Ryanair today celebrated carrying 5,000,000 passenger at Malta Airport.

The airline, which began operating at Malta in 2006 with two routes to and from London Luton and Pisa, today offers 28 destinations across 11 markets.

The airline said it was celebrating this milestone by releasing 100,000 seats for sale across its European network, at prices from €19.99 for travel in August, September and October. The low fare seats are available for booking until Monday at midnight.

Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Louis said that Ryanair’s Malta results were impressive, with Malta increasing its tourism volume.

“By tapping into the growing low cost airline segment route expansion has been encouraged. This facilitated a link from Malta to Krakow for the first time, Kaunas and other cities, which improved both the connectivity and the accessibility to our islands especially in winter.

“We encouraged route expansion in a way which opened up new markets and limited overlaps to a bare minimum. We expanded our route network in a feasible manner, in a way which also channeled growth into the off-peak months and at the same time ensuring and safeguarding the sustainability of our national carrier Air Malta,” he said.

 

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