- From
- The "Airport 2" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals, with a 24-hour tallinja card machine beside it
- To
- The Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate, in 30 to 51 minutes, after Gudja, Ħal Għaxaq, Żejtun, Tarxien, Paola, Marsa and Floriana (Bombi, Sarrija, Mall, Publiju)
- Luggage
- An ordinary city bus: the operator welcomes "small luggage items" that do not block the aisle and says drivers "may limit or refuse" large or bulky ones.
- Runs
- 05:30–22:50
- Journey
- 30–51 min
Fifty cents cheaper than the TD4 and about half an hour slower: 30 to 51 minutes through nine localities and nearly forty stops against 11 to 17 direct.
The fare changes with the calendar: EUR 2.50 now, EUR 2.00 in winter. The TD4 is EUR 3 all year.
Last bus 22:50 on weekdays and 22:30 at weekends, first 05:30. After it, the TD4 until 00:50; after that, the taxi.
Eight of you: one EUR 19 twelve-journey card, tapped eight times, beats eight EUR 2.50 tickets and leaves four journeys for the week. It is sold at the office and the machines, not by the driver.
Cash on board is exact change only, by the operator's conditions; a contactless bank card avoids the problem.
This is one of the four routes the operator named as the X4's replacement; the airport's own bus page does not list it, but its timetable starts at the airport.
Route 88 via Paola: price for every party size
See Malta Public Transport fares