Eurowings entered the Maltese market on Sunday 14 May by introducing seasonal flights between Hamburg and Malta. The 2,005-kilometre service will be maintained weekly with the A319 aircraft. The LCC has no competition between the two cities. Eurowings will complement the new route with the launch of its weekly Dusseldorf – Malta flights on 27 […]
May 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Long-established Air Malta is expected to cease to exist at the end of this year. The loss-making carrier, which could not secure more state aid, is to be replaced by a brand-new operator; one without historic shackles. The purpose is to be considerably more efficient, lower-cost and competitive. Given Air Malta’s big route removal recently, […]
April 25, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Malta has added its fourth destination in France with the introduction of flights between Malta and Nice on Monday 27 March. The 2-weekly 1,065-kilometre service is being maintained on Mondays and Fridays with the A320 aircraft. The Maltese flag-carrier already serves Paris CDG, Paris ORY and Lyon in France. The Nice service will be […]
March 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Malta International Airport welcomed over 7.3 million passengers in 2019. Not bad for an island with just over 500,000 inhabitants. Between 2000 and 2009 annual demand was fairly steady at around three million passengers. However, between 2009 and 2019 traffic more than doubled, with passenger numbers increasing steadily every year. Much of this was driven […]
September 22, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
UK leisure carrier Jet2.com has been patiently waiting for the UK government to allow relatively unrestricted travel to destinations in and around the Mediterranean. With the Balearic Islands in Spain recently added to the ‘green list’ of destinations (from which returning travellers do not have to quarantine) the carrier was finally able to launch flights […]
July 5, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis