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Hi Fly (Malta)

IATA 3L* ICAO HFM Malta · hifly.aero (opens in a new tab)

Publishes nothing about carrying a passenger’s own wheelchair. You have to ask them.

Hi Fly (Malta) publishes no mobility-aid policy. Its website works and we read it, but it says nothing about carrying a passenger’s own manual or powered wheelchair — no battery rules, no size limits, no notice period. That silence is the finding, and it is why almost every field below is blank. Silence is not permission. Ask them directly, get the answer in writing, and read the international baseline so you know what should apply.

Wet-lease / ACMI operator. Hi Fly (Malta) usually flies aircraft and crew on behalf of other airlines. If your ticket says another airline, that airline’s wheelchair policy governs your booking — but the aircraft’s physical hold limits are this operator’s.

Who to contact

Transcribed from the airline’s own pages, exactly as it labels them.

Hi Fly publishes no accessibility, special-assistance or mobility-aid page at all. The only passenger-facing channels on hifly.aero are passengers.rights@hifly.aero (explicitly for flight codes HFM/3L*, i.e. Hi Fly Malta, and HFY/5K) and Baggage.claims@hifly.aero, both reachable on +351 211 143 500. Because Hi Fly flies wet-lease, a wheelchair user should raise the aid with the airline whose flight number they are travelling on, not with Hi Fly.

Every unanswered field below has the same explanation: Not published — Hi Fly’s website (hifly.aero, which covers the Hi Fly Malta AOC, flight codes HFM/3L*) has no accessibility, special-assistance, mobility-aid, baggage or dangerous-goods content of any kind.

Powered wheelchairs & batteries

The part that goes wrong. Battery chemistry and watt-hours decide whether your chair flies, and the rules differ depending on whether the battery can be removed.

Powered chairs accepted
Not published
Lithium-ion batteries
Not published
Watt-hour cap — battery stays in the chair
Not published
Watt-hour cap — battery removed into the cabin
Not published
Watt-hour cap — spare battery
Not published
Spare batteries permittedmaximum number under any published configuration
Not published
Battery must be removed
Not published
Non-spillable batteriesgel, AGM, sealed lead-acid, dry cell
Not published
Wet / spillable batteries
Not published
Terminal protection & immobilisation
Not published
Paperwork the airline wants
Not published
Size limit for a powered chair
Not published
Weight limit for a powered chair
Not published
Returned at the aircraft door
Not published

Manual wheelchairs

Manual chairs accepted
Not published
Folding chair may travel in the cabin
Not published
In-cabin stowage limit
Not published
Size limit for a checked manual chair
Not published
Weight limit for a manual chair
Not published
Returned at the aircraft door
Not published

Booking & cost

Advance notice requiredhours before scheduled departure
Not published
How to request assistance
Not published
Charge for carrying the aid
Not published
Mobility devices carried free
Not published
If they damage your chair
Not published

On board

On-board aisle chair
Not published
Accessible lavatory
Not published
Crew help you transfer
Not published
Seating & movable armrests
Not published

Worth knowing

ACMI/wet-lease operator — the contracting airline's policy applies. Hi Fly describes itself on its own homepage as “a leading wet lease and charter specialist airline operating worldwide” and does not sell seats; Hi Fly Malta is its second AOC, issued by Malta TM-CAD in 2013, and hifly.aero is the group site that covers it (the contacts page routes “Flights Delays and Cancellations” for flight codes HFM/3L* — Hi Fly Malta's ICAO/IATA codes — to passengers.rights@hifly.aero). The site is reachable and complete but publishes nothing whatsoever about wheelchairs, mobility aids, batteries or special assistance, so a passenger flying on a Hi Fly Malta aircraft must use the rules of the airline that wet-leased it. Hi Fly Cargo is a separate operation.

Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these.

  1. s1 Homepage — “Hi Fly is a leading wet lease and charter specialist airline operating worldwide” (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
  2. s2 Contacts — departmental phone, fax and email list, including “Flights Delays and Cancellations (Only for flight codes HFM/3L* or HFY/5K)” (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
  3. s3 About — company history, including the 2013 Malta TM-CAD Air Operator Certificate (the Hi Fly Malta AOC) (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29
  4. s4 Services — wet lease, ACMI and charter services offered to airlines (opens in a new tab) · official · read 2026-07-29

Record quality

Record status no public policy · confidence low · 4 official sources · 4 contacts · 0% of the fields this reference tracks are answered. Newest source read 29 July 2026, the day before this page was built. What these mean.