Codeshare: Ethiad Airways
Flight: KM100
Type: Airbus A320-200
Registration: 9H-AEI
Flight of origin: Malta
Destination: London Heathrow, UK Terminal 4
Flight time: 3 hours
As I arrived at Malta International Airport at 5am, I've checked-in and relax for a bit until a special fan from Air Malta cabin crew back on KM117 & spotting request arrived at the airport on a different flight for another hello and our goodbyes by the departure gate. After I went through security waiting for goodbye with a good friend of mine I notice on the flight information my flight was delayed...again. I thought to myself if it's a technical fault however it wasn't Air Malta's fault. The main reason why it was delayed, it's because there was fog around London area with ATC restrictions so I have to wait almost 3 hours. While I sat at the gate I was talking to a American passenger thinking he might miss his flight to San Francisco, USA I hopped he made it in-time. Something bothers me because Air Malta KM116 was boarding for London Gatwick, UK and there was Ryanair flight to London Luton, UK was boarding that leaved my flight out which is strange.
And there it is 9H-AEI Airbus A320-200! When I arrived from security "I wonder if that was my flight." This year makes it my second flight in special colours are you know I been on KLM Cityhopper in Skyteam livery & now my recent Air Malta flight. I have a full story of 9H-AEI blog in history you can also check it out. Even though I was waiting for the delay, I couldn't stop looking at it think it might be my flight. As I see no Air Malta planes around apart from one not in use while the others are at Park 8. When I saw my friend's plane taking off "No photo sorry" I went through passport control & waited bored I want to sleep.
"I was right!" When I was boarding it was the retro jet after all in beautiful red, purple colours with the small Air Malta cross I felt I was in love with it! When I was boarding, the PTU keeps going which is normal I never been onboard Airbus PTU for longer than 5 minutes I wanted to film how long it lasts I do have a video on Facebook. I was a bit of an idiot because my seat was 14A that means I should have boarded the front instead the back but because I wanted a selfie of me with the tail I just need a photo of me. The cabin crew during boarding was nice saying to me Bongu in Maltese then I headed to my seat.
During taxing I departed runway 13 via Victor, Uniform, Tango and Foxtrot runway 13 normally it's X-ray and Whisky but it was closed due to refurbishment on the taxiway. During takeoff I was cleared for takeoff from position Foxtrot at a very decent weather with bit calm winds. After takeoff Air Malta use to have self announcement instead of using a cabin crew about safety & comfort and in flight service that happened on my last year Air Malta flight even though they still have self announcement to welcome us, prepare for landing and arrived at our destination. It didn't bother me anyway although I do think it's cheating because to me, it should be done by cabin crew not machine in my opinion.
The cabin looks like normal typical Air Malta although I do wish since this is a retro livery, Air Malta should have change the look of the cabin making it retro with exclusive flight entertainment. With the safety card I also with Air Malta should re-design the card changing back to the old style exclusive for that plane. The cabin crew are polite but not as polite when I had snack and buying something to eat. During the flight I was a sleep.
As you aspect on all Air Malta flights, you get a roll and bottle of water it looks like a ham sandwich with cheese I'm really not keen on cheese because in general. I have taken few bites, it wasn't bad although before I was heading to London I felt sick because I was spotting in bad weather conditions in Malta I always wanted to do and I almost lost my voice with a bad cough so I have eaten half of the roll and drunken a lot of water because of my dry throat and lips being unwell lucky my mum bought gallon of water at the airport.
After I had my roll, I decided to try & sleep again until I was hungry again to I spoil myself to get another snack & get rid some lose change, although my complaint they don't use debit cards compare almost some European airliners uses cards with their iPad (only seen one in Flybe) & card readers etc I was gonna use my debit card till I read "Cash only"
So I decided to be a little piggy and have crisps for €4 overall price. "Oh €4 Euros is a rip off for light snacks!" Yes true if you think of that but at the end of the day, you need to eat that comes out your wallet & by plenty of water for dehydration for short & medium haul flights. When I was travelling to Southampton, UK from Amsterdam, The Netherlands my friend paid £9 just for few packs of sweets, water and 7Up if you skipped breakfast you're body will feel weaker & feel dehydrated as you're onboard the plane & I was one of them on my recent Air Malta flight due to time for check-in, passport control & wait at the gate.
And so at 12:20pm (UK time) I arrived at London Heathrow Terminal 4; landing in bit of fog with low visibility I think the captain made a great landing it was smooth until the brakes was a bit hard only to make way for another aircraft to land which is not a problem. So I left Malta at 10:50am making it 3 hours late it's not the airlines fault, these things happen but passengers don't see that seriously thinking "Oh delayed because of weather while other airlines still travel to London never travel Air Malta!" That is heart breaking if I work for Air Malta. I think I heard something like that by one angry passenger during check-in at London Gatwick last week "Ridiculous airline" when there was a plane crash closing the airport. They don't understand that safety is one important thing not just Air Malta, also includes all airliners even my self as a cabin crew student I'm doing my training.
My overall score from Aircraft Aviation in Europe:
- Cabin - 10/10
- Hygienic - 10/10
- Food - 9.9/10
- Cabin Crew - 9/10
- Service - 9.9/10
Overall: 9.9/10
On behalf of Aircraft Aviation in Europe, I like to thank Air Malta for my pleasure flight I will be travelling back again in the near future keep it up! Sahha u Grazzi for now.
News: I am not going to do another Air Malta trip report between London Gatwick or London Heathrow to Malta over & over again. What I'm going to do is another report on Air Malta to different destinations. The only time I'm going to do another Air Malta report from London to Malta is Business Class only (once) that will be my big request.
I have personally always enjoyed travelling through AirMalta. THier service is so fascinating that I have never had any complain with them. However, there are still some people who criticize the airline. I don't know why these people criticize Airmalta.
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