Taxi, pre-paid booth ticket
taxi · Licensed white taxis from the airport booth; tariff set by the Taxi Services Regulations (Transport Malta)Hours, tickets & luggage
A pre-paid, fixed fare: buy the ticket at the airport booth and hand it to the driver. EUR 17 to Valletta, Floriana or the Cruise Terminal; EUR 19 Msida; EUR 20 Sliema, Gżira, Paceville, Swieqi, Ta' Xbiex; EUR 21 St Julian's and Pembroke; EUR 22 Rabat and Mdina; EUR 28 Buġibba and Qawra; EUR 33 Melliħa; EUR 37 Čirkewwa. For more than five passengers the fare rises 50% (a taxi seats up to eight); no night, Sunday or luggage surcharge, though EUR 4.50 extra applies on 25 December and 1 January. Without a booth the meter runs instead: EUR 3.50 to start, then EUR 2.50 for the first kilometer, EUR 1.60 to five, EUR 1.40 to ten, EUR 1.30 beyond; EUR 25 an hour waiting, EUR 4.20 an hour in traffic.
Luggage. Included: the tariff has no luggage supplement, and regulation 47 obliges the driver to see that "the luggage is stored securely in the luggage booth".