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UPCOMING FACILITY

easyJet and SR

Technics Announce

New MRO Facility in

Malta

easyJet to Conduct Heavy Maintenance for
Its Fleet of Over 340 Aircraft, Integrating a
Workforce of More Than 400 Employees into
the Airline

asyJet and SR Technics have finalized an agreement
etoday, resulting in easyJet’s acquisition of the SR
Technics maintenance facility in Malta. The signing
ceremony, attended by Prime Minister Dr. Robert Abela,
was held at the maintenance hangar and marks the of-
ficial handover of the facility to easyJet.
Prime Minister of Malta, Hon. Dr Robert Abela said
“The Government stands ready to support the indus-
try”, “We take pride in the Maltese leadership manag-
ing these hangars and commend our dedicated techni-
cians and engineers whose efforts have attracted and
retained such esteemed companies.
”easyJet has established strong connections with
Malta, having operated flights to the island since March
2008. Over this period, the airline has transported over
four million passengers to and from Malta and currently
serves more than 400,000 customers annually. easyJet
operates flights to Malta from nine of its bases across
Europe.
David Morgan, Chief Operating Officer for easyJet,
said “We are delighted to be in Malta today to mark
this important milestone. We have long held links with
the island and look forward to further strengthening
these in the coming years with this maintenance facility
which will mean we will employ more than four hun-
dred people locally to maintain our growing, modern
fleet of aircraft.”
easyJet will now conduct heavy maintenance on its
expanding fleet of over 340 aircraft and integrate the
workforce of more than 400 currently based at the

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