Photo: KM MALTA Busy summer: With 19 destinations, 1.34 million expected seats, and 7,948 flights, Malta's new airline KM Malta Airlines has announced its largest flight schedule in its history. Between March 29 and October 31, 2026, the company will operate an average of 262 weekly flights.
At the center of the plan, according to an official company announcement, is the launch of a new route to Tel Aviv, which will begin operating on May 27, 2026, with a frequency of two weekly flights, on Sundays and Wednesdays. The new route is designed to strengthen connectivity between Malta and Israel and expand onward travel options to destinations in Europe and beyond. Ticket prices will start at approximately $200 for a round-trip flight.
Alongside the Tel Aviv route, the company will add a weekly morning flight on Tuesdays to Brussels, increase the route to London Gatwick with an additional afternoon flight on Thursdays, so that the total frequency to London will be 23 weekly flights, and renew the route between Malta and Catania, Italy, in the summer season.
Summer operations will be conducted with a fleet of eight aircraft, with an average utilization of approximately 12 flight hours per aircraft per day during peak season. The company notes that this plan is designed to maximize capacity while maintaining a stable level of service.
Malta. Photo: ShutterstockThe company's additional destinations this summer will be Munich, Paris and Rome, with two daily flights in each direction, with the aim of enabling convenient connections to major European hubs and continuing flights to North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia through codeshare partnerships.
Malta's new national airline, KM MALTA AIRLINES, replaced Air Malta two years ago, at the end of March 2024, which closed after 50 years of operation, following years of losses and tough competition.
The new company operates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft to various destinations in Europe, including codeshare routes.