Norwegian Air Shuttle will commence operations to Malta from Oslo in April, starting with two flights a week, every Tuesday and Saturday, departing from the Norwegian capital at 2.05pm and returning from Malta at 7.10pm. Prices will start from Lm29 (EUR67.55) one-way, including taxes and charges.

Norwegian AS is one of Europe’s leading low fare airlines. It commenced operations in September, 2002 with four domestic routes and six B737-300 aircraft. Today, Norwegian has 31 aircraft and an additional 53 new B737-800’s on order from early next year. It offers a flight network of 128 routes to 76 destinations from Norway, Sweden and Poland.

“We are very proud to include Malta in our already extensive European network,” said Daniel Skjeldam, Chief Commercial Officer of Norwegian. “Malta has always been a favourite destination for Scandinavians and we realised that there is a great demand, judging from the numerous enquiries we receive from our customers. We believe that with low prices and a direct flight, it will be a success.”

MIA’s CEO Peter Bolech said this was an important step towards increasing the passenger flow to Malta, especially from the Scandinavian market which has not been sufficiently tapped. The new operation was made possible through the increasing efforts of MIA’s Commercial Department to attract new airlines to Malta and the close cooperation with MTA.

Bookings for the route may be made online as from today, through the airline’s website www.norwegian.no