Joe Farrugia

Compliance and Safety Manager

A ten-year veteran of Skyfirst, Joe has been with the company nearly since the beginning. His mission: ensure that safety standards stay high, that the company operates in close cooperation with the certification authority, and to impart the wisdom of a lifetime in aviation. Joe is one of Malta’s aviation pioneers, both in airline operations and in managing an efficient and capable regulatory civil authority.

He is a former chief pilot and A-320 training captain at Air Malta. His flying career there spanned 37 years, and he has been flying since age 19, becoming one of Malta’s first airline pilots.

After Air Malta, he served as a flight operations inspector in the Civil Aviation Directorate at Transport Malta and later was in charge of Flight Operations for another Malta-based air carrier.