Air Malta, Malta’s National Airline, is planning to open up a new route to Oran, Algeria’s second largest city. The twice weekly frequency is expected to operate every Monday and Thursday from 20th July till 31^st August.

Commenting on these new services Joseph Galea, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer said, “This is more good news for both Malta and Algeria. We started flying to Algeria’s capital, Algiers, in June 2013 and following the positive response received, we are now looking forward to start operations to Oran. The city is a major port and the commercial, industrial, and educational centre of western Algeria.”

This service will compliment the twice weekly flights to Algiers that will increase to three weekly flights during the peak summer months just after Ramadan. Flights to Algiers this summer will operate every Monday, Thursday and Sunday.

Air Malta’s flights to both Algiers and Oran will offer much needed connectivity between the two countries and mainland Europe through Malta.

Oran is the commercial, industrial, and educational centre of western Algeria. It is a major port city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast, located 432 kilometres (268 miles) from the capital Algiers. The city has a metropolitan population area of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest city in Algeria.

Air Malta has appointed Soleil Voyages as its General Sales Agents for Algeria on the 1^st December 2014. Soleil Voyages are backed up by a network of local travel agents that will be selling Air Malta and Malta across the whole country.

Air Malta’s flight schedule to Algeria is as follows:

Malta - Oran – Malta Flight Schedule:

Monday

Thursday

Malta - Algiers – Malta Flight Schedule:

Monday

Thursday

Sunday (19 July – 13 September)