Air Malta is offering return tickets at €35 to people living overseas and are eligible to vote at the May 28 referendum.

The price is inclusive of taxes and other charges.

The travel arrangements for eligible voters – those whose name appears on the Electoral Register published in October 2010 – are for the period between May 20 and June 5, both days inclusive.

The offer is also valid for eligible voters married to foreigners, studying, working or undergoing medical treatment abroad as well as their dependents. Reservations, which opened at noon yesterday, can be made at Air Malta’s call centre on (+356) 2364 5321 for overseas calls and on 2364 5321 for local calls.The overall cost will be borne by the government. Bringing over 3,057 people to vote at the 2008 general election had cost the taxpayer over €1 million. It had cost the country more than €442,000 to fly 1,377 people to Malta to vote in the 2009 European Parliament election – €321 per passenger.