Editing Air Malta (section)

===21st century developments===
[[File:air.malta.a320-200.9h-aep.arp.jpg|thumb|An Air Malta [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]] wearing the former livery in 2007]]
Between 2002 and 2007, Air Malta embarked upon a fleet replacement programme, opting to change all aircraft to Airbus A319s and A320s. The last aircraft in this order, an A320, was delivered on 22 March 2007, and the fleet has not been replaced since.

Air Malta had around 190 interline ticketing agreements with other [[IATA]] airlines. According to the [[Association of European Airlines]] quarterly review of May 2006, Air Malta was the airline that lost the least amount of passenger baggage. The amount of baggage lost in the first quarter of 2006 was 4.1 bags massing per 1000 passengers.

In winter, the airline often leases out aircraft to maximize earnings during the low season. In September 2007, for instance, Air Malta made two agreements with Abu Dhabi-based [[Etihad Airways]] by which Air Malta wet-leased 2 Airbus aircraft to Etihad Airways for the winter period starting 1 September 2007, and provided operational support on another Airbus A320 aircraft leased by Etihad Airways. In January and February 2009 Air Malta wet-leased an A320 to [[Sky Airline]] of Chile. From 2011 to 2014 Air Malta wet-leased another A320 to [[Sky Airline]].

In 2012 Air Malta underwent a re-branding process, which caused some controversy as the titles on aircraft and signage only say Malta, omitting the word ''Air''. The airline insisted this was not a name change, and the full name of the airline remains Air Malta. Additionally, the titles on the engines still say ''airmalta.com''. The first plane to show off the new colours was the Airbus A320-200 ''9H-AEN'' at the Malta International Airshow 2012. On the second and last day of the show the A320 and a Spitfire performed a flypast as the closing act.

As a commemoration of the airline's 40 years of operation, the airline painted one of its aircraft, ''9H-AEI'', an A320-200, in retro colours, depicting the livery used on the Boeing 720Bs. The 9H-AEI aircraft debuted on April 16, 2014.

In June 2017, the newly appointed Minister for Tourism announced the restructuring of Air Malta.<ref>[https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170609/local/watch-no-strategic-partner-before-air-malta-is-restructured-konrad.650316 Watch: No strategic partner before Air Malta is restructured - Konrad Mizzi]</ref> This was also confirmed by the newly appointed chairman.<ref>[https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170802/local/air-malta-shareholding-only-after-restructuring-mangion.654726 Air Malta shareholding only after restructuring - Mangion]</ref> Air Malta then opened a number of new routes, including Tunis, Malaga (reduced to seasonal in 2019), Comiso (terminated after summer 2018), Kyiv, Lisbon, Casablanca, Southend (terminated in 2019) and Cagliari (subsequently reduced to June–September only).<ref>[https://www.airmalta.com/information/about/news-overview/news-detail/038-2017 Air Malta connects Malta with North Africa again, new scheduled Services to Tunis start 26th of June]</ref> Manchester and Frankfurt were restarted after being briefly terminated.<ref>[http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-07-21/local-news/Air-Malta-announces-Frankfurt-flight-schedule-as-from-end-October-6736176875 Air Malta announces Frankfurt flight schedule as from end October]</ref>

In March 2019, the airline announced that it had made a profit of €1.2 million in the fiscal year of 2018. This profit was the first the airline has made in 18 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/air-malta-registers-profit-but-not-out-of-the-woods-yet.705319|title = Air Malta registers profit, but 'not out of the woods yet'}}</ref>