Ryanair has inaugurated its service between Bristol and Malta, with the first flight arriving yesterday carrying 156 passengers, a load factor of 83%.

Malta Tourism Authority CEO Josef Formosa Gauci in a statement this afternoon welcomed the new service and the high load factor, and augured that the Bristol route would continue to be popular, thus strengthening the flight capacity from Malta's core source market, the UK.

Ryanair will operate flights between Bristol and Malta on Wednesdays and Sundays.

The airline will launch its Madrid-Malta route mid July, with thrice-weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Source "The Times"