Air Malta leases extra plane to meet demand as tourism continues to recover

Jun 25 2022

As the tourism sector continues to bounce back after a 2-year blow due to the pandemic, national airline Air Malta is now leasing an extra plane and crew to meet increased travel demands this summer.

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo took to Facebook to share this news in addition to the fact that the airline carried almost 270,000 passengers over a period of two months.

The airline’s chief commercial officer Roy Kinnear highlighted that the extra aircraft will aid Air Malta in facilitating the increased demand on travel including flights to Madrid, Prague, Lyon as well as charter flights to Warsaw.

Such high demand is expected to continue increasing during the summer months, with occupancy levels and seat load reaching record levels.

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92-year-old queen wins beauty pageant organised by elderly home

Jun 25 2022

92-year-old Terry Lubrano Bencini winning The Imperial’s beauty pageant and celebrating with her late husband is the most wholesome news we’ve heard all year.

Bencini is a familiar face in the local broadcasting scene, garnering popularity locally as a singer, actress and Redifussion host between 1948 and the early ’70s.

Terry told Television Malta that she felt proud of herself after winning and saying “I did it”, going on to state that after winning, she spoke to her late husband Maurice who sadly passed away five months ago. “I told him, Maur, I made it”, she stated, going on to state that she speaks to him every single day.

Congratulations Terry!

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Stranded luggage returns to Malta from Heathrow after week of chaos

Jun 25 2022

Air Malta travellers who arrived via Heathrow last week can finally rest as waves of stranded luggage finally arrived on Friday.

The airline has been contacting the travellers involved, with around 100 bags stuck in Heathrow Airport’s baggage system in London amongst thousands of others.

The issue stirred chaos in London after a luggage conveyor belt malfunction, leading to thousands of luggages being stranded and social media going into a frenzy for the ridiculous amount of stranded luggage.

With regards to Malta, only one Air Malta flight was affected.

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MP & former PN leader Adrian Delia announces he is having a baby with partner Cynthia

Jun 25 2022

Former PN leader and current Nationalist Party MP Adrian Delia took to Facebook this morning to share that he and his partner Cynthia are expecting a child.

The post read “Good morning, to my lovely Cynthia, to all of you people out there, and most dearly of all you have a good day and beautiful life dearest, yet unborn child of ours.”

The joyous news was met with thousands of likes and comments congratulating the couple on the joyous news. Delia concluded his post by stating “No words enough to thank God every single day”, followed by the hashtag #giftoflife and ‘feeling blessed’.

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