Air Malta said today that it managed to operate almost all its flights over the past few days, despite the inclement weather.

In cases where flights were diverted, it offered assistance to its passengers by providing ground transfers between airports.

"Other airlines simply cancelled flights without giving their passengers any alternatives," Air Malta said.

It explained that the weather conditions disrupted five flights last Sunday. Flight KM 352 from Malta to Dusseldorf was amongst the over 40 flights that were diverted to Cologne. Air Malta provided coach transfers to its passengers from Cologne to Dusseldorf. The airline also provided coach transfers to the Malta bound passengers from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt to connect with KM329 bound for Malta.

KM328/9 (Malta/Frankfurt/Malta) was also delayed by four hours due to Air Traffic Control restrictions and in order to wait for the passengers who were being transported from Dusseldorf airport.

Following the closure due to bad weather of Brussels Airport on Sunday, Air Malta had no alternative but to cancel its flight to Brussels. The flight Malta-Brussels-Amsterdam-Malta flew only to Amsterdam with a delay of five hours also due to weather conditions in Amsterdam. Passengers booked on the cancelled flight to Brussels were offered free re-bookings.

KM139 from Manchester to Malta suffered the longest delay -26 hours. After the arrival of flight KM 138 from Malta, Manchester airport was closed due to heavy snow. The flight delay was further compounded by the operating crew running out of hours and de-icing procedures. Air Malta offered the booked passengers on the return flight with complementary hotel accommodation.

"As a value focused airline Air Malta extends its support to its passengers in such circumstances and tries to minimise the inconveniences by limiting disruptions whilst offering alternatives where interruptions in services are necessary," Air Malta said.