Very nice trip report indeed. It's very sad to see Air Malta disappear after 50 years. The carrier really is a shadow of what it was in its heyday with a very small route network. I can remember when they flew to Glasgow on Boeing 737s. It seems Ryanair forced them out on their home turf. I wonder which flag carrier will be the next to disappear? I think it could be TAROM or Croatia Airlines.
Consolidation of the European aviation market is well on the way during the 2010s & 2020s as it was in America during the early 2000s to 2010s. I don't want to speculate too much, but Government owned and funded airlines are the weakest links in the 21st Century.
Very nice trip report indeed. It's very sad to see Air Malta disappear after 50 years. The carrier really is a shadow of what it was in its heyday with a very small route network. I can remember when they flew to Glasgow on Boeing 737s. It seems Ryanair forced them out on their home turf. I wonder which flag carrier will be the next to disappear? I think it could be TAROM or Croatia Airlines.
Consolidation of the European aviation market is well on the way during the 2010s & 2020s as it was in America during the early 2000s to 2010s. I don't want to speculate too much, but Government owned and funded airlines are the weakest links in the 21st Century.