Mediterranean Aviation Company Limited, doing business as Medavia, is an Aviation Service Provider with its head office and base of operations at Safi Aviation Park, Carmelo Caruana Road,

Safi, Malta Safi () is a village in the Western Region, Malta, Western Region of Malta, bordering Żurrieq and Kirkop. It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014. The formation of the village, as known today, goes back to the Punic-Roman period: ...

. Current services include Part 145 Maintenance and Repair, Aircraft Charter Brokerage, Aircraft Operations, Ground Handling, CAMO, as well as Part 21J Design Engineering.

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 offers a range of aviation services namely flight operations charters with its own fleet, aircraft maintenance services and business charter brokerage. Medavia had around 170 employees as of 2007. In late December 2012, two Medavia officials were detained in Libya in the wake of the Libyan civil war over allegations that they supported the

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regime. The allegations conflicted with other claims that they had actively supported anti-Gaddafi rebels instead, and many Libyan expats in Malta protested the detentions. The officials were ultimately released without charges in the first week of 2013. Medavia flights served as evacuation channels for Maltese nationals and injured people in the weeks following the commencement of the battle. Medavia was 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. In 2014, a Medavia aircraft was damaged by unrest in Tripoli, which coalesced in the Battle of Tripoli Airport. In February 2021, Medavia was rebranded Mel Air

Destinations

Medavia currently offers flights to Libya, flying regularly to airports such as Mitiga and

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. It offers regular and ad hoc charters and long-term leases as well as ACMI operations, including CRJ-1000 operations for Binter Canarias. It previously operated regular services to destinations in Italy, Croatia and Greece besides its regular flights to Libya.

Fleet

The Medavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2022): The Medavia fleet previously also included the following aircraft (as of March 2008): * 1 further

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311 Series. * 3 CASA C-212 Aviocar

References

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Medavia Fleet
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