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Over the last few months he said he had been actively working together with the Malta Tourism Authority and the MIA to essentially understand where the gaps are in the local routes following detailed discussions with a number of airlines “so that we can create solu- tions to mitigate those gaps. This could be by increas- ing the frequency of certain flights and connections, like increasing their weekly frequency, or else con- sidering moving some to the winter months as well as tapping new destinations” he explained. “We are, in fact, working with a number of airlines including Air-Malta on this especially because of their market positioning. I believe that our national car- rier has an important role to play in it all to ensure that we have a Malta-based niche carrier for links to Europe and North