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Up to 480 flights from and to Malta scheduled to operate early 2022 have been cut as passengers fear the spike in COVID-19 cases.
Malta International Airport chief executive told Times of Malta that the first quarter for 2022 was already looking dismal for air travel.
He largely attributed this to the ‘hotchpotch’ of uncoordinated travel restrictions all across Europe, which are confusing and destroying consumer confidence in air travel.
The holiday season is typically very busy for Malta’s airport, with around 246,000 available seats on flights operated on up to 87 routes to and from Malta.
A well-needed recovery, Borg said, is being put into question due to the massive spike in cases both locally and abroad. This is leaving airports and airlines having to bear the worst of such restrictions.
Air Malta also revealed that it had around 2,000 cancellation refund requests just this month, with figures still going up. A spokesperson said that 2,000 were received in November and another 2,000 were requested as of last Tuesday.
As of the start of the pandemic, Air Malta has received around 300,000 ticket refund requests, refunding up to €32 million.
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