In summer 2017, MAN-MLA will be flown by Easyjet, Ryanair, Jet2 and Thomas Cook. One has to think carefully whether the route could potentially allow a fifth carrier like Air Malta to operate profitably on a route which is very leisure focussed.
That said, I believe Air Malta were hoping for some kind of investment or significant alliance that would come from Alitalia. As Alitalia's benefactor, the airline-which-must-not-be-named is having a serious rethink about their long standing strategy of investing in European airlines, Air Malta probably have some serious work to do pretty soon on Air Malta's future size and shape.
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 25th Dec 2016 at 01:34.