Originally Posted by
Jonnyknoxville
Its merely a way for them to offer local contracts to their pilots without having to pay Irish Income tax (income tax will be paid in the homebase of the pilot concerned )
If that would be all why the need for a complete re–branding exercise? They surely could just start a ‘Ryanair Malta‘ Ltd with a Maltese AOC and Malta registered airplanes but keep the identical branding, and have things mostly run as before (except for the required postholder nominations for the AOC and accounting structures) to achieve that goal much easier? Also, what’s the need to have the Maltese government on board for that purpose? Not saying you’re wrong, but wondering if there’s not more to it, especially from an Air Malta perspective.