Pilots Blame Ground Handling, Staffing Issues for Air Malta Delays

Representatives from the pilots' union claim ground support services in Amsterdam did not begin cleaning onboard on time, which extended the delay.
Sept. 12, 2019

The union of pilots ALPA has claimed it carried out its own “internal inquiry” into allegations that an Air Malta pilot delayed a flight to Malta from Amsterdam because he was shopping in the terminal, published in MaltaToday on Wednesday morning.

The pilot was expected to arrive in Malta in time to fly passengers out of Malta International Airport to Palermo by 10pm, after the originally scheduled 5:30am flight was delayed by 16 hours due to – the airline claims – various pilots reporting in sick and a grounded aircraft that was struck by lightning.

Read more: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/97383/pilots_blame_ground_handling_staffing_issues_for_air_malta_delays#.XXpIWyhKi70

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