As part of the preparations for the MEP and Local Council Elections to be held in Malta on Saturday 8 June 2024, KM Malta Airlines announced that it will be operating extra flights and offer special election fares for qualifying eligible persons to return to Malta to participate in the voting.
Travel will be permitted during the period 27 May to 14 June, with the first return date out of Malta being 1 June 2024 and the final inbound travel date into Malta being 8 June 2024.
It said that bookings will open for sale from 2 May to 8 June 2024 and reservations can only be made through the dedicated KM Malta Airlines Call Centre number +356 2141 8118 during the hours of 08:00-16:30 Monday to Sunday.
“Bookings are subject to availability. Persons eligible to vote whose name appears in the Electoral Registers published by the Electoral Commission, including their direct dependants (a spouse or child or stepchild under the age of eighteen) will be able to avail of a special election fare of €90 return (inclusive of all taxes and charges). Infants who have not reached their second birthday may travel for a fee of €9 inclusive. Travel will be permitted on KM Malta Airlines operated flights only and all travel must take place into and out of the same city.”
Tickets will be non-refundable and no change in travel dates is permitted, the airline said.
“Those eligible voters who qualify for these special fares, and who have already made an alternative booking with KM Malta Airlines for travel within the defined period 27 May to 14 June, may request either a full refund of their paid ticket or to change their tickets to different dates of travel at no charge but subject to the payment of any difference in fare.”
KM Malta Airlines also announced that it will operate extra flights to Brussels and London Gatwick on the following dates: Wednesday 5 June: Malta / London Gatwick / Malta (am) Malta / London Gatwick / Malta (pm) Thursday 6 June: Malta / Brussels / Malta (am) Sunday 9 June: Malta / London Gatwick / Malta (pm) Monday 10 June: Malta / Brussels / Malta (am) Malta / London Gatwick / Malta (pm).
