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Minister Josef Bonnici inaugurates Air Malta Maintenance Centre
PR1720
22/10/1996
22/10/1996
| Economic Services Minister, Prof Josef Bonnici, today inaugurated | the new Air Malta Ground Equipment Maintenance Centre at Luqa. Speaking at the opening, Minister Bonnici said, "The upgrading of this centre and the Lm3.5million invested over the past four years in airport ground support equipment, show Government's commitment towards high quality and towards the further development of our country as a hub for transhipment of goods and passengers, as well as a centre for services." |
| The new maintenance base is used to maintain Air Malta's airport | ground support equipment such as passenger stairways, coaches, commissary and light vehicles and was originally an aircraft maintenance hangar built by the British Forces in the late 1950's. |
| Minister Bonnici said that Air Malta has invested Lm136 million | over the last ten years, with Lm84.4 million being invested in the last four years. "We need to be forward-looking and pro-active if we are to maintain high standards and further improve on them," continued Prof. Bonnici, "our National Airline has carried 1.44 million passengers in 1995/1996, and turnover amounts to over Lm80 million - very encouraging figures for a small country like ours." |
| Air Malta does not overlook investment in human resources, and the | ground equipment maintenance section has its own regular in-house training programme. The centre has 40 employees who provide technical back-up for the engineering and maintenance sections. The model numbers of Air Malta's latest AVRO passenger stairways show the manufacturers recognition of the valuable contribution provided by this section in the early stages of design. |
| Air Malta's Chairman and CEO, Mr. Joseph N. Tabone, had recognised | the potential of the hangar and just over a month since the maintenance centre project commenced, one could see the ex-Royal Air Force hangar being converted into a modern base for high technology equipment. The project was a challenge in that, apart from the major structural works undertaken to house ancillaries and administration offices, all services i.e. electrical, air and water systems, together with the hangar area, had to be redesigned to complement and suit the new functions. |
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