Air Malta

The head of KM Malta Airlines has outlined its operational performance experiences and warned about the challenges of rising costs for smaller carriers in Europe.

Fledgling carrier KM Malta Airlines is planning to increase its capital to €360 million, paving the way for part-privatization in just over two years.

Very strong performances are seen from all three airlines, with consistently low emissions per ASK over the measured period.

Malta’s new flag-carrier will serve 26 fewer destinations than its predecessor, but the impact on connectivity to the island country looks set to be “minimal.”

Malta’s new national carrier plans to serve 17 European destinations during the summer 2024 season.

Malta plans to create a new national airline and shut down the existing flag-carrier, Air Malta.

Air Malta should be reestablished as a new national airline by the end of 2023, the carrier’s Chairman David Curmi said.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The carrier is boosting service to European markets, assessing that demand will come back strongly.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The Alitalia successor will place its code on all Air Malta flights between Malta and Italy.

Ryanair’s domestic expansion in Sweden, Swoop adding a fourth destination in Mexico, and Austrian Airlines returning to Montreal are among the latest new route announcements and service resumptions.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair is to establish a subsidiary in Malta, with plans to have as many as ten aircraft on the island's register within the next three years. The airline will become the third new brand in the expanding group’s family of carriers.

Airline registrations have been flooding in for the 14th European Route Development Forum, taking place in Hannover next April.

This week: Air Italy adds a fourth international route from Milan Malpensa and Air Malta to serve London Southend.

The new flights will offer improved connectivity between Malta and the western part of Sicily. Palermo is Sicily’s largest city, a historic melting pot of Western and Arabic cultures and as a developing tourist destination, is becoming a gateway to explore the region, renowned for its rich culture, architecture and gastronomy.

This summer Air Malta will significantly increase its seat capacity into Russia to support the strong demand for leisure breaks on the Mediterranean