Air Malta announced today that it has added 15 flights to London’s Gatwick Airport this winter. The additional capacity will cover the peak periods in December and January and, commencing on 4 March 2016, the airline will two additional weekly flights on Tuesday and Friday to a total of nine weekly flights.

Commenting on this development Ursula Silling, Air Malta’s Chief Commercial Officer said, “We are delighted to launch more flights to London. This initiative will now offer even more choice to our customers to travel between London and Malta. Together with our double daily flights to Heathrow we have now the best offer and connections into the city covering both the south and Northwest London. Our latest offers have attracted significant interest with thousands of new bookings especially on our London routes. These additional flights will supplement the airline’s twice daily flights to London Heathrow. The UK is our main market and we intend to continue working hard to support and develop further this market both for the local travelling public and the local tourism industry.”