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Air Malta will be entering into the Italian domestic market with Reggio di Calabria to Rome flights, operated daily between Mondays and Fridays.
The airline said yesterday that these flights, which will commence with the summer 2006 schedule, follow the successful operation of a programme of flights between Malta and Reggio last summer.
The announcement was made at a press conference in the Reggio town hall, addressed by the mayor of Reggio, Dott Giuseppe Scopelliti, and Air Malta’s chief officer – strategic planning, Dominic Attard.
This is another milestone for the airline, which is exploiting the freedoms acquired as a result of Malta’s EU membership.
“We are increasing our activities in the intra-European market because we believe that there are opportunities which make sense to us and because we have the courage to compete,” Mr Attard said.
“Domestic operations have their own characteristics which are different to international operations. We have been studying this route for months to ensure that we can make a success out of it. We are convinced that it will add up to our intra-EU services.”
In May 2004, Air Malta had successfully launched its first intra-European services between Catania and London Gatwick and is now planning to expand this operation.
As with all other EU-registered airlines wishing to fly within EU countries, no special permits or concessions are required by Air Malta to operate this latest addition to its network. Intra-EU routes are freely open to EU airlines and there is no need to have agreements or permits in place.
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