NEW RUNWAY AT LUQA AIRPORT - COLOUR

(16 Oct 1977) President Buttigeig of Malta opens a new Runway at Luqa to accommodate the new wide-bodied jets.
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[@AlexGuarino]

Thank you for this precious video! My parents were there (me too, but I was a little child), because my father directed the Genio Pionieri team in the construction process!

[@chriscross4994]

video is amazing. But why Malta did not hire more superior Yugoslav engineers!

[@fisioserv]

@@chriscross4994 because Italy is our neighbor and we had and still have lots of agreements with Italian Government. Also we are both on the same EU pages.

[@MichaelCohen48]

My grandparents used to live in Malta and I used to visit them as a child in the very early 70s. We used to fly in in Vanguards and Tridents . This was of course before the new runway.

[@Broccolini_yogini]

Lu-a - not Loo-ka!

[@sirronnorris3343]

I absolutely agree about he over-development of Malta. A couple of years ago on holiday we stayed in the Fort Cambridge complex, Sliema. A very comfortable and large flat, but a monstrosity of a building nevertheless. Whilst there I was astounded to see opposite Fort Cambridge, on the SW side of Tigne Street, the house in which I lived in 1965 was still standing! But, when in Malta, best not to hire a car there is nowhere to park it.

[@ronloveflying]

Awesome

[@enricomonti156]

And that was at the time of the old terminal. And meanwhile, Air Malta is in a disastrous financial situation

[@ahmedahm1]

Buttigeg !!! maybe related to the US candidate

[@fisioserv]

nothing of the sort, Buttigieg is very common in Malta.

[@crazyoldhippieguy]

Hate to say yes.The apple don,t fall far from the tree.