New deputy chief executive, CCO at Malta International Airport

MIA's Chief Financial Officer Austin Calleja will be taking on the added role of deputy CEO, while head of airline marketing Alan Borg has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer and executive director of the Malta International Airport.

MIA chairman Michael Hoeferer said the appointments were being done in the context of the challenges being faced by the industry globally, and were intended to set the company on a better footing to target new markets and develop the company's aviation-related business segment.

Calleja joined the Company in 1991 and formed part of the team that helped the Government of Malta privatise the airport in 2002. A fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), he previously worked with PriceWaterhouse (1981-87) and was chief accountant with British Airways in Malta and later in Rome.

Calleja has been an executive director since 2002 and is directly responsible for finance, procurement & stores, and IT management, and the Malta Airport MetOffice.

Borg joined the company in 2007 as manager in the airline marketing department and was involved in securing new airline operations from various new European destinations. He was appointed head of airline marketing in 2008 and in 2009, and given the added responsibility of general manager of SkyParks business centre.

Borg will now be responsible also for Airport Parking, advertising, rents, commercial outlets and VIP services.