While Malta is effectively a creditor-friendly jurisdiction, legislation dealing with the enforcement of security or rights over aircraft gives specific and direct protection to owners of installed engines owned by third parties.

Following recommendations made by a legal group commissioned by the Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications (MITC) the Maltese Government is proposing to ratify and implement the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Aircraft Protocol thereto (which taken together are commonly referred to as the Cape Town Convention).