Malta International Airport (MLA)

Airport in Luqa, Malta

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Malta International Airport (MLA)

Introduction

Malta International Airport (Maltese: Ajruport Internazzjonali ta' Malta, IATA: MLA, ICAO: LMML) is the only airport in Malta and it serves the whole of the Maltese Islands. It is located on island of Malta, between Luqa and Gudja, and occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa.

It is still referred to by locals as Luqa Airport, and sometimes as Valletta Airport internationally, as it is located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the Maltese capital Valletta. The airport serves as the main hub for Air Malta and a base for Ryanair.

Airlines & Destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines
operated by Olympic Air	Seasonal: Athens
AirBaltic	Seasonal: Riga
Air France	Seasonal: Toulouse (begins 25 July 2017)
Air Malta	Amsterdam, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Catania, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Hamburg, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, Milan–Linate, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Munich, Palermo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Vienna, Zürich
	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Lyon, Marseille, Prague, Tunis
Air Serbia	Seasonal: Belgrade
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino
Bravo Airways	Seasonal: Kiev-Zhuliany
British Airways	London–Gatwick
Brussels Airlines	Seasonal: Brussels
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg
Czech Airlines	Seasonal: Prague
easyJet	London–Gatwick, London-Southend (begins 29 October 2017), Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
	Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa, Naples
easyJet Switzerland	Seasonal: Geneva
Emirates	Dubai–International, Larnaca
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Iberia Express	Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 1 April 2018), East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
	Seasonal: Munich
Luxair	Seasonal: Luxembourg
Medavia	Seasonal: Palermo
Niki	Stuttgart
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen
Norwegian Air Shuttle
operated by Norwegian Air International	Seasonal: Madrid
Ryanair	Athens, Belfast-International (begins 30 October 2017), Bari, Bergamo, Berlin-Schönefeld, Birmingham, Bologna, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Catania, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Gdańsk, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London–Luton, London–Stansted, Manchester, Madrid, Marseille, Naples (begins 30 October 2017), Nuremberg, Pisa, Poznan, Riga (begins 29 October 2017), Prestwick, Rome–Fiumicino, Toulouse, Treviso, Turin, Valencia, Vilnius, Wrocław Billund, Girona, Gothenburg, Trapani, Weeze
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm–Arlanda
	Seasonal: Copenhagen
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Zürich
Thomas Cook Airlines	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
Thomson Airways	London–Gatwick, Manchester
	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol,
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Transavia France	Paris–Orly
	Seasonal: Nantes
TUIfly	Seasonal: Hannover
Tunisair Express	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk
Volotea	Seasonal: Catania, Bordeaux
Vueling	Barcelona
	Seasonal: Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air	Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Katowice, Skopje, Sofia, Warsaw–Chopin

Transportation

Bus

Malta International Airport is served also by several buses operated by private transportation groups and public transport operated by Malta Public Transport. Malta Public Transport buses serve the airport. A mixture of Express and local services are available.

Car

The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the capital, Valletta.

Terminals

Malta International Airport air terminal operations include general passenger services, and the operation of an extensive range of retail services at the airport, airside and landside shops, restaurants and other outlets, which are all operated on concession agreements. The airport also leases office space to airlines and other travel related operators at the airport. Malta International Airport is a member of the ACI-EUROPE (Airports Council International) and a number of company officials sit on specialised committees and working groups within this council.

Further facilities

Malta International Airport has improved services for disabled and reduced mobility people to ensure an easier transit through the airport terminal to the aircraft and similarly on return.

The head office of Medavia is on the airport property.

Pilot Training

Within the grounds of Malta International Airport is situated several pilot training academies:

European Pilot Academy
Sky People Aviation Training Ltd