness reported by pilots, costs incurred by the national air carrier in just one day were likely to be more than €500,000. In August 2016, in a lawsuit between Air Malta and the pilots’ union, the company claimed that strike action could lead to the collapse of the airline... Read more