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Malta International Airport (IATA: MLA, ICAO: LMML) is the only airport in Malta, and it serves the whole of the Maltese Islands. It is located on the island of Malta , southwest of the Maltese capital, Valletta , in the town of Luqa , and occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa .
Airport name Coordinates Reference Luqa / Gudja: LMML MLA Malta International Airport (Luqa Airport) 1] [2] [3] Xewkija: LMMG GZM Xewkija ...
Malta has 3,096 kilometres of road, 2,704 km (87.3%) of which are paved and 392 km are unpaved as of 2008. [7] 114 km of Malta's roads are on the Trans-European Transport Network but it has no motorways. [8] Roads in Malta are maintained and operated by Infrastructure Malta. [9] The official road user guide for Malta is The Highway Code. [10]
It hosted aircraft of Air Headquarters Malta (AHQ Malta) during the Second World War. Particularly during the Siege of Malta from 1941 to 1943, RAF Luqa was a very important base for British Commonwealth forces fighting against Italy and Germany for naval control of the Mediterranean and for ground control of North Africa.
It was created in 2010, taking over the previous functions of the Malta Maritime Authority, the Malta Transport Authority and the Director and Directorate of Civil Aviation. [1] Transport Malta has charge of sea transport, including registration of ships; and regulation of civil aviation.
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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. [5] In 2014, a Medavia aircraft was damaged by unrest in Tripoli, which coalesced in the Battle of Tripoli Airport. [6] In February 2021, Medavia was rebranded Mel Air [7]
Visible beyond Hal Far is the much longer runway at Malta International Airport, formerly RAF Luqa The old control tower of Hal Far. With the transfer of the airfield to the Maltese Government, who planned to convert Hal Far airfield into an industrial area, MIACO was asked to vacate its hangars and offices by September 1978.