N5 MDM Headquarters Luqa, Malta Fleet size 4 | MDM MEDAVIA Founded 1978, Valletta, Malta | |
Hubs Malta International Airport Destinations Tripoli Mitiga International Airport and numerous locations in the Libyan Desert.
Italy and Sicily charters. Key people R. Ettir, Managing Director
A. Dekna, Accountable Manager Hub Malta International Airport | ||
Mediterranean Aviation Company Limited, doing business as Medavia, is an airline with its head office at Malta International Airport in Luqa, Malta. It operates ad hoc charters and long term leases mainly in North Africa supporting the oil industry and the provision of VIP charters. Its main bases are Malta International Airport and Tripoli International Airport, Libya. Medavia has around 170 employees (as of 2007).
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History
The airline is a Maltese registered company founded in 1978. It started operations in September 1979.
The organisation is an internationally accredited enterprise that primarily offers a range of aviation services namely flight operations charters with its own fleet, aircraft maintenance services and business charter brokerage.
Medavia officials were detained in the wake of the Libyan civil war over allegations that they supported the Gaddafi regime. The officials were taken into custody in late December 2013 and were released without charges in the first week of the new year.
A Medavia aircraft was damaged by unrest in Tripoli, which coalesced in the Battle of Tripoli Airport. Medavia flights served as evacuation channels for Maltese nationals in the weeks following the commencement of the battle. Medavia currently serves as the only airline with flights from Libya direct to Europe, after plans for Libyan airline Ghadames Air Transport to begin Libya-Malta routes fell through.
Fleet
The Medavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
The Medavia fleet previously also included the following aircraft (as of March 2008):
Operation
Medavia currently operates regular flights to Trapani and Naples. It has also recently provided connections to Salerno, Bari, Brindisi and Lampedusa in Italy, Zadar and Split in Croatia, and Corfu and Zakynthos in Greece, with plans to re-introduce the flights for the Summer seasons.