Air Malta's first Maltese captain retires

The first Maltese to captain an Air Malta flight has retired. The airline recalled today how Capt Charles Massa, then 31, had been in command of Flight KM116 to Gatwick on October 8, 1985. Up to that time, all Air Malta flights were captained by foreign pilots . Capt Massa flew for Air Malta for 41 years, 31 of them as captain. He flew 25,000 hours and piloted over 8,000 take-offs and landings. His last flight KM 612, Malta – Rome – Malta was on May 5.