Air Malta to increase its aircraft fleet in line with growth strategy

Air Malta is committed to increase the frequency of its current flight destinations and to service new routes.

In line with the commercial strategy, Air Malta’s management has recommended to increase its fleet as from summer 2018. This recommendation was supported and acknowledged during last week’s Board of Directors meeting.

The additional aircraft will give the airline flexibility to increase frequencies on its more popular services while also allowing it to add new destinations, some of which may be currently unserved by other carriers.

These new destinations will be announced following further indepth market studies that are currently being undertaken by the airline’s commercial team in a number of working groups and discussions with key industrial stakeholders.

The additional aircraft is expected to boost Air Malta’s seat capac- ity and fuel growth in the number of passengers it carries which currently stands at 1.6 million passengers every year.

This is part of the airline’s strategy to consolidate its strong market position as the islands’ national carrier as it continues to invest to support the local economy while providing more travel opportunities for its home market.

This is more good news emanating from the airline following the announcement last week that it will commence services to Frankfurt again. This announcement also reflects the confidence in the potential of the airline, the local tourism industry stakeholders and the islands’ economy.