Photo Brendon Attard
The much awaited annual national event, The Malta International Airshow, organised by the Malta Aviation Society will be back on the 26th and 27th September 2015
The first countries to confirm their participation in the 23rd edition of the internationally acclaimed event are Belgium, Greece, Italy, Romania and Switzerland.
The Belgian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon will be back after an absence of five years with an impressive show of power.
The Hellenic participation comes in the form of two Mirage 2000 jet aircraft on static display. This will be the first time Greece will be sending this type of aircraft and only the second time for Greece to participate at Malta’s event.
The Italian Military Mission in Malta has also confirmed its participation this year’s event with its’ AB-212 helicopter based in Luqa.
(Photo Alan Cordina)
For the first time ever, Romania will be participating in the Malta International Airshow featuring a C-27J Spartan from the Romanian Air Force. This will be a first-ever visit of this type of aircraft at the airshow.
One of the highlights for this year’s edition of the Malta International Airshow will be the Swiss Air Force PC-7 team. Precision is the trademark of this team. Those who will be lucky enough to see this team in action will note the amazing skills of the pilots. The Swiss Air Force PC-7 team has already been in Malta in 2006 and 2011 but this will be the first time they will be using smoke in their display.
Mr. Joe Ciliberti, President of the Malta Aviation Society said that this year’s airshow will be one to remember. “Attendance to the airshow keeps increasing and this gives us the energy to keep going and give our best to get different aircraft at our show, which is the result of intensive work all year round. We are also witnessing an increasing interest in aviation, resulting in more members and volunteers. This is in line with the Society’s aim of ‘fostering interest in aviation’ It is also a pleasure to note that a good number of young people employed within the aviation industry first came in touch with the sector through the airshow” said Mr. Ciliberti.
The Malta International Airshow also provides various business or marketing opportunities to related and non related companies. Examples include onsite and online advertising and sales, sponsorships and marketing opportunities through the official programme. The Malta Aviation Society is open to any other suggestions and can be contacted on [email protected]
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