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| Founded | 2013; 13 years ago (2013) | ||||||
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| AOC # | MT-24 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Malta International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
| Parent company | Hi Fly | ||||||
| Headquarters | Skyparks Business Centre,Malta International Airport | ||||||
| Website | hifly.aero | ||||||
Hi Fly Malta is aMaltesecharter airline based atMalta International Airport and a subsidiary of thePortuguese charter airlineHi Fly.
Hi Fly Malta started operations in early 2013 with oneAirbus A340-600 formerly operated byVirgin Atlantic with one more pre-owned on order[1][2] and planned to start scheduled operations to destinations inNorth America. During 2015, all of the airlines' aircraft had been stored and in May 2015 the A340-600s were sold to Al Naser Airlines, a front company forMahan Air.[3]
Hi Fly Malta was reactivated in September with the re-registration of one A340-300 from theparent Portuguese company on the Maltese Business Registry and a second A340-300 was added in early 2016 that had previously flown forSriLankan Airlines.[4] Several formerEmirates A340-300 airframes were added in 2017.
In the summer of 2018, Hi Fly became the first airline to buy a secondhandAirbus A380 (flown previously bySingapore Airlines), placing an order for two. In autumn 2017, Hi Fly, in a sponsorship of theTurn the Tide on Plastic yacht team in theVolvo Ocean Race, painted one of its A330s in a livery similar to the yacht, with the port side bearing a dirty oceans livery and the starboard side a clean oceans livery.[5][6] On 19 July 2018, its newly painted Airbus A380, registered as 9H-MIP, arrived at theFarnborough Airshow, carrying the Save the Coral Reefs livery.[7] Hi-Fly's A380 saw a brief lease toNorwegian Long Haul in August 2018, which operated the aircraft following engine problems with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.[8] Norwegian leased the A380 again in late 2018 to help deal with the passenger backlog as a result of theGatwick Airport drone incident. In November 2020, the company announced that the A380 will be retired at the end of its three-year lease period and on 17 December 2020, the A380 made its final flight toToulouse.[9]
One A319 was chartered to the now-defunct BrazilianItapemirim Transportes Aéreos. In November 2021, it landed atRio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport and re-registered as PS-SIL to be converted to passenger configuration at TAP Hangar, but this never happened. After 3 months in Brazil the aircraft was scheduled to fly back to Europe and had its registration reverted back to 9H-XFW.[10]
Hi Fly Malta has no scheduled destinations. Its planes operate on acharter andACMI basis. One of its Airbus A340-300s (registered 9H-TQM) was reconfigured forSwiss Space Systems prior to its liquidation, and retained a black livery with the Swiss Space Systems logo on the horizontal stabilizer prior to its retirement,[4] while its other airframes are unmarked except for registration.
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As of August 2025[update], Hi Fly Malta operates the following aircraft:[11]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| F | C | W | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A330-200 | 6 | — | – | 18 | 36 | 214 | 268 | Two units parked/under maintenance. |
| 14 | 31 | 267 | 314 | |||||
| Airbus A330-300 | 2 | — | – | 46 | – | 203 | 249 | |
| – | 436 | 436 | ||||||
| Airbus A340-300 | 4 | — | 12 | 42 | – | 213 | 267 | Two units parked/under maintenance. To be replaced by Airbus A380-800. |
| – | 36 | 218 | 254 | |||||
| 24 | 267 | 291 | ||||||
| Airbus A380-800 | 1 | — | 8 | 70 | – | 428 | 506 | Operated for Global Airlines. Replacing the Airbus A340-300 |
| 12 | 60 | 399 | 470 | Currently parked. | ||||
| Total | 13 | — | ||||||
Hi Fly Malta formerly also operated the following aircraft types:
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100[12] | |||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2019 | 2021 | |
| Airbus A330-900 | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Airbus A340-600 | 2013 | 2015 |
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