Air Malta

Not Verified | Chaotic boarding because of all hand luggage that clearly exceeded allowances. Overpriced, poor quality onboard food and drink (€3.50 for cheap instant coffee). Nearly an hour before they deplaned and another hour for baggage. No real baggage drop, inadequate check-in desks at MLA and very slow. Seat change just to satisfy late check in's and put me in an exit row despite telling them I had medical conditions that should exclude me. They used the old 'late aircraft change ' excuse. Air Malta have a common seating plan throughout the fleet, making seat changes unnecessary in the event of an aircraft change. Same baggage chaos coming back. All that lost revenue from hold baggage charges that could be levied! Ground staff and cabin crew need customer service training.

✅ Trip Verified | It is an absolute joke that Air Malta does not have an app in 2023. Plus the prices are absolutely ridiculous. I don't know what revenue strategy they try but should definitely reconsider it. It make zero sense. A ticket in economy costs 430 euros and a ticket in business class 290 euros on their website, at the same time, and for the same destination. I understand this is not a low cost carrier however it really acts like one. Too bad you don't have other options if you want to reach the destination.

✅ Trip Verified | The customer service was non-existent and shambolic. On the return flight KM102 from Malta to London Heathrow (3rd January), there was over a 3 hour delay for the passengers in obtaining luggage, this is longer than the actual flight. There was no onsite Air Malta customer service to assist and advise what was going on or when to expect our luggage. Due to the evening flight and long ongoing drive home my family had to leave without our luggage. This meant I had the unfortunate situation of dealing with the central customer services based in Malta to try and recover my luggage. To date Air Malta’s central customer services have still not responded to my emails. Their advice provided by phone was nonsensical. Due to no local phone number, I had to pay international rates to contact them for their absolutely useless support. Subsequently, I drove 3.5 hours back to Heathrow at a later date in my own time and at my own expense to see if I could obtain my luggage. Fortunately this was successful, however I found that my luggage had been sitting unsecured in terminal 4’s luggage reclaim for 4 days. There was nothing to stop people taking the whole suitcase or personal possessions. To sum up I will never use this airline again, this airline is an insult to the nation of Malta. Air Malta are acting like the worst low cost carrier, whilst charging their tickets at a premium.

✅ Trip Verified | On our flight from Paris, they successfully lost our main suitcase. When we tried to talk to their office beside check-in desk 1a, their representative was incredibly rude and abusive, including turning her back and walking away. Not what we were expecting. On the last day of our stay in Malta, they told us that they had located and received our luggage and would send it on to us. Five hours later, however, they admitted that they had lost it again. When they rediscovered it, we instructed them to keep it within sight whilst we travelled to the airport to collect it (an hour each way) as they were unconvincing about whether they would deliver it to the right hotel and were even uncertain about whether it would be before or after we left. In the end, we had the use of said suitcase for four hours either side of midnight, out of a four day stay. The airline also successfully destroyed our other suitcase by virtually breaking off one of the wheels. We received no apologies, no sympathy and not even regret from their people. Obviously, Malta itself is an attractive destination. But if you want to enjoy it, I strongly recommend that you fly via another airline, and watch out for any codeshares; using Air Malta is asking for trouble.

✅ Trip Verified | My flight was deliberately overbooked and despite having booked my tickets 10 months prior and arriving at the airport 4 hours early I was turned away despite having a ticket. We were persistently told different things by different members of staff. I rang Air Malta customer service who said they would call me back and then literally hung up on me. The Air Malta representative at the airport then refused to speak to us. When I rang the day before I was guaranteed the flight was not overbooked and there was no problem. I have never been subjected to such dreadfully poor customer service. Offers of remedial compensation will not make up for the inconvenience and distress caused by your airline’s shameless overbooking.

✅ Trip Verified | Shameful airline, avoiding my refund now for over a year. Emailed over 20 times, called over 10 times. Somehow could pay back the cheaper ticket but lost the same bank details for the more expensive ticket. Fly with anyone else.

✅ Trip Verified | Booked our ticket in September 2021. Unfortunately, another leg of the trip was cancelled by Lufthansa (who refunded us in less than 24 hours), which means that I had to cancel my AM flight. No worries though, I made sure that the booking was 'fully refundable' before committing. Applied for a refund on the 3rd of November, 2021 and was told that I should have my money back within 60 working days. Fast forward to the 18th of June, 2022 - I have been refunded half of the original amount paid, with AM quipping that taxes are not refundable, none of this was mentioned when booking and cancelling the flight.

Not Verified | After our flight on the 7th of June 2020 was cancelled due to covid restrictions we had to reschedule our flight to the 8th of August 2021. Unfortunately, at the last minute, Malta changed its Covid regulations, not recognising a covid recovery certificate as viable. Due to this, we had to request a refund, which I completed at the start of August 2020. On the 31st of January 2022 my refund was processed. The company requested I provide them with my banking information so that they could transfer the funds. I already provided them with my banking information the moment I bought a ticket through the airline. Since the 31 st of January I have contacted air Malta call centre more than 15 times. Every employee I have on the telephone seems to have a different excuse for why it had not been transferred to my account yet. In addition, the employees always promise me they will call me back or send me an email. However, they never do. They also claim that they cannot contact any other department within their company via telephone "due to company policy", which makes its easy for them to delay the truth of my refund status every time I call them. I am getting sick and tired of the constant lies and demand one straight answer.

Not Verified | In December 2019 we booked our trip to Malta with Air Malta for our family of 6 persons. Without covid-19, we would travel to Malta in May 2020. Unfortunately, Air Malta cancelled our trip, because of the covid-restrictions. They gave us three options. We chose for the option to wait one year and ask for a refund. We did ask for the refund after one year. After several calls and e-mails to Air Malta we still haven't got our money back. I see that more people have this problem with Air Malta. We have the right to get our money back.

✅ Trip Verified | In December 2019/January 2020 we booked our trip to Malta with Air Malta. Without covid-19, we would travel to Malta in June 2020. Unfortunately, Air Malta cancelled our trip, because of the covid-restrictions, which I fully understand. They gave us three options. We chose for the option, to wait one year and ask for a refund. I also understood that they could not immediately pay everyone back, but wanted to spread things, and that we needed to wait one year. But now, we are almost two years further and we did not receive our money back yet. And I think this will never happen anymore because now, they even don’t answer my e-mails anymore. So thank you, for stealing money from a young couple, building on their future. Therefore, I would not recommend Air Malta to my family and friends.