Ryanair to fly to Milan, Liverpool and Gothenburg
Ryanair is adding Milan, Liverpool and Gothenburg to its Malta routes.
Starting at the end of March, there will be daily Ryanair flights between the island and Milan Bergamo, the low-cost airline’s deputy chief executive Michael Cawley told a press conference.
Liverpool will have three weekly flights to/from Malta while Gothenburg in Sweden will have two.
Ryanair will operate 30 Malta routes in its next summer schedule, including the three new ones, amounting to 170 weekly flights to and from the island. All 27 of last summer’s routes will be retained.
“Tourism has grown every year since Ryanair came to Malta in 2006 and next year we expect to bring an additional 60,000 tourists to the island,” Mr Cawley said.
Ryanair intends to operate the flights between Malta and Liverpool and Milan all year round, although not necessarily on the same schedule as summer, while it has yet to make a decision on operating the Gothenburg route in winter.
The new routes go on sale today.
Rival low-cost airline Easyjet cancelled its Malta-Liverpool route in October citing “commercial reasons”, while it will resume flights between Malta and Milan in July.
Asked if Ryanair was exploiting the void left by Easyjet, Mr Cawley said the airline was in constant discussions with the Malta Tourism Authority about new markets and passenger growth.
The airline expects to carry approximately one million passengers on its Malta routes this year.
It now has around 25 per cent of the market share, second only to Air Malta.
Mr Cawley cited low fares as one of the factors driving growth for Ryanair, with an average fare of €53.
To coincide with the unveiling of its summer schedule, Ryanair announced a 100,000-seat sale across its network.
Flights in January are available from €8 until midnight on Thursday.
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Peter Murray
Dec 18th 2012, 20:05
FAO Adrian Borg,
When was you last in the Granite city? As your claim about "a vibrant Maltese community" there along with "many Malltese living and working in Aberdeen" is absolute nonsense and unsupported by any evidence to corroborate such an outrageous claim!How many is many?Also FYI- the offshore oil industry has declined by 37% in the last decade contrary your claims and gas is the future
Adrian Borg
Dec 19th 2012, 08:58
Dear Peter
I live in the Granite City, my whole family Lives in the Granite city, Last time we had a Maltese get together in the Granite City we were 60 strong, comprising of Doctors, Medical consultants, Engineers, Nurses, Bus drivers, security Guards, Clergy etc.. Is this Nonsense?
It seems you are not keeping abreast of the lattes developments in the North east of Scotland.
Adrian
Adrian Borg
Dec 19th 2012, 09:05
Dear Peter
Incidentally, I forgot to Inform you that I work in the Offshore Oil Industry as an Engineer, I presume that I may be better placed to comment re the Offshore Industry.
Adrian
Doreen Gatt
Dec 18th 2012, 14:48
Why not from Haugesund, Norway? We need tourists from the Scandinavian countries!!! Ryanair already flies directly from Haugesund to Crete, Croatia, Majorca and Madacasgar and these flights are popular with tourists from there as they want the sun!!! But for now they are all going to crete!!!
N Sciberras
Dec 18th 2012, 14:23
It would be nice if Ryanair would add Moscow /St. Petersburg or Rostov to its Malta routes as well...
Adrian Borg
Dec 18th 2012, 12:51
to Mr Peter Murray
Continued
The Locals in the north East of Scotland tend to go for holidays, to places served by direct flights, like Spain, Turkey etc... The Maltese in the region, most of them prefer to fly to Malta through London, Manchester or Frankfurt rather go through Edinburgh or Glasgow.
Adrian Borg
Dec 18th 2012, 12:46
To Mr Peter Muray
I think you are making a valid point. However circumstances and patterns do evolve and change at the moment there is a vibrant Maltese community in Aberdeen which could be served better. The Offshore industry is expanding, and Aberdeen is hungry for people with engineering background. The Locals in the north East of Scotland tend to go for holidays,( to be continiued )
Adrian Borg
Dec 18th 2012, 10:25
Why not from Aberdeen Scotland? I am sure with the amount of Maltese living and working in Aberdeen and shire, and the Maltese residents that work in the offshore industry would make it worth wile. Not mentioning the potential of attracting tourist to Malta from the area.
Adrian Borg
Peter Murray
Dec 18th 2012, 10:38
Air Malta also had that route for many years.However,oil industry workers would not generate enough traffic to warrant this route given their work schedule(usually a month on /month off basis or similar ) and the limited numbers thereof who live in Mlata and work in this area.I would suggest that Glasgow or Edinburg(also both previously served by Air Malta) would make a more viable proposition
Peter Murray
Dec 18th 2012, 09:57
Its amazing how most of these routes now frequented by LCC's were once previously operated by Air Malta,yet they pulled out citing these were non-profit making routes ,in fact loss-making!.How is it then that LCC's manage to operate them ....and at a profit
Mr Anthony Formosa
Dec 18th 2012, 09:38
What low cost? I have paid 1000 euros for four persons eight months in advance to fly to UK, plus I have to pay for the service on board. Why Airmalta cannot compete these prices on certain routes?
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