Travel & Tourism
20,000 low-cost airline passengers expected soon
By MaltaMedia News
Nov 9, 2006, 19:19

It is expected that low-cost carriers Meridiana, Centralwings, Germanwings and Ryanair will fly up to 20,000 passengers towards Malta by the end of 2006, according to Minister for Tourism and Culture Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech.

Speaking during the General Meeting of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) on Thursday the Minister added that 1,494 passengers have been brought to Malta via the Ryanair Luton and Pisa routes between the 31st October and the 6th November. These two routes along with that of Dublin, which will start operating in February 2007, will bring up to 90,000 passengers towards Malta by the end of 2007, continued Minister Francis Zammit Dimech. Furthermore, the three other airlines are expected to fly another 25,000 persons to Malta.

The Minister added that interest has already been expressed in the government’s call to start operating low-cost airline flights to and from Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Poland.

Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech said that these low cost airline flights should help the business of hotels and restaurants alike, while insisting that granted Malta’s dependency on tourist arriving by air, any decline in the number of tourists flying into Malta reflects a decrease in tourism figures.

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