Ryanair adds more routes to Malta
Low cost airline Ryanair has announced new routes to Malta, including services to London Stansted (four times a week), Oslo (twice a week), Turin (twice a week), Bournemouth (twice a week), Malmo in Sweden (twice a week), Kaunas in Lithuania (twice a week) and Wroclaw in Poland (twice a week).
The new routes will start operating from May 2012.
The new routes were announced by chief operating officer Michael Cawley, who hailed the success of current Ryanair services to Malta.
He said that Ryanair will thus operate 28 routes to Malta. He said they expected to attract a million passengers to Malta within a year.
A seat sale of €9.99 has been announced. Bookings have to be made by Thursday January 12 at midnight.
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the GRTU both welcomed the new services.
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Anthony Pace
Jan 11th, 08:44
Air Malta used to fly to Stanstead four times a week and they were always quite full in the peak months. They also flew to Bourenmouth twice a week. The new CEO should have been looking to expand the airline and not shrink it by laying off staff but utilising the resources available.
Mario Micallef
Jan 11th, 09:31
Mr Pace, i think you should update yourself about AirMalta..since it will downsize its fleet by 1 in this year...do you think it is feasible to operate more routes with less aircraft keeping in mind that they still need to keep up to the current schedule??
Victor Vella
Jan 11th, 11:00
@ Mario Micallef
People do not care how many aircraft Air Malta has. Air Malta has any aircraft because they are all leased. In business, the business is for the people and not the people are for the business. Air Malta is only in haste to get rid of its employees without having a good marketing plan. Air Malta is leasing its aircrafts to foreign carriers because it cannot sustain itself to grow. The EU does not give Air Malta the way that while it is restructuring itself it can sustain itself to grow. Air Malta is doomed to ruins. And its employees know this. If the government gives more money to extend the VRS and ERS 90% of the workforce will leave. And still there is no future for Air Malta because the payroll rationalization is going to amount only 20 million euros. From where Air Malta is going to bring the other 17 million euros? From the poor passengers that make use of the airline by charging them 10€ for using the internet to book, print out ticket, make web check-in and print out their boarding passes.Mr Pace is right and he is more updated than you. If Air Malta cannot keep its current schedule that means that Air Malta is no more competent with its competitors and do not have the expertise how to co-ordinate its planes with the schedule. This is a clear indication that Air Malta`s top management is incompetent and do not have an iota of knowledge of how to run an airline.
Mario Micallef
Jan 11th, 12:14
@ Victor Vella....jien mhux qieghed hawn biex niddefendi l-Airmalta...anzi hafna drabi jien vera kritiku...pero jekk int professur tant li tghid li ma jimpurtakx kemm hemm ajruplani fil-flotta...ibda aghmel l-vjaggi bil-karozzi tieghek...int tahseb li ajruplan li jaghmel xi 3 vjaggi 'l fuq u 'l isfel....tista tghaffgu int!! titkellimx jekk ma tafx...l-flotta ga tkun imgebbda sal-massimu fix-xhur tas-sajf...ahseb u ara b'ajruplan inqas!!! ragunamenti bhal tieghek idahkuni...tant hu minnu li qed nghid li dawk it-titjiriet chartered joperawhom f'hinijiet kmieni tal-gurnata...issa jekk int tant professur li taf mod iehor...qed nistennik ittini lezzjonijiet!!!
David Willow
Jan 11th, 07:19
How about adding east midlands Michael......
Ewelina Szynkarek
Jan 11th, 00:06
Hey!
I just want to correct one part of the information coz I see mistake. I don't know about the other routes, but from Malta to Wrocław the rout will start operating from 27th MARCH, not May as it was mentioned in this article. Unfortunately I don't see the tickets for 9,99EUR, the cheapest I found are around 30 EUR (40 with taxes), which is still not bad :) BTW- I'm from Poland and I'm so happy about new flights to Malta, coz I love your island and hope to visit it again asap :) Best regards from cold Poland!
Micallef J
Jan 11th, 11:12
Ryanair please increase routes to FInland Turku, Poland : Poznan, Katowice, Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Lodz, Slovakia Bratislava, CZech Republic Brno, Tallinn estonia, and Riga Latvia.
Mr Etienne Micallef
Jan 10th, 21:53
Has anyone managed to get a seat already? I am trying to book for one of the new destinations, but whichever dates I select (June/July), the Ryanair website is saying that there are no flights for the selected dates. It could be that the news went out quicker than their website, but hope this is fixed by Thursday 12 midnight :)))))
Andrew schembri
Jan 11th, 07:20
What a bummer u poor thing thats unfortunately what happens if you deal with anything Irish.
Annika Vaisanen
Jan 10th, 19:40
Instead of adding a flight to Lithuania, why don't they fly to Paris? Instead of yet another cheap flight to Sweden, what about getting one direct flight finally to Finland?
Mr Etienne Micallef
Jan 10th, 21:49
Why be destructive? Perhaps I want to go to Lithuania ... again and again. Annika, be constructive and say ADD Paris and Finland, instead. Then, if Ryanair follows your suggestion, I''ll be very happy to visit Paris and Finland too ... while keeping the door open to visit Lithuania as well.
Maria Pedersen
Jan 10th, 19:19
thanks Ryan Air. Hope one day therewill be flights from Gothenburg also as it takes me a few hours to get to Malmö. There are flights from Skavsta (near Stockholm) but its upp north and Malmö further south.(izjed vicin Malta,mhux hekk jew?)
Francis Farrugia
Jan 10th, 19:13
ANOTHER BLA BLA BLA FROM RYANAIR. This declaration was also made when Ryanair started operating from Bremen in Germany. Then after getting the subsidy from the government the Bremen Link vanished in the air.
R. Saliba
Jan 10th, 20:36
do you know how the subsidy work? Thought not.
Peter Murray
Jan 10th, 19:13
Of course they want to utilise Malta more as a destination as they are getting subsidies to operate to/from Malta-unlike Air Malta.
R. Saliba
Jan 10th, 20:34
and what is wrong with that?
Peter Murray
Jan 10th, 19:12
Of course they want to utilise Malta more as a destination as they are getting subsidies to operate to/from Malta-unlike Air Malta.
David Willow
Jan 11th, 07:21
i have no problem with them getting subsidies as long as the people get the airline and the services they want.deserve. More arrivals and departures means its better for Malta surely...
Ruby Jenner
Jan 10th, 18:56
The Stanstead flight is good news for me since Air Malta stopped that route a couple of years ago. I have never had a problem with Ryanair, book early and you will get a good price.
Martin vella
Jan 10th, 18:40
Great just what we need more visitors on a budget.Big spenders that our country could use.
Paul Borg
Jan 10th, 18:28
How about flights to Corfu either direct from Malta or from Pisa or Bologna. As it is there is a monopoly of just one charter arrangement and they are getting pricier each year.
Anthony Arpa
Jan 10th, 18:13
Well done Ryanair Keep it up...... This is a good news expcialy for us the middle class people as now we can fly to other new countries where we never dreamed to be ..... I have visited nice places like the Costa Brava, Valencia/Costa Dorada, Krakow, Bolgna ect ect .... A big group of 46 friends from our club last September/Oct
went to Poland/Krakow on Ryanair certainily another group may visit one of these new countries added.
Ryan air should make it easer for small group to travel togheter .... Ryanair should offer sports and other clubs like ours a special attension to encourage us organising Group of friends to travel togheter .....
Again well done.
Anthony Arpa
J Mizzi
Jan 10th, 16:54
This is good news, at least for Juventus supporters :)
John Farrugia
Jan 10th, 16:50
Come on Ryanair how about a Flight from Malta to Palma Majorca.nobody flies direct to Palma.it is a short distance from malta yet sometimes it take nearly a day to go to Palma.
Anthony Arpa
Jan 10th, 18:49
Yes John Ryanair can add Palma Majorca and also Ibiza on same same flight ..... So with one flight can reach the two places ...... Arpa Anthony
Mr Kevin Zammit
Jan 10th, 16:15
hehe
smart move
ryan air is preparing to kill airmalta when the company is at its weakest ... probably undercutting heavily the airline. Once the airline is dead then then they will have an absolute monopoly cause no other airline would invest so heavily like airmalta is doing.
R. Saliba
Jan 10th, 17:12
Care to tell us which national airline 'died' due to Ryanair?
Antoine Cassar
Jan 10th, 16:09
Add Frankfurt Hahn and/or Brussels Charleroi, please, pretty please...
Victor Vella
Jan 10th, 16:07
Well done Ryanair! You open new routes and Air Malta, the English airline, is shrinking to nothing.
Chris Grillo
Jan 10th, 15:54
I don't understand many of the grumblings about Airmalta or subsidies. What the heck have they got to do with it? I can fly to Stansted taking only hand luggage for 9.99 ..... How can that, in any way, be bad for me? What is this obsession with luggage? One can get by with hand luggage for a weekend break.
And the flights to Turin are a godsend for us Juventini...
A. Sultana
Jan 10th, 15:34
Ryanair is the reason for the increase in tourism on our islands. Such increase in ingoing and outgoing routes are a godsend for our country.
I personally prefer Airmalta than Ryanair but I will fly with whoever offers me the best package. Albeit what most people say, Ryanair still offer much cheaper flights than Airmalta especially if you have flexible dates. This is obvious in the huge success Ryanair has had in our country showcased by the ever increasing routes.
'Cheap flights' might not be very well 'cheap' if poorly organized but can really save some serious money for deal hunters who do their homework correctly.
D. A . Agius
Jan 10th, 15:20
Nice one from Ryanair. Picking up the market when AirMalta is looking elsewhere.
Now, may I know exactly how much of my taxes are actually going into subsidising RyanAir fares?
Mr A Cachia
Jan 10th, 14:59
Ryanair Website isnt yet updated with the new destinations....
marco caruana
Jan 10th, 15:54
so what ??? x tistenna jnizzlu l ajruplan fit triq tieghek ??
Anthony Pace
Jan 10th, 14:57
Give it all away Mr Fenech to the Irish millionaire. Let the Maltese live in poverty. The rich get richer nd the poor get poorer!!!
Ms anne galea
Jan 10th, 15:37
but is it true that these kind of people exists??????????????
R. Saliba
Jan 10th, 17:16
unfortunately yes Ms Galea
B. Pollacco
Jan 10th, 14:45
come on ryanair give us manchester !
c. saliba
Jan 10th, 14:28
Ghaliex minn Mejju?? Ghalinqas jibda minn Frar. Nisperaw li ghal Turin jibqa tul is-sena kollha forsi ahna s-supporters tal-Juve u anke Torino nibdew immorru naraw it-tim favorit taghna u mhux biex immorru naraw loghba irridu nirkbu zewg ajruplani u tigi balla flus. well done ryanair
paul mercieca
Jan 10th, 14:27
shame that you cant book flights from bournemouth to malta on the website - flights do not exist
Paul Cassar
Jan 10th, 14:13
SMART BUSINESSES TACKLE RECESSION BY INCREASING ACTIVITY...........................
AIR MALTA IS DIRECTED.........BY VERY WELL PAID FOREIGN EXPERTS......... TO CONTRACT BUSINESS !!!!!!!
ONLY IN MALTA
C Cassar
Jan 10th, 15:15
Just booked several flights with Air Malta, no problem with them whatsoever. There's no way I'll fly on an airline that regularly cancels/reschedules flights and adds a host of additional costs to 'headline' prices which are pure marketing and targeted at the very naive.
Kenneth Baldacchino
Jan 10th, 15:19
Mr. Cassar... if Air malta had to work exactly in the same way as RyanAir they would probably sack a couple of hundred more people than they are doing.... Would be better to check all facts first..
W Cassar
Jan 10th, 16:15
I wonder who is being really naive... the person who pays through his nose for a few perks or the person who saves a good amount of Euros just wanting to get from A to B.
On a personal note Ryanair has never failed me... yes there are hidden costs but I know about them and it still works out cheaper than Airmalta, by quite a bit!
Robert Zammit
Jan 10th, 14:12
Int ghandek zball !, £9.99 mhux €9.99 mur ara http://www.ryanair.com/en
Claire Brincat
Jan 10th, 14:23
Well if you check www.ryanair.com/en you're right , it's £9.99, but you might want to check www.ryanair.com/mt and you'll see it's €9.99. Wonder of wonders...............!
Check all sources before accusing someone of a mistake!
J. Custò
Jan 10th, 14:41
Ma taghmilx differenza ghax ma jaghmlux exchange. U int qieghed fuq is-site tal-ingilterra metri ghanda wahda ghal malta bil-euro :) http://www.ryanair.com/mt
Wara kollox kieku kienet £9.99 xorta cheap u ma nahsibx li kieku ser jiehu zball fuq prezz..x'tahseb?
I Bugeja
Jan 10th, 14:45
robert try www.ryanair.com/mt for the maltese version in euro
Saviour Sam Agius
Jan 10th, 14:49
That's because you're choosing English (UK). Choose English (Malta) and everything will be in euro.
Mr A Cachia
Jan 10th, 14:57
Ghandek ZBALL INT, ROBERT ZAMMIT. Its € 9.99.
Ahna mhux Malta nghixu ?? Mela fuq il website ta Malta trid tfittex !
http://www.ryanair.com/mt
Ms Christine Debono
Jan 10th, 15:02
www.ryanair/com/mt €9.99
K. Vella II
Jan 10th, 16:58
L-ammont tat-titjiriet u ċ-charges jibqa' dejjem l-istess, imma tibla' l-currency ta' minn fejn se jibda l-vjaġġ. Din m'hemmx mod kif tevitaha. Hekk pereżempju f'każ ta' return flight mill-istess ajruporti bejn Malta u l-Ingilterra, il-vjaġġ jiġik kollu f'ewro jekk se titlaq minn Malta. Imma jekk se titlaq minn Malta għall-UK imma ġej lura minn ajruport differenti, tibla' t-titjira lura bl-iSterlina.
I Bugeja
Jan 10th, 13:59
While I sincerely appreciate the new routes as a customer I DO HOPE that when customers buy tickets their flights are not postponed frequently. I happened to have my flight cancelled on two occasions when booking in advance to benefit from the good prices. Once to Venice and once to Ireland (next March). This particular instance in Ireland, the flight was postponed from 7am to 7pm opn the same day thus causing inconveniences.