Such growth needs to be constantly supported

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“Aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI) has been very popular even pre COVID-19. Today, with the delays in production of new aircraft and also groundings due to engine problems, ACMI operators are very much in demand. The Phenomena allows legacy carriers to increase capacity on demand and to replace grounded aircraft. I believe that this will remain a strong market for at least 3 more years due to lack of capacity.

The problem is that many carriers are not letting go of aircraft as the new ones on order are delayed. With this scheme, we need to keep in mind however that the margins are tight, and many airlines will struggle despite the finland mobile database high demand. Cost is continuing to increase due to labour demands, fuel (even more with the introduction of SAF mandates kicking in next year) and overflying charges. This leaves airlines in precarious situations as we have seen with first quarter results of at least two major groups lately.”

Since you became Director of the Civil Aviation Directorate, in 2016, the industry grew and so did the Malta Aircraft Registry, which now counts over 880 aircraft and 52 Air Operator Certificate owners. by the various administrative structures. What were the main challenges that the CAD had to face, to keep up with this growth?

“Working within the public sector might present, at times, significant challenges because you often need a private sector mentality and the flexibility of a private enterprise to be able to give stakeholders what they need. For instance, some of the main issues were improving the remuneration for staff, getting enough headcount and have the agility to change things quickly.