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No frills airlines with low price flights have enabled millions more families to take a holiday in an overseas destination, and many European coastal resorts have developed to cater for the increase in tourists.

Flight prices are almost certain to rise in 2008 as governments view the airlines an unpaid tax department.

Until now civilian and special operation aircraft have operated in potentially hostile environments without sufficient protection against Man Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) such as a ground-based missile attack. That is all about to change.

There is currently a high demand for air travel availability between the Mediterranean and the UK and vice versa. There is also an increase in people spending their holiday relaxing in the sun in places like Majorca and Menorca. Flights from the Mediterranean to London have reportedly been sold out on several occasions this summer.

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The latest news of another airline joining the race for the flight to Malta market has put pressure on the low cost airlines already operating to the holiday island to further reduce their prices to stay ahead of their competition - all good news for consumers and the Malta hotels and holidays industry as peoplke start looking ahead and booking for summer 2008.

Tourist statistics have shown the holiday island of Malta has enjoyed a ten per cent rise in arrivals this year compared to last. Low cost airlines started flying to Malta in November 2006, and as well as showing the rise in visitors, the figures show that the tourists haven't diluted the amount spent per person.

Vacation and business people visiting Malta are enjoying lower fares since the introduction of low cost airlines late last year. Not only has their choice of airline and airports serving Malta widened considerably, but the perennial favourite of many business and holiday travellers, Air Malta, has fought back against the new low cost airlines with reduced fares and offers of their own.

The Irish based pioneering airline that first brought low cost airlines to Malta has done well enough to start new routes to the island. Ryanair, the Irish based low cost airline, were the first airline to win the right to fly to Malta from the island's main markets for tourism of Ireland and the UK. The first route launched has been running between London's Luton Airport since November, while the Dublin route had its inaugural flight in March. Both routes have attracted good seat occupancy levels, with tourist numbers in Malta rising

Laid back and a slow pace of life on Malta might have contributed to the late introduction of low cost flights compared to her competitors, or it could have been politicians and the tourist authorities more interested in protecting the island's national airline with attitudes that the rest of Europe began to shrug off in the 80's, but whatever the reason, now that Malta has allowed the low cost airlines, they can't get enough of them. The number of visitors to Malta is up nearly ten per cent this year, thanks mainly to the extra arrivals being delivered by the low cost airlines.