Malta Air is a low-cost airline due to start operating services with its own livery out of and into Malta by summer 2020. This is a joint venture between Ryanair and the Government of Malta. The new airline initially operated six former Ryanair aircraft. Ryanair will be assigning the 62 routes it operates to and from Malta to this new airline and there are plans to grow the network beyond that.

Malta Air’s 2020 schedule to Malta will deliver 6 new routes and includes:

• 1 new route to Brindisi (2 per week)
• 4 new summer routes to Nis (2 per week), Paphos (2 per week), Santiago de Compostela (2 per week) & Trieste (2 per week)
• 1 reinstated route to Trapani (2 per week)
• Frequency increases on 9 other routes including Bari, Madrid, and Marseille
• 66 routes in total
• 1m customers p.a. (6% growth)
• 2,300* on-site jobs

Speaking in Valletta, Malta Air CEO Diarmuid Ó Conghaile said:

“Malta Air is delighted to bring even more of our lowest fares to Malta in our Summer 2020 schedule, with 6 new routes to Brindisi, Nis, Paphos, Santiago de Compostela, Trapani and Trieste (66 routes in total) which will deliver over 3 million customers p.a. and support over 2,300* jobs at Malta International Airport next year.

Malta Minister for Tourism, Konrad Mizzi, said:

Minister Konrad Mizzi said that he was pleased that Malta Air will grow its network by 6%. This demonstrates commitment by Ryanair to Malta. The Minister looked forward to the introduction of the new Malta Air livery and new planes later in 2020.