Malta flights

[diving_moose]

Anybody got any good websites fo cheap flights to malta.
Cheers Lee

[ScubaSue]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Anybody got any good websites fo cheap flights to malta.
Cheers Lee

Of course

BritishJet.com - please select your country of origin
Air Malta. Malta's National Airline (sports allowance bookable)
Ryanair.com - CHEAP FLIGHTS - Fly Cheaper, Car hire, Hotels, Travel Insurance (sports allowance bookable)

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[diving_moose]

Cheers Sue,
Was gonna email you but not at home but thought you would come up trumps.
Lee

[ScubaSue]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Cheers Sue,
Was gonna email you but not at home but thought you would come up trumps.
Lee

Feel free to email me, I'm not usually too far away

[the goat]

Don t discount ba.com either .
I ve had a great couple of deals from them including next years jaunt in the kids summer holidays

[ScubaSue]

Originally Posted by the goat

Don t discount ba.com either .
I ve had a great couple of deals from them including next years jaunt in the kids summer holidays

Good point, I always discount them because I can't be *rsed to go to Gatwick from here

[String]

A few things to be careful of.

Ryanair now allow you 15kg luggage allowance in total, 10kg of that can be hand luggage.

If you want to check in a bag its about £3.50 per bag in advance or twice that at the airport (and you still only get 15kg).

Its about £6/kg excess on top of that.


Another thing that caught me out with Malta is there is actually an air exit tax which if you book flights online probably isnt including. It has to be paid in cash at the airport before you can leave. Cost is Lm25 (About £35) so isnt cheap.

I flew out with Ryanair and came back with Thomson Fly last month.

[ScubaSue]

Originally Posted by String

A few things to be careful of.

Ryanair now allow you 15kg luggage allowance in total, 10kg of that can be hand luggage.

If you want to check in a bag its about £3.50 per bag in advance or twice that at the airport (and you still only get 15kg).

Its about £6/kg excess on top of that.

Hmm, I think that is wrong, it is 15kg and 10kg, making 25kg in total.

Sports allowance also gives you an extra 32kg (in addition to the above) for £15.50 per sector (much cheaper than risking paying excess)

Originally Posted by String

Another thing that caught me out with Malta is there is actually an air exit tax which if you book flights online probably isnt including. It has to be paid in cash at the airport before you can leave. Cost is Lm25 (About £35) so isnt cheap.

I flew out with Ryanair and came back with Thomson Fly last month.

Curious. We've never paid an exit tax (about 8 flights in and out of Malta using all three airlines this year alone) - is this a Thomson Fly thing perhaps?

[String]

Seems odd.

I was told by Ryanair on check-in its 15kg maximum up to 10kg of which can be in hand luggage (this at stanstead early november).

Was also told sporting allowance does not include diving gear at the same time.

As for exit tax, some airlines include it in ticket price (i believe air malta do). Thomsonfly definately dont and i dont think ryanair do either.

Edit:- just checked ryanair site and prices are "excluding taxes". When it gives you the final total including taxes it has this on there as well for flights leaving malta.

If you buy a package holiday its always included.

FWIW thomson give 10kg diving allowance.

[jackdiver]

I used Excel earlier this year, they were the cheapist flying out of Bristol.

No problems with them at all.
15kg hold baggage plus another 10kg free for dive gear.