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Policy direction

Airline incentive review for shoulder and winter months

Airline incentives will be reviewed to attract more visitors in shoulder and winter months and from higher-quality source markets.

Budget 2027Announced

Amount

Not specified

Previous

No direct comparator

Effective from

Awaiting guidance

What it means

The review is planned over the coming months. No payment rate, qualifying route list, application process or confirmed start date is published in this passage.

Affects: Tourism & hospitality, Companies & SMEs.

Still to be confirmed

  • Revised airline incentive terms, routes, amounts and launch date.

Sources

  • Diskors tal-Budget 2027, Ministry for Finance (Malta), 2026-10-26. Printed p. 56 (PDF p. 60)

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