AirX Charter

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AirX Charter
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IATA ICAO Callsign
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Founded2011
AOC # MT-23
Operating bases Malta International Airport
Fleet size16
Headquarters Smart City, Malta
Key people
Employees300
Website airx.aero

AirX Charter is a private charter airline based in Malta.

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AirX Airbus A340-300 AirX Airbus A340-312 taking off at Melbourne.jpg
AirX Airbus A340-300

AirX Charter holds a European air operator's certificate (AOC) in Malta [2] and operates a fleet of 16 aircraft. AirX partners with a local operator in the United States who manages two Citation X’s. The Head Office is located in Malta, with other offices in London, U.K. AirX Jet Support is based in Stansted Airport and Malta [3] and has two EASA Part-145 Certificate of Maintenance [4] issued by EASA and maintains both the AirX fleet and third party aircraft.

In 2024, VistaJet’s founder filed legal proceedings against AirX and British financier Timothy Horlick claiming a smear campaign had been launched against VistaJet. The filing also claims that AirX founder John Matthews used a burner email address with a fabricated identity to send emails to business contacts of VistaJet, bypassing court-ordered confidentiality. [5]

Fleet

As of October 2019, AirX operated the following aircraft: [6] [ needs update ]

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References

  1. "Bank backs Matthews to take controlling AirX stake | Magazine | Business Air News".
  2. "Transport Malta - List of AOC Holders". Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. "AirX support and charter are on the march in Malta | Magazine | Business Air News".
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Meddings, Sabah. "WhatsApps, Fake Names and an Alleged Conspiracy Against VistaJet". Bloomberg.
  6. 1 2 "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 20.
  7. "AirX lands a good deal with Lineage pair | Magazine | Business Air News".

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