Aviation services specialist Quaero has been appointed by Total AOC to distribute its powerful operational management tool Centrik in Malta, opening up a new market which is rapidly growing.

Centrik has already been deployed within a number of Maltese operators and is now used by Transport Malta. It provides a complete European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) compliant management system, with modules for compliance, safety, risk, meetings, training, EFBs, workflows and documents. Operators can also choose to give regulators remote access to the management system, allowing them to easily prepare audits, reducing the impact of onerous oversight requirements on a business.

Karl Falzon, Quaero director, said: “We had looked at developing our own electronic management system but when we saw Centrik, we realised this was exactly the product the market needs. It’s intuitive, powerful and user-friendly and so we’re delighted we can now offer it direct to the booming Maltese aviation sector.”

Bolstered by a fertile investment climate, aviation operations are growing rapidly in Malta, which has more than 200 registered aircraft, over 25 independent AOC (air operator’s certificate) operators and four flight schools.

Julian Tubb, director of Total AOC, said: “Malta’s aviation sector has huge potential and we’re delighted to have partnered with Quaero, an expert local partner. This is the first time we have entered into such a distribution arrangement, and initial feedback from the market suggests there is a big opportunity for Centrik.”

Quaero was formed in 2010 by five airline pilots with more than 50,000 flying hours collectively under their belts.

The team, which holds a variety of graduate and postgraduate qualifications from the University of Malta, University of London and Cranfield University, provides crucial aviation services such as pilot training, EFB (electronic flight bag) consultancy, crew resource management and consultancy on research and innovation.