Jirgin Sama Malta

Jirgin Sama Malta
KM - AMC
Bayanai
Iri	kamfanin zirga-zirgar jirgin sama
Ƙasa	Malta
Ƙaramar kamfani na	Azzurra Air (en)
Used by	Boeing 720 (en)
Mulki
Hedkwata	Malta
Tsari a hukumance	società a responsabilità limitata (en)
Tarihi
Ƙirƙira	1973
Founded in	Valletta
Dissolved	2024
airmalta.com

Air Malta, wanda aka tsara a matsayin airmalta, kamfanin jirgin sama ne na Maltese wanda ke da hedikwata a Luqa kuma yana zaune a Filin Jirgin Sama Malta. Tana gudanar da ayyuka a matsayin mai ɗaukar tutar ƙasar zuwa wurare a Turai, Gabas ta Tsakiya da Arewacin Afirka.

Air Malta ta daina aiki a ranar 30 ga Maris 2024 kuma an maye gurbin ta washegari tare da sabon mai ɗaukar tutar, KM Malta Airlines . ^[1]

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, an kafa ƙananan kamfanonin jiragen sama masu zaman kansu da yawa a Malta. Daga cikin wadannan sun hada da Malta Instone Airline, BAS (Malta) Ltd, da Malta Airlines. A shekara ta 1947, tsoffin kamfanoni biyu sun haɗu don kafa Air Malta Ltd a cikin gasa mai tsanani tare da na ƙarshe. A ƙarshe, a cikin 1951 Malta Airlines ta shawo kan ayyukan Air Malta Ltd kuma ta ci gaba da aiki ta hanyar yarjejeniya tare da BEA har zuwa 1973. Masu mallakar Air Malta Ltd sun yi amfani da dukiyarsu, ma'aikata, da kayan aiki don kafa kamfanin sarrafa ƙasa da ake kira MAS, Malta Aviation Services.

A farkon shekarun 1970s, gwamnatin Malta ta nada Albert Mizzi a matsayin shugaban kamfanin jirgin sama kuma ta yi kira ga abokin kamfanin jirgin sama na kasa da kasa don taimakawa wajen kafa kamfanin jirgin sama da kuma kamfanin jirgin saman Pakistan PIA an zaba don wannan dalili.^[2] Sunan da aka zaba don sabon kamfanin jirgin sama yayi kama da na wanda ya riga shi, Air Malta Co Ltd, kuma an kafa shi a ranar 31 ga Maris 1973. An yi hayar BEA don ci gaba da ayyukanta na Malta, lokacin da Air Malta ta fara, har zuwa jirgin farko na Air Malta a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1974. Gwamnati ta karɓi duka Malta Airlines da Malta Aviation Services kuma an ba masu zaman kansu hannun jari a Air Malta Co. Ltd.

Air Malta ta fara aiki, tare da Boeing 720Bs guda biyu da aka hayar daga Pakistan International Airlines Landan ya yi aiki da Roma, Tripoli, London, Manchester, Frankfurt, da Parwas daga Malta. Daga baya ya sayi wasu Boeing 720B guda uku kuma ya sayi asali biyu.

A cikin 1981, an ba da hayar Boeing 737-200 guda uku, waɗanda suka yi nasara sosai cewa a cikin 1983, an kawo sabbin Boeing 737-200s guda uku. A shekara ta 1986, Air Malta ta sayi sabbin Boeing 737-200 guda uku, kuma a shekara ta 1987 ta ba da umarnin Airbus A320 na farko. A shekara ta 1989, Air Malta ta yi amfani da wani zaɓi don ƙarin A320, kuma a shekara ta 1992, an ba da umarnin Boeing 737-300 guda uku kuma an ba da umurni ga Avro RJ70s guda huɗu don hanyoyin zuwa Catania da Palermo, da kuma sababbin wurare kamar Tunis da Monastir.

Bayan bude Filin jirgin saman Malta a shekarar 1992, Air Malta ta kirkiro CargoSystems, wanda ya hada da jigilar kaya a kan jiragen Air Malta. A cikin 1994, Air Malta ta kaddamar da cibiyar jigilar kaya a filin jirgin sama. Har ila yau, a wannan lokacin ne yarjejeniyar raba lambobin tare da Trans World Airlines ta fara.

Tsakanin 2002 da 2007, Air Malta ta fara shirin maye gurbin jiragen ruwa, ta zaɓi canza dukkan jiragen sama zuwa Airbus A319s da A320s. Jirgin sama na ƙarshe a cikin wannan tsari, A320, an kawo shi a ranar 22 ga Maris 2007, kuma ba a maye gurbin rundunar ba tun lokacin.

Air Malta tana da yarjejeniyar tikitin layi 190 tare da sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama na IATA. A cewar kungiyar jiragen saman Turai ta kwata-kwata ta Mayu 2006, Air Malta ita ce kamfanin jirgin sama da ya rasa mafi ƙarancin kaya na fasinja. Adadin kaya da aka rasa a farkon kwata na shekara ta 2006 ya kasance jaka 4.1 da ke tattare da fasinjoji 1000.

A cikin hunturu, kamfanin jirgin sama sau da yawa yana hayar jirgin sama don kara yawan kuɗin shiga a lokacin low season. A watan Satumbar 2007, alal misali, Air Malta ta yi yarjejeniya biyu tare da Etihad Airways mai zaman kanta a Abu Dhabi wanda Air Malta ta hayar jirgin sama na Airbus 2 ga Etihad Airways don lokacin hunturu wanda ya fara 1 ga Satumba 2007, kuma ya ba da tallafin aiki a kan wani jirgin Airbus A320 da Etihad Airlines ta hayar. A cikin Janairu da Fabrairu 2009 Air Malta ya ba da hayar A320 zuwa Sky Airline na Chile. Daga 2011 zuwa 2014 Air Malta ya ba da hayar wani A320 zuwa Sky Airline.

A cikin 2012 Air Malta ta sami tsarin sakewa, wanda ya haifar da wasu rikice-rikice yayin da lakabi a kan jirgin sama da alamomi kawai ke cewa Malta, ya watsar da kalmar Air. Kamfanin jirgin sama ya nace cewa wannan ba canjin suna ba ne, kuma cikakken sunan kamfanin jirgin ya kasance Air Malta. Bugu da ƙari, sunayen sarauta a kan injuna har yanzu suna cewa airmalta.com. Jirgin farko da ya nuna sabbin launuka shine Airbus A320-200 9H-AEN a Malta International Airshow 2012. A rana ta biyu kuma ta ƙarshe ta wasan kwaikwayon A320 da Spitfire sun yi fashewa a matsayin aikin rufewa.

A matsayin tunawa da shekaru 40 na aiki na kamfanin jirgin sama, kamfanin jirgin sama ya fentin daya daga cikin jirginsa, 9H-AEI, A320-200, a cikin launuka na baya, yana nuna livery da aka yi amfani da shi a kan Boeing 720Bs. Jirgin saman 9H-AEI ya fara ne a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 2014.

A watan Yunin 2017, sabon Ministan Yawon Bude Ido ya ba da sanarwar sake fasalin Air Malta.^[3] Sabon shugaban da aka nada ya tabbatar da wannan.^[4] Air Malta sa'an nan kuma ta buɗe sabbin hanyoyi da yawa, gami da Tunis, Malaga (an rage shi zuwa yanayi a cikin 2019), Comiso (an gama bayan bazara 2018), Kiev, Lisbon, Casablanca, Southend (an gama shi a cikin 2019) da Cagliari (daga baya an rage shi zuwa Yuni-Satumba kawai). ^[5] An sake fara Manchester da Frankfurt bayan an dakatar da su na ɗan lokaci.^[6]

A watan Maris na shekara ta 2019, kamfanin jirgin ya ba da sanarwar cewa ya sami riba na Yuro miliyan 1.2 a cikin shekara ta 2018. Wannan riba ita ce ta farko da kamfanin jirgin ya samu a cikin shekaru 18.^[7]

A watan Agustan 2022, gwamnatin Malta ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta rushe Air Malta idan Tarayyar Turai ta hana ci gaba da taimakon kudi ga kamfanin jirgin sama. Daga nan sai ya sake mayar da kadarorinsa zuwa mai ɗaukar kaya mai nasara.^[8] Ba da daɗewa ba, an jinkirta yanke shawara game da makomar kamfanin jirgin sama zuwa ƙarshen 2022; duk da haka, hanyar sadarwa da mita sun ga raguwa mai yawa a watan Oktoba 2022, gami da dakatar da wurare da yawa.^[9]

A ranar 18 ga Afrilu 2023, Shugaban kasar David Curmi ya ba da sanarwar cewa Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ta ki ba da izini ga gwamnatin Malta don shigar da Yuro miliyan 290 na taimakon jihar a cikin kamfanin jirgin sama.^[10] A cikin 2023, Air Malta ta haɗa jirgin sama tare da sabon livery tare da ja da ja mai duhu a bayan jirgin. Wannan livery za a yi amfani da shi daga baya ta hanyar sabon kamfanin jirgin sama. Har ila yau, za a kaddamar da tsarin gasa don sabon kamfanin jirgin sama don samun tayin don alamar Air Malta wanda mallakar kamfanin gwamnati ne, IP Holdings, wanda tsohon ministan Konrad Mizzi ya kafa don canja wurin kadarori don nuna cewa kamfanin ya sami riba a cikin 2018.  ^{[ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span>]}

A ranar 2 ga Oktoba 2023, gwamnatin Malta ta ba da sanarwar rufe Air Malta a ranar 30 ga Maris 2024, wanda KM Malta Airlines ta maye gurbinsa washegari.^[1]

Babban ofishin kamfanin ya kasance a Cibiyar Kasuwancin Skyparks, wanda ke kan mallakar Filin jirgin saman Malta da ke Luqa . A cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970 babban ofishin magajinsa Malta Airlines yana cikin Sliema.^[11][12]

Air Malta ta ci gaba da Yarjejeniyar Codeshare tare da kamfanonin jiragen sama masu zuwa: ^[13]  

As of Maris 2024^[update] and prior to the closure of operations, Air Malta operated the following aircraft:^[14][15]

Air Malta a baya kuma tana aiki da nau'ikan jirgin sama masu zuwa: ^[15]

• A ranar 31 ga Oktoba 1981, bayan Boeing 737-200 ya sauka a Alkahira, Misira, bama-bamai biyu sun fashe, sun ji wa mutane hudu rauni. An gano bam na uku wanda ya kasa fashewa daga baya.
• A ranar 21 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1988, Jirgin Sama na Air Malta Flight 180 ya taka rawar da ba a yi niyya ba lokacin da aka bincika wani kaya mara kyau wanda ke dauke da fashewa a kan jirgin daga Filin jirgin saman Luqa zuwa Filin jirgin sama na Frankfurt, inda aka ɗora shi azaman kaya zuwa matakin farko na Pan Am Flight 103 daga Frankfurt zuwa Filin Jirgin saman London-Heathrow. Bomba a cikin jakar da ba a haɗa shi ba sai ya fashe a kan Pan Am 103 ta hanyar Atlantic yayin da yake tashi a kan Lockerbie, Scotland, inda ya kashe jimlar mutane 270.  ^{[ana buƙatar hujja][<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span>]}
• A ranar 9 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 1997, Jirgin Air Malta Flight 830, Boeing 737-200, Turks biyu ne suka sace shi a cikin jirgin daga Malta zuwa Istanbul, Turkiyya. Sun bukaci a saki Mehmet Ali Ağca. Harin ya ƙare a Cologne, Jamus, ba tare da wani rauni ba tsakanin fasinjoji 74 da ma'aikata shida.

• Jerin kamfanonin jiragen sama na Malta
• 1990 Faucett Peru Boeing 727 bacewar

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