Festive season lunch breaks for Gozo Channel employees

by Gozo News · December 21, 2021

For the festive season, Gozo Channel will be suspending its ferry service on Christmas and New Year’s Day between 12.00 and 15.00.

This is being done in order to allow Gozo Channel employees, who will be on duty on these two days, to lunch with their respective families.

The company said that on both feasts, the 12.00, 12.45,13.00,13.30,13.45, 14.00 and 14.30 hrs trips from Mgarr to Cirkewwa and the 12.15, 12.45, 13.30, 13.45, 14.15, 14.30 and 14.45 hrs trips from Cirkewwa will not be operated.

This means that the last trip from Mgarr will be at 11.30am, while the last trip from Cirkewwa is scheduled for 12.00 noon.

The service will resume in the afternoon at 15.00 hrs from Mgarr to Cirkewwa, while the first trip from Cirkewwa to Mgarr will be conducted at 15.15 hrs.

The Board of Gozo Channel said that it would like to show its appreciation to the company’s employees who are “obliged to work on long shifts and sometimes in difficult weather conditions,” while also thanking them for their “unstinting efforts and excellent work in providing a reliable service to customers.”