Originally Posted by
P330
So what we are saying then is Malta Air are now fully interchangeable with EI reg aircraft? And there are times then where Malta crew will base themselves in the UK like the Leeds example above?
Just to clarify for you, yes. Malta Air (9H reg) and Ryanair (EI reg) aircraft are fully interchangeable and can be found based pretty much anywhere on their network and any Ryanair crew can operate on them. Technically the same can also be said for both Lauda Europe (9H reg) and Buzz (SP reg) operated flights. Albeit, the Lauda Europe aircraft tend to stick to certain bases because of the obvious reason of requiring Airbus trained crew.
As already mentioned, the only exception to this is Ryanair UK (G reg) aircraft. These will only be based in the UK, allowing for the operation of UK domestic routes and those routes non-EU to non-EU. Obviously these can and do also operate on any other Ryanair route, so long as it originates from or arrives back into the UK (depending on country). The rostered operating crews on the G- reg can be any Ryanair trained crew too. So as long as they hold both a CAA and EASA licence.