759 Pullmantur cruise passengers who were due to start a cruise in Athens were today flown to Malta instead because of strikes in the Greek capital.

Two Pullmantur Boeing 747s and a Spanair Airbus landed at Malta International Airport earlier this afternoon bringing the passengers from Madrid. They were taken straight to Grand Harbour from where they started their Mediterranean cruise.

The same aircraft will be leaving MIA later on today with a total of 582 passengers who disembarked the cruise ship Zenith, on their way back to Madrid.

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