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Air Malta to return to Berlin

Air Malta has announced it will resume services to Berlin (Tegel) in late October with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Sundays.

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Air Malta announces new routes from Southend

Air Malta (Luqa) has announced it wii introduce four new routes, including from Malta to Southend, Malta to Cagliari and flights between Southend, Catania and Cagliari.

The flights will commence on May 4, 2018.

Southend is the third airport in the London area served by the carrier.

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Air Malta to fly to Vienna, will develop Catania as a second hub, special logo jet scheme coming for 9H-AEJ

Air Malta will be introducing a new service between Catania and Vienna following the bankruptcy and immediate withdrawal of Niki from this popular market.

The Maltese national carrier will operate a twice weekly service from Malta to Vienna via Catania every Tuesday and Friday. The new scheduled service will come into effect on January 19, 2018.

This announcement is a significant step towards the growth strategy and development of a second hub on our neighboring Island of Sicily. The introduction of this service is an excellent opportunity for Air Malta to explore new opportunities and start positioning the airline as a leading carrier connecting the islands to important regions in Europe and across the Mediterranean.

In June 2017, Air Malta held a social media contest to design a special livery for Airbus A319 9H-AEJ. The A319 (above) is currently being operated in a mostly all-white condition which is expected to change pending the application of this special design, now being finalized.

Here is the announcement and the winning design:

Top Copyright Photo (all others by Air Malta): airmalta.com (Air Malta 2nd) Airbus A319-112 9H-AEJ (msn 2186) (Atlantic Airways underside) ZRH (Rolf Wallner). Image: 937515.

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Air Malta to fly to Comiso, Sicily

Air Malta has announced a new twice-weekly scheduled service to Sicily’s Comiso airport, every Friday and Sunday from December 17, 2017.

Last year the Maltese airline also restarted a two to three times weekly scheduled services to the Sicily’s capital Palermo, and with another 14 weekly flights to Catania.

Air Malta is now serving three Sicilian airports with a total of 38 weekly frequencies.

Copyright Photo: Malta – airmalta.com (Air Malta 2nd) Airbus A319-112 9H-AEM (msn 2382) LHR (Antony J. Best). Image: 909859.

Air Malta to start services to Casablanca, Venice and St. Petersburg next summer

Air Malta has announced new nonstop services to three destinations; Casablanca (twice-weekly), Venice (twice-weekly, March 26, 2018) and St Petersburg (twice-weekly, March 29, 2018) for the summer of 2018 starting in March 2018.

Air Malta to add five new routes for the summer 2018 season

Air Malta will start operating a twice weekly scheduled service to the city of Malaga every Monday and Friday from March 26, 2018. This is the first time that the Maltese airline is introducing scheduled services to the city and through this route, Air Malta will be resuming its services to Spain.

The flight schedule will operate as follows:

Monday

KM590	Dep.	Malta	19:35	Arr.	Malaga	22:30
KM591	Dep.	Malaga	23:30	Arr.	Malta	02:15

Friday

KM590	Dep.	Malta	05:25	Arr.	Malaga	08:20
KM591	Dep.	Malaga	09:10	Arr.	Malta	11:55

Air Malta will also be operating twice-weekly summer service to Lisbon (effective March 25, 2018), and weekly service to St. Petersburg (March 30, 2018) and Stockholm (Arlanda) (May 1, 2018) and three weekly flights to Venice (March 26, 2018).

Air Malta launches its “Sky Spa” experience onboard

Air Malta (Luqa, Malta) has issued this statement and photos:

Air Malta on July 16 launched – The Sky Spa – the first ever free in-flight spa experience onboard a commercial short-haul flight.

Flights KM 116/7 to/from London Gatwick were chosen to introduce the innovative exclusive onboard service of spa treatments which no other airline offers free of charge to passengers travelling in Economy.

This initiative was made possible by teaming up with Myoka Spas, well known in the spa and beauty industry in Malta. It will be available on selected flights.

Two professional therapists welcomed passengers with various beauty product samples and later pampered them with complimentary and luxurious treatments including hand, feet and neck massages whilst listening to relaxing music.

Air Malta’s lucky customers were also presented with a 20€ voucher for use at any Myoka Spa in Malta, making it a truly unforgettable surprise.

This experience is just the beginning and part of a series of similar projects that Air Malta will be launching in the near future aimed at enhancing customers experience and showing that the airline Cares More.

Photos: Air Malta.

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Air Malta and KLM sign a code-share agreement

Air Malta (Luqa) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) have signed a code-share agreement whereby KLM will place its code and flight numbers on flights operated by Air Malta between Malta and Amsterdam.

Starting with immediate effect this agreement will enable KLM to offer their customers daily services between the Dutch capital and Malta. Air Malta’s flights to/from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport will connect with KLM’s extensive global network.

The flights will be operated by the Maltese airline with Airbus A319/A320 aircraft (above).

With this code-share agreement, the two airlines’ customers will benefit from new services, such as through check-in for passengers with connections.

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Air Malta joins the growing list of airlines and changes its cockpit policies

Air Malta (Malta) has updated its Cockpit Policy and issued this statement:

The devastating airline incident this week has sparked a discussion around the world about how crew policies can be improved to enhance passenger safety.

Our thoughts are with the family members of these passengers as well as our colleagues around the world.

Air Malta is committed to continually improving its safety policies and maintaining its impeccable safety record.

In light of this, we have decided with immediate effect to make it compulsory to have two crew members in the cockpit at all times.

This measure complements our other security procedures already in place.

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Air Malta to fly to Oran, Algeria this summer

Air Malta (Luqa), Malta’s National Airline, is planning to open up a new route to Oran, Algeria’s second largest city. The twice weekly frequency is expected to operate every Monday and Thursday from July 20 to August 31.

Starting from its modest beginnings with 53,500 passengers transported in the first year of operation, Air Malta now carries an average of 1.8 million passengers every year and has, since its first flight operated on April 1, 1974, transported over 39 million passengers to and from Malta.

Copyright Photo: SPA/AirlinersGallery.com. Promoting the destination of Malta in its livery, Airbus A319-111 9H-AEL (msn 2332) climbs away from London’s Heathrow Airport.

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