Malta: Aviation

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has issued a Public Consultation proposing the establishment of a dedicated regulatory framework for aircraft financial leasing companies.

The 1958 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention); The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and The Protocol to the Convention on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (the Cape Town Convention);

Malta's aviation industry offers an attractive personal tax regime for non-domiciled individuals employed in senior/managerial roles in the sector.

On 13 June 2024, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") delivered a preliminary ruling on the interpretation and scope of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004...

Safeguarding sensitive information is paramount in today's aviation landscape. EASA's Part-IS (Information Security) provides a detailed regulatory framework that addresses information security risks to aviation.

Our Malta office had the pleasure to interview Capt. Charles Pace, the Director of the Civil Aviation Directorate.

Since the commencement of human-driven space activities in 1950s, hundreds of rockets, spaceships and satellites have been launched into space.

An Air Operator Certificate (‘AOC') is a European required certificate which allows an operator to perform specific operations of commercial air transport.

On 2nd June 2022, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") delivered a preliminary ruling concerning the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, ...