Easyjet’s first flight from Newcastle to Malta, landed last Friday night at the Malta International Airport, with a load factor of approximately 90 per cent.

On the occasion of the maiden flight of this new route, passengers alighting from the plane were welcomed by MIA personnel with small gifts.

Carly Brear, UK commercial manager Easyjet, commented: “We are delighted to have recently started flights between Malta and Newcastle, bringing our total number of UK destinations to three, along with our popular flights to London Gatwick and Manchester. It is clear from our load factors that people are embracing the chance to take advantage of Easyjet’s famously low fares on this route, whether it is to experience the vibrant city of Newcastle with it’s many shops and bars along with access to stunning countryside or to bask in the beautiful Maltese sunshine.”

Malta Tourism Authority CEO, Josef Formosa Gauci expressed satisfaction that the new route to Malta from Newcastle kicked off so positively with a 90 per cent load factor and augured that the Newcastle route would continue to be popular, thus strengthening the flight capacity from Malta’s core source market, the UK.

Easyjet operates flights to Malta from Newcastle, with return, on Mondays and Fridays.