Air Malta adds Lyon, Prague and Cairo to its winter schedule
Air Malta is planning to raise the number of passengers it carries in winter by 10 per cent to 70,000, Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi and airline chairman Charles Mangion said on Sunday.
They said the airline will operate 25 routes during the winter, mostly covering western Europe and North Africa.
Lyon, Prague and Cairo, already part of the summer schedule, are being added to the winter network. There will be three flights a week from Lyon and twice weekly from Prague.
Flight frequency is being increased to other destinations, notably London Heathrow and Gatwick, Brussels and Palermo.
The airline will fly up to three times a day on some routes, notably to London, Dr Mizzi said.
The purpose, he said, is to improve connectivity to airports where potential tourists can link-up from medium and long-haul destinations such as Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, the US and Canada.
Dr Mangion said he looked forward to concluding talks on a collective agreement with pilots. Much progress had been achieved in talks with the pilots’ union, he said. He said he had written to all the pilots personally and was appealing to the union for talks to finally conclude the process.
Dr Mizzi said...