page_title: Medavia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Medavia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Medavia B190 9H-AFI parked in LMML Apron 08
context_page_description: Mediterranean Aviation Company Limited, doing business as Medavia, is an Aviation Service Provider with its head office and base of operations at Safi Aviation Park, Carmelo Caruana Road, Safi, Malta. Current services include Part 145 Maintenance and Repair, Aircraft Charter Brokerage, Aircraft Operations, Ground Handling, CAMO as well as Part 21J Design Engineering.
context_section_description: The airline is a Maltese registered company founded in 1978. It started operations in September 1979. The organisation is an internationally accredited enterprise that primarily offers a range of aviation services namely flight operations charters with its own fleet, aircraft maintenance services and business charter brokerage. Medavia had around 170 employees as of 2007.
  In late December 2012, two Medavia officials were detained in Libya in the wake of the Libyan civil war over allegations that they supported the Gaddafi regime. The allegations conflicted with other claims that they had actively supported anti-Gaddafi rebels instead, and many Libyan expats in Malta protested the detentions. The officials were ultimately released without charges in the first week of 2013. Medavia flights served as evacuation channels for Maltese nationals and injured people in the weeks following the commencement of the battle. Medavia was the only airline with flights from Libya direct to Europe, after plans for Libyan airline Ghadames Air Transport to begin Libya-Malta routes fell through. In 2014, a Medavia aircraft was damaged by unrest in Tripoli, which coalesced in the Battle of Tripoli Airport.
caption: Medavia Beechcraft 1900D
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone 6", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "9.2.1", "Image DateTime": "2016:01:28 10:09:48", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "204", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[35, 50, 1478/25]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[14, 29, 1807/50]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "17564/237", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[9, 9, 41]", "GPS GPSSpeedRef": "K", "GPS GPSSpeed": "0", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "T", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "557855/1872", "GPS GPSDestBearingRef": "T", "GPS GPSDestBearing": "557855/1872", "GPS GPSDate": "2016:01:28", "GPS Tag 0x001F": "5", "Image GPSInfo": "726", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1130", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6515", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/9901", "EXIF FNumber": "11/5", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "32", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2016:01:28 10:09:48", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:01:28 10:09:48", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "3836/289", "EXIF ApertureValue": "7983/3509", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "47199/3721", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "83/20", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "628", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "628", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "6800", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3136", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "6", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "29", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[83/20, 83/20, 11/5, 11/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "Apple", "EXIF LensModel": "iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2"}