Twelve Air Malta flights suffered delays on Sunday after a plane was grounded by technical issues in St Petersburg and another suffered a birdstrike in Catania.

The airline was also affected by an air traffic controllers' strike in France.

The flight from St Petersburg was meant to arrive in Malta at 6.15am but will now leave the Russian city at 7.30pm

Also delayed were flights from and to Dusseldorf.

Departures to Orly, Zurich, Munich and Frankfurt were delayed in the afternoon.

Flights to Heathrow, Brussels, Rome, Catania and Marseille were also rescheduled. See timetable here

A service to Comiso was cancelled. 

The airline apologised for any inconvenience but said safety came first.

Passengers were still requested to check-in as per original flight time since check-in might close on time if delays are reduced.