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Following years of ambiguity and fractious negotiations, it was finally announced that on a Christmas Eve like no other, the European Commission and the United Kingdom (UK) ...

Act V of 2020 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act') was published on 3rd March 2020 and provides a number of amendments to various financial services laws.

Drones, which are also known as Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems or Unmanned Aircrafts have recently gained popularity across Europe and internationally.

As more countries close their borders or introduce travel restrictions, overseas travel is becoming more complex and difficult.

Malta's aviation finance sector is poised for significant expansion as the MFSA introduces a groundbreaking consultation on new rules for aircraft financial leasing companies. The proposed Article 3B framework offers an alternative pathway for companies to enter the aircraft leasing market without full licensing requirements, while maintaining robust regulatory oversight through a notification-based system with ongoing compliance obligations.

WH Partners has submitted formal feedback to the Malta Financial Services Authority on its consultation document proposing new Rules for Notified Aircraft Financial Leasing Companies and Related Due Diligence Service Providers. The submission addresses key areas including eligibility thresholds, scope and interaction with other licences, AML obligations, and removal from the list and restructurings.

The KPMG Aviation Malta Team is following closely the everchanging scenario and consequences that COVID-19 is having on the aviation industry.

In his address during the Business Jet 5th Annual Conference in Business Opportunities, Minister for Tourism Edward Zammit Lewis referred to business aviation as a means that reduces distances...

By virtue of its decision of 8 November 2021, the Civil Court (First Hall) presided over by Hon. Justice Robert G. Mangion, revoked a warrant of prohibitory injunction which was provisionally issued in September 2021.

Following recommendations made by a legal group commissioned by the Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications (MITC) the Maltese Government is proposing to ratify and implement the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Aircraft Protocol thereto (which taken together are commonly referred to as the Cape Town Convention).

Dr Edward Meli from our Aviation Department, published the below article in the September 2019 Edition of the Commercial Courier, the official Business Magazine of the Malta Chamber of Commerce

On the 3rd of March 2020, Act V of 2020 was published, providing for amendments to several laws, including in particular the Companies Act, Chapter 386 of the laws of Malta

The Companies Act (Shipping and Aviation Cell Companies) Regulations were issued by the Minister for Economy, Investment and Small Businesses on 16th June 2020.

Companies which are incorporated in Malta are deemed to be resident and domiciled in Malta and chargeable to tax on a world-wide basis, irrespective of where the income generating activitiy is carried out.

Aviation in Malta is an evolving success story.

The Highly Qualified Persons Rules include specific eligible offices of undertakings in the aviation industry in Malta licensed and/or recognized by the competent authority or with undertakings holding an air operators’ certificate issued in terms of the Civil Aviation Act.

In its decree delivered on the 24th May 2023, in the names of Hi Fly Limited (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Operator") versus (1) Flypop Limited of London (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Sub-Lessor")...

The Maltese Value Added Tax Department issued guidelines on the VAT treatment of the private leasing of aircraft.