Industry leaders to gather for strategic high-level networking event

As the organiser, the Airnews MALTA BUREAU is gearing up to host the biggest aviation networking event on the island next year.

Top leaders from airlines, charter operators and flights schools will once again be gathering  at Bank of Valletta's  head office for the BOV Aviation Outlook. Going into its fourth edition, the upcoming BOV Aviation Outlook 2014 is a half-day event that focuses on the key issues affecting those involved in the aviation industry in Malta. This is especially timely as commercial aviation will be marking its first one hundred years in 2014.

Government, AOC holders, MRO providers and flights schools will convene at the bank's head office in Santa Venera to examine the effects of counter-productive regulations on the industry and address the need to strike a new balance on how the industry is regulated while exploring the opportunities that are abound.

The BOV Aviation Outlook is a unique event that brings together policy makers, regulators, airlines, airport management and air navigation service providers for frank discussions on the issues affecting the industry.

During past editions, the BOV Aviation Outlook had amongst its list of esteemed guest speakers legal expert Dr. Michael Borg Costanzi, well known banker Noel Scerri, Flight Inspector Nigel Dunkerley, AOPA-Malta President Pierre Travers Tauss and Joe Schembri from Malta Enterprise (Safi Aviation Park). The event has grown since its inception way back in 2011, when World Airnews published its first ever MALTA SPECIAL insert in the May issue of the magazine.

The BOV Aviation Outlook will also serve as a platform to launch the fourth edition of the MALTA SPECIAL, which is literally jam packed with all the latest aviation news from the island. The 10-page insert will take a snap-shot at the latest developments. Delegates attending the BOV Aviation Outlook will also get a complimentary copy of JP4 Aeronautica, which is the largest selling aviation magazine in Italy. The publication, edited by Marco Iarossi will be dedicating a whole centrespread to the local aviation scene, highlighting what Malta has to offer to prospective investors.

The Airnews MALTA BUREAU will also be giving due recognition to a number of people who have distinguished themselves in the local aviation industry. Every insider knows that if there is one thing anyone in aviation will ever tell you, is that things are not becoming easier with the passage of time. High oil prices, a slowing world economy, regulatory intransigence and natural disasters all contrived to deal heavy blows to an already bruised industry in the Mediterranean. Despite the challenges, the local aviation industry has continued to expand and at least four new operators have been granted an AOC (Air Operator's Certificate) in the past twelve months.

The committee presiding over the nominations of the THIRD Annual World Airnews Aviation Awards, is chaired by top aviation lawyer Dr Francesca Galea, with Captain Sinclair Portelli and university lecturer Riccardo Flask as members of the Select Committee. World Airnews is proud to recognize these standout performers in its 3^rd Annual World Airnews Aviation Awards.

The three categories are: Aviator of the Year; Leader of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award. Past winners have included Aviation Museum's Director Ray Polidano, Air Malta's Captain Philip Apap Bologna and veteran aviation journalist Richard J Caruana. Attendance to the event is strictly by invitation only. If you would like to request an invitation, please send an email to [email protected]

Requests for invitations will be reviewed by the organising committee.