A new major investment in the aviation sector has been announced for Malta.
Malta has attracted an airline that will start working in the MRO field in aviation, with an aircraft maintenance and repair facility. This is after an agreement between easyJet and SR Technics where the former obtained the facility from SR Technics and will keep the existing workers with further investment in the facility in Luqa.
In the hangar now of easyJet, Prime Minister Robert Abela claimed that the Maltese Government is there to support this important industry that employs around 1,500 professionals including in the field of engineering. He said that these Maltese workers with quality careers and a healthy income for their families also provide an added value of around €50 million in the Maltese economy.
The Prime Minister noted the Maltese leadership in these state-of-the-art facilities that show the strength of the aviation sector in our country with the support of many entities such as Malta Enterprise, Indis and Transport Malta. He saw the agreement reached between easyJet and SR Technics as an important step in the future in the field of aviation and thanked SR Technics for their presence in our country where they trained many Maltese workers.
In the hangar on an area of 40,000 square meters and an investment of more than €42 million, the Prime Minister noted how three major air companies in Europe today have an aircraft maintenance and repair facility in our country. He said that these together with other important companies contribute to a strong eco-system in the MRO sector.
The Minister for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects Silvio Schembri said that with the agreement announced today we are continuing to strengthen the aviation industry in our country. “Last year, through the work of INDIS Malta, we re-opened Taxi way Lima so that we gave the possibility to the MRO companies to be more competitive by being able to bring in bigger planes in Malta. We made this investment in the infrastructure because we believe in this sector which is attracting a number of Maltese workers. This is also being done through the collaboration between Malta Enterprise and MCAST and the Choosing Aviation program.” Minister Schembri thanked SR Technics for the years they provided their services from Malta and easyJet for the trust they are giving to this sector in our country.
easyJet’s Chief Operating Officer David Morgan said he is satisfied with this important step by easyJet in Malta. He said that the airline has a special bond with the facility that has now been acquired by the same company and is happy that it is now bringing together the existing workers with the easyJet team. He explained how this means that the airline will be employing more than four hundred people in Malta.
“We have been operating in Malta for 15 years and we look forward to strengthening our presence not only with aircraft maintenance and repair operations but above all serving our customers in Malta with ‘connectivity in Europe,’ claimed David Morgan.
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