With airships: Air Nostrum wants to reactivate Luqa-Gozo Heliport
The Spanish Air Nostrum Group believes that airships will once again play a major role in scheduled services. Some time ago, it ordered ten units from Hybrid Air Vehicles and has now doubled the order to 20. In June of last year, the two companies signed an agreement to supply ten Airlander 10s. These are airships that should be able to carry around 100 passengers. At the time, Air Nostrum announced that it wanted to use them as a "climate-friendly alternative" primarily for domestic Spanish traffic. In the future, it also wants to use airships between the mainland and islands such as Palma de Mallorca. Air Nostrum is so far the only airline that has publicly announced that it wants to use airships on a large scale. Considering that in the "golden era of the Zeppelin" only a few units were in scheduled service, 20 units is certainly a statement that the company firmly believes in the success of these aircraft. Since the Air Nostrum Group also has a branch in Malta with Mel Air, it is obvious that they would like to expand there too. Specifically, it was announced that the ten additional airships will be used from Malta. They will be used to serve short-haul routes such as to Sicily or North Africa. It is also conceivable that Mel Air could reactivate the Luqa-Gozo Heliport route. In any case, there is enough space, as the GZM has a mini airstrip and there are even mobile masts on the market. For example, at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen, special trucks with integrated
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