Air Malta appoints chief officer flight operations

Air Malta announced today that, following a worldwide recruitment campaign, Mark Micallef Eynaud has been appointed Chief Officer Flight Operations.

Mark Micallef Eynaud will be entrusted with maintaining and improving Air Malta's excellent flight operations, improving the airline's ontime performance to achieve best in class, developing and implementing strategies to reduce fuel costs, maximising crew utilisation and supporting the overall transformation of the airline.

He will be reporting to Peter Davies, Air Malta's Chief Executive, and will be an important member of the senior management team. Mark will be joining Air Malta on the 3 May.

Mark has 25 years experience with Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong), a leading international airline. Prior to joining Cathay Pacific Airways Mark was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force in which he served as an officer, fighter pilot and instructor. He has varied military and civil aviation experience and associated management roles in organisations that are industry leaders in terms of standards, expectations and results. He has also served on Boards of various

organisations, including being a current member of the Air Malta Board - a position he will relinquish at the next Board meeting.

"Mark brings a wealth of global experience with him. He has worked for Cathay Pacific for many years in senior roles, so he knows Flight Operations very well. Being a pilot he will also be able to work closely with our pilot community to support the increased efficiency objectives and to ensure our cockpit crew support the new Air Malta service levels and in-flight product. We are, after all, a service company, and the pilots have as much a role to play as the check-in staff or the cabin crew or the baggage handlers in making our customers experience a memorable one," Air Malta CEO Peter Davies said.

"I am delighted to be joining Air Malta at this very challenging time," Micallef Eynaud said. "Air Malta is one of the most important organisations in the country and it is a great honour for me to be given the opportunity to contribute towards its turnaround. I like the feel of the changes that are being made and I look forward to being part of that. It's a big challenge I know, as I have seen at board level."