Air Malta’s new route to Palermo has registered excellent results in the first two months of operations with load factors reaching an average of 90 per cent the airline said.

The twice weekly schedule to the Sicilian capital, which commenced on July 4, will be retained throughout winter.

“We are excited with these encouraging preliminary figures,” commented Ursula Silling, Air Malta’s chief commercial officer.

“In just two months we have carried over 5,000 guests and we are on track to carry around 20,000 passengers in our first year of operation," she added.

Services between Malta and Palermo are operating in addition to the 15 weekly flights Catania.

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