Over 300K passengers travelled through Malta International Airport in July

Aug 10 2021

The Malta International Airport totalled 311,692 passenger movements throughout July, regaining around 39% of the July 2019 traffic levels. Despite this boost, the Maltese air travel has been recuperating at a slower pace than the Southern European counterparts as their recovery rate averaged at 57%. This was revealed by the Airports Council International’s data.

Seat capacity on routes to and from Malta registered at 35.5% below 2019 levels. The seat load factor for the month stood at 52.6% compared to July 2019’s 87%. This measures the occupancy of seats available.

Travel opportunities for the local market continued to increase throughout July, especially considering Air France’s launch of three weekly flights to Paris and two new routes to Chania and Cagliari. The UK displaced Spain from June, with Italy retaining its top spot with around 60,388 passenger movements.

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Bukayo Saka receives standing ovation from rival fans

Aug 10 2021

Last Sunday, North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham played a pre-season friendly where young English player Bukayo Saka played his first game since the Euro 2020 final. Bukayo missed the decisive penalty in the final. After the final Bukayo was subject to a lot of 0nline racism which led to many arrests .

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Bukayo entered the game as a substitute and immediately got a standing ovation from the Spurs fans. The game finished with a narrow Spurs win when South Korean Heung Min Son scored in the 79th minute. This was seen as a good test for both teams who start their premier league season this weekend.

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WATCH: Agency slams Malta’s quarantine system and hotel conditions

Aug 10 2021

Posting to their Instagram page, Language School Agency ‘MaltaLovers’ slammed the mandatory quarantine system for travellers as a failure. The post revealed how 2 vaccinated girls all the way from Venezuela made their way to Malta after having paid for their English Course 6 months ago. After having spent the necessary 14 days in Rome before entering Malta, despite fully vaccinated and undergoing PCR testing, the hotel proved to be less hospitable.

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Both accepting the entry requirements from Maltese authorities to enter Malta – which is spending €100 per night in a hotel, the students were treated to a hotel which was deemed in unfit capacity to take care of the tourists and offer a safe environment and stay.

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The girls allegedly also allegedly paid €1500 for the 14 days, instead of the €1400 as indicated on the official website. The agency stated that the situation is already tough and that they should be the ones to take care of the quarantine process.

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Ed Sheeran makes Ipswich squad

Aug 10 2021

Ed Sheeran has made his boyhood club Ipswich Town’s squad for the season. Last year, the British artist signed a deal with Ipswich, to be there main sponsor and have his album titles on the kit. The new American owners have gone one further though.

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After seeing Ed with a number 17 kit, the owners decided to offer him the squad number and a place in the squad. Sheeran told the official club website “This is bonkers really, isn’t it!” and “When Ipswich told me I thought they were joking but I love the idea.” Sheeran said that he thinks that this season will be a good season, he also admitted to himself that he won’t get near any playing time. When this news came out, many football fans were curious to see if popular football games FIFA and Football Manager would add Ed to Ipswich’s squads in their next edition.

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