Yet another Air Malta flight was severely delayed, this time affecting passengers leaving Paris on their way to Malta. 

Air Malta in a statement, argued that earlier delays meant that the flight was unable to take-off prior to the airport's closure.

The flight was set to arrive at 9.45pm Sunday night, yet was delayed and is currently expected to arrive at 2.35 pm this afternoon. passengers began boarding a coach to be taken to the plane at around 11.50 am Monday. The arrival time was later pushed back, again, to 3pm, however passengers are still seated on the plane by 12.45 pm (when the plane began moving).

This is the second flight to see extensive delays in just a few days. An Air Malta flight to Gatwick was delayed by 14 hours on Saturday due to operational reasons.

At 6.45pm last night, passengers who were checked in at Paris Orly were told about a delay of around four hours, but the flight was subsequently delayed again to Monday. 

A passenger's family member told this newsroom that in the early hours of the morning, passengers had to walk in freezing temperatures to a bus and were taken to a hotel, and then they were taken back to the airport Monday morning. She said that Air Malta was not keeping passengers well informed.

A passenger said that Sunday night, passengers had boarded the plane after the first delay, but after around 45 minutes of waiting in their seats, were told that the airport was closed. They were then taken off the plane and were directed by airport personnel to a bus to take them to a hotel, and were given a room at around 3am Monday.

The passenger said they received a call at around 7 am to pick up their bags at 8 am, and were taken back to the airport, without having been given any food or drink. The passenger also said that Air Malta did not keep the passengers informed.

Once the flight took off, passengers were finally given some food by the airline, although one passenger indicated to this newsroom that the sandwich provided was near frozen.

Air Malta statement

Air Malta, in a statement, said that flight KM 467 from Paris Orly to Malta airport was not operated yesterday evening due to closure of the airport (night flying restrictions). "The aircraft was scheduled to depart at 18:10 but was delayed as a consequence of earlier delays and unfortunately could not take-off before the closure of the Paris Orly Airport. Guests and crew were accommodated in nearby hotels and taken care of. The flight to Malta will be operated at noon today."

As a consequence of this delay three Air Malta flights will be delayed today as follows:

KM 100/1: Malta - London Heathrow - Malta; 45 mins

KM612/3: Malta - Rome Fiumicino - Malta; 35 mins

KM306/7: Malta - Munich - Malta; 120 minutes.

"Air Malta apologises for any inconvenience caused and has spared no effort to minimise the inconvenience to passengers due to circumstances beyond its control."