In the first episode of the Ganado Meets Transport podcast,
Ganado Advocates' Matthew Xerri met with captain Charles Pace
to discuss the latest developments on Aviation in Malta.
There has been an exponential increase in the number of
Malta-registered aircraft and Malta-based aircraft operators since
the incorporation of the Aircraft Registration Act in 2010.
Pace argues that the Act, and in particular Malta's
accession to the Cape Town Convention, was one of the essential
elements which spearheaded this growth.
Malta's decision to implement an operator's register
rather than an owner's register seems to have been the correct
choice, with the jurisdiction able to attract business jet
operators, charter and ACMI operators as well as fully-fledged
airlines. Pace comments that operators are more
"organised" and have professional setups in place which
assists in the registration, operation and management of
aircraft.
