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Malta International Airport · Route 88 via PaolaRoute 88 via Paola.
To the Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate.
Malta Public Transport (tallinja), from the "Airport 2" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals to the Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate.
Priced per traveler.
Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.
| Travelers | Each | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 adult | €2 | €2 |
| 2 adults | €2 | €4 |
| 3 adults | €2 | €6 |
| 4 adults | €2 | €8 |
| 5 adults | €2 | €10 |
| 6 adults | €2 | €12 |
| 7 adults | €2 | €14 |
| 8 adults | €2 | €16 |
EUR 2.00 winter fare from 18 October 2026 to 12 June 2027 (EUR 2.50 in summer), bought from the driver, valid two hours with free changes. Free with a resident's tallinja card. The shareable twelve-journey card (EUR 19) is debited one journey a head (EUR 1.58), cheaper than a cash fare, sold at the airport office and 24-hour machines. Children under 4 free.
A private car to your door: €22 for four
Four pay €8 on the Route 88 via Paola. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Valletta in about 12–20 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.
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From arrivals to The Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate
Three steps once you have collected your bags.
Find the stop
The "Airport 2" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals.
Buy your ticket
From the driver, a machine or the app.
Ride to the Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate
30–51 min.
Worth knowing
From Airport 2: Monday to Friday, every 20 minutes, 05:30–22:50, 35–51 minutes to the Valletta terminus. Saturday and Sunday, every 30 minutes, 05:30–22:30, 30–44 minutes. Nothing after 22:50 — take the TD4 instead, which runs to 00:50.
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.
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