Originally Posted by
poolebob
Interesting that Paul Stoddart speaks as though the A340 are operated by them and are their aircraft. Whilst indeed they are ex Virgin A340s, they are registered in Malta and operated by Maleth Aero
Operated by Maleth Aero on behalf of European? Like many companies using ACMI? Its probably a complicated way that European could step up so fast to provide the contract cover, Maleth already had a A340 on their AOC so adding further examples is straight forward, Maleth are also an ACMI specialist. Aircraft have to be registered where the AOC is based, hence the Malta regs, as Maleth have a Malta AOC... although I had always thought Maleth was in fact a British company using a Malta subsidiary for AOC purposes. Complicated, but easy?!