Air Malta on Thursday cancelled a further eight flights to and from Catania after the Sicilian airport was damaged by a major fire last week.

The national airline said it had to cancel the flights due to the continued aircraft movement limitations imposed by the Catania airport.

The cancelled flights are:

July 28 KM642 Malta to Catania departing at 10pm.

July 28 KM643 Catania to Malta departing at 11.25pm.

July 29 KM642 Malta to Catania departing at 10pm.

July 29 KM643 Catania to Malta departing at 11.25pm.

July 30 KM642 Malta to Catania departing at 10pm.

July 30 KM643 Catania to Malta departing at 11.25pm.

July 31 KM642 Malta to Catania departing at 10pm.

July 31 KM643 Catania to Malta departing at 11.25pm.

On Wednesday, it announced the cancellation of 10 flights:

July 26 KM642 Malta to Catania departing at 10pm.

July 26 KM643 Catania to Malta departing at 11.25pm.

July 27 KM644 Malta to Catania departing at 1.35pm.

July 27 KM645 Catania to Malta departing at 3pm.

July 28 KM644 Malta to Catania departing at 1.15pm.

July 28 KM645 Catania to Malta departing at 2.40pm.

July 29 KM644 Malta to Catania departing at 3.05pm.

July 29 KM645 Catania to Malta departing at 4.30pm.

July 31 KM644 Malta to Catania departing at 3.35pm.

July 31 KM645 Catania to Malta departing at 5pm.

Passengers who would like to rebook their tickets can call on 2166 2211, from Monday to Friday between 8am and 8pm, and on Saturday and Sunday between 8am and 6pm.

Passengers who booked their flight directly through Air Malta and would like to opt for a monetary refund can send an email on refundrequest@airmalta.com