Airport Direct TD4 to VallettaorAirport Direct TD1 to Buġibba and Ċirkewwa?

From

The "Airport 1" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals, signposted from the Welcomers' Hall; the 24-hour card machine is by the stop

To

Bay B1 of the Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate, by the Triton Fountain, in 11 to 17 minutes; then Lascaris Wharf for the Gozo fast ferry and the Barrakka lift, and Bombi in Floriana on the way back out

Luggage

Built for it: the operator says "ample luggage space", USB sockets and Wi-Fi on the Airport Direct fleet.

Runs

05:20–00:50

Journey

11–17 min

This is the bus that replaced the X4 on 20 April 2025. A guide that sends you to the X4 is sending you to a route whose page now says "Timetable not available!".

A personalised tallinja card, free on the rest of the network, pays EUR 1.50 here; the twelve-journey card costs two journeys (EUR 3.17). Otherwise pay cash or tap a bank card, unless you have a 4- or 7-day Explore Flex.

Every 30 minutes, not "frequent": land at 10:22 and the next bus is 10:50. The 88 from the Airport 2 stop leaves every 20 minutes on weekdays if the timing is better, for 50 cents less and half an hour more.

Last bus 00:50, first 05:20, every night. Between them nothing public leaves the airport; the taxi ticket is EUR 17.

It is a loop: Airport, Valletta terminus, Lascaris, Floriana, Airport. Get off at the terminus for the city; stay on one stop for the Gozo fast ferry at Lascaris Wharf.

The operator's Welcomers' Hall office is open to midnight by its own page and to 19:30 by the airport's; the machines are 24 hours, and the driver sells the ticket anyway.

Airport Direct TD4 to Valletta: price for every party size →

From

The "Airport 1" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals — the TD4's stop

To

Buġibba Bay in 39 to 53 minutes, via Rabat and St Paul's Bay; then Qawra, Xemxija, Mellieħa and the Ċirkewwa ferry terminal at 64 to 90

Luggage

An Airport Direct bus: "ample luggage space", by the operator.

Runs

05:00–00:00

Journey

39–53 min

Hourly, on the hour; miss it and the wait is an hour. TD5 fills the same corridor to Buġibba six times a day, 08:20 to 13:20, for EUR 3.

EUR 3.50, not EUR 3: the twelve-journey card at two journeys a ride is cheaper here, EUR 3.17.

Ċirkewwa can take an hour and a half; the Gozo fast ferry from Lascaris Wharf in Valletta is the TD4's second stop.

The taxi table is EUR 28 to Buġibba, EUR 29 to St Paul's Bay and EUR 37 to Ċirkewwa for up to five.

Airport Direct TD1 to Buġibba and Ċirkewwa: price for every party size →