Hi Fly Malta

Hi Fly Malta
IATA ICAO Callsign
5M HFM MOONRAKER
Founded 2013
Operating bases Malta International Airport
Fleet size 2
Parent company Hi Fly
Headquarters Skyparks Business Centre, Malta International Airport
Website HiFly.aero (English)

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 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Hi Fly Malta Airbus A340-300 at Paris Orly Airport.

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 [4] and in May 2015 the A340-600s were sold to Al Naser Airlines, a front company for Mahan Air.[5] 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.[4] The aircraft transferred from Hi Fly of Portugal has since been sold by its lessor to Swiss Space Systems and painted in a hybrid livery of both its new owner and Hi Fly.[6]

Destinations

Hi Fly Malta has no scheduled destinations. Its planes operate on a charter and ACMI basis. However, one of the two planes will soon be reconfigured for exclusive use of its owner, Swiss Space Systems. The airline thereby focusses on long-haul and high-density passenger operations and only operates large long-haul aircraft accordingly.

Fleet

As of June 2016, the Hi Fly Malta fleet currently consists of the following aircraft: [4]

Hi Fly Fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers Notes
F J Y Total
Airbus A340-300 2 —(current)
12 (future)		 12 (current)
28 (future)		 288 (current)
40 (future)		 300 (current)
80 (future)		 Owned by Swiss Space Systems for future zero-g flights,[6] operated by Hi Fly Malta in hybrid Swiss Space Systems/Mirpuri Foundation livery. Currently configured for 300 seats, but will soon be reconfigured for 80.
— 24 271 295 Leased to Finnair

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. 1 2 3 http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Hi-Fly-Malta
  5. ↑ http://www.airliners.de/mahan-air-airbus-a340-600/35656
  6. 1 2 Kaminski-Morrow, David (12 April 2016). "Hi Fly supplies A340 for commercial zero-gravity flights". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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