Hi Fly Malta has made history by becoming the first airline to ever operate the Airbus A330 on a flight to Antarctica. Last night, under the bright 24-hour sunlight in which Antarctica bathes during the Southern Hemisphere's summer months, the widebody twinjet touched down on the Wolf's Fang Runway in Queen Maud Land. The aircraft had flown in from Cape Town in South Africa, with the journey taking more than five and a half hours.

This special arrival is one of several reasons to be cheerful for Hi Fly as far as its Antarctica operations are concerned. Indeed, the charter carrier has also just celebrated having operated " five consecutive years of flights to the White Continent ," and its name is synonymous with Antarctic adventures.

The World's First Antarctica-Bound A330 Flig

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