- 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 2.00 from 18 October 2026 to 12 June 2027, EUR 2.50 in summer. 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.
Ten of you: one EUR 19 twelve-journey card, tapped ten times, beats ten EUR 2.00 winter tickets and leaves two journeys for the week; in summer, at EUR 2.50, it beats eight tickets. 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