Malta International Airport have announced that they have recently unveiled a new extension cosisting of a €25 million project that included improvements on airside and landside as well as the extension of the external space that previously separated the arrivals from the departures area.

Guests at the Inauguration Ceremony joined the Prime Minister and Archbishop as well as the Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism on a walk-through of the new extension. Members of the Management Board of Vienna International Airport were also present.

MIA said the departures area has additional retail outlets with varied products, the catering outlets have been enlarged and refurbished, whilst new comfortable seating has been installed throughout the whole area. At level -1, visitors may enjoy dinining in the food court with different catering outlets all in the same area, including an Asian cuisine eatery and an Irish Pub. The additional space on this level also includes a fully equipped conference room. Other improvements include the completion of the Schengen extension, with a virtual shopping mall to complement the retail area, doubling of security lanes and new carousels in the baggage reclaim area, on Airside, the runway has been re surfaced, taxiways have been upgraded and new flood lighting of the apron installed.

Dr Gonzi said that the airport’s new extension proved Malta’s determination to keep improving its tourism product despite the global economic crisis. MIA’s CEO Julian Jaeger added, “our aim is to become the best airport of the Mediterranean, we already compare very well with European airports in our category.”

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