RE: Air Malta
Taken from the BHX photo blog; hope this clears things up a bit.
Air Malta are to increase their Birmingham service to twice weekly for the summer 2013 season and move the Tuesday service. These flights operate as a quasi scheduled service - while many of the seats are taken by Tour Operators they are also bookable direct via the Air Malta site
But like you say, nice to have them back. And on a side note I think their new colour scheme is fantastic.