A British firm in the race for Malta’s public transport service has expressed concern over the viability of the deal as laid out in the call for expression of interest issued by the government, Times of Malta has learnt.

In a letter sent to Transport Minister Joe Mizzi last week, the National Express Group warned it would be “difficult, if not impossible” for any private organisation to successfully achieve the government’s aspirations at the price it was proposing.

The letter was sent by the managing director of National Express, Andrew Cleaves, a few days before McGill’s, Scotland’s fourth-largest bus operator, said it had withdrawn its interest in running bus services in Malta.

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