Ultra-short-haul flights are always the target of criticism and are being taxed particularly heavily by an increasing number of countries. For understandable reasons, islands can usually only be reached by sea or air. It is therefore in the nature of things that there must also be particularly short flights. So short that even Ryanair does not sell anything on board. The Irish low-cost airline and its subsidiaries Lauda Europe, Buzz, Malta Air and Ryanair UK are known throughout Europe as flying general merchandise retailers. From drinks and snacks to perfumes and scratch cards to smartphone gadgets, pretty much everything is on offer. Depending on the crew on duty, this can be subtle or downright intrusive. The income from on-board sales is a not insignificant part of the group's turnover. It is all the more surprising when there are no sales at all. The islands of Sicily and Malta traditionally have a lot in common. It is therefore not surprising that Malta Air (Ryanair) and the state-owned Air Malta connect several cities in Sicily with Luqa Airport. Before the Corona pandemic, flights were even extremely frequent, so that one could speak of a kind of "air bridge". Currently, the offer is reduced, but this does not prevent the two players from continuing to compete fiercely. This is fiercest on the Malta-Catania-Malta route, as this is practically the race track between the two islands. Air Malta also offers flights to Palermo and Ryanair competitor Malta Air also flies to Trapani. In the past, there were also regular flights to Comiso. Due to the current situation, the 2022/21 winter flight schedule focuses on