January/July 2009 MIA reports €3mn profit in six months • Ryanair to operate 39 routes from Canaries, Malta base now remote • Heli Tours orders second helicopter • Cruise traffic down 22% in five months • Outbound travel rises in 2009 • Milano Due to close for €0.5mn refurbishment • Vueling-Clickair merge • New golf business ready for take off • 11% drop in passenger movements at MIA • CHI Hotels opens its hotel on Red Sea • Seaplane flights from Gozo to Sicily expected soon • KM expands code share deal SN Brussels • Cruise traffic slumps in April, but 23% greater in 2009 • Serena Beach Club sold and renamed, seeks EU funding • Fortina introduces rejuvenation rooms • Mondial retails cheap Med cruises • MIA-Ryanair charges row on the boil - again • Travellers say economy, more than environment, makes them waste-conscious • EasyJet inaugurate Newcastle frequency • European hospitality industry calls for a shift in EU policies • Hix markets hunting trips • Eden Leisure Group reports revenues of €23million • MIA notches 1.4 point increase in April traffic • Air Malta to abandon fuel surcharges next winter • MTA to open Dubai office • Paradise Bay Resort signs three-year deal with France’s Touristra • PwC warns travel faces long road to recovery • Radisson properties to go ‘blu’ • The Westin Dragonara upgrades kitchen • MIA posts a profit for financial 2008 • Fewer cruise passengers in March, but more liners • MIA retains seat capacity for summer, new carrier to come online • Credit crunch or not, more Maltese travel • Cruise traffic up 268 per cent in 2009 • Promotional fares from Egypt Air for Malta market • 19th edition of Island Travel Yearbook published • Virtu Ferries order €60mn catamaran • InterContinental Malta refurbishes club rooms • SAS introduces Stockholm-Malta frequency • KM code share deal expected to generate 10,000 tourists • Hotels slip into ‘negative growth’ • 10 per cent decline in passenger movements in February • January outbound traffic increases • Westin’s exec bathrooms madeover • Five cruise liners call in January • Le Méridien St Julians unveils new arrival experience • Air traffic drops 12 points in January • KM and bmi sign code share agreement
