Madeline C.
NEVER AGAIN
Extremely disappointing experience with KM Malta Airlines!!! Our experience with KM Malta Airlines was extremely disappointing, particularly when travelling with our young child. Firstly, the customer service was terrible. We encountered extremely rude and unhelpful staff throughout the experience, which made an already stressful situation even worse. The biggest issue was regarding our daughter’s seat. We had purchased a separate seat for our infant, but at no point during the booking process were we clearly informed that she would be required to use an approved car seat for the entire flight in order to occupy that seat. This was not made clear to us when purchasing the ticket, and we were certainly never made aware that we would ultimately be forced to forfeit the seat we had paid for. As a result, we had to give up the seat we had paid for, with no refund, and were also told we could not use the empty seat for anything else. This was incredibly frustrating, especially when travelling with a child and having specifically paid extra for her own seat. The situation during landing was also completely unnecessary and upsetting. Our daughter was asleep on my lap, with her head resting against my chest, and she was correctly secured with the seatbelt. During the landing process, the flight attendant woke her by physically touching her because we were told her face had to be facing forwards and that the plane could not land otherwise. This caused unnecessary distress to our sleeping child. What made even less sense was that after waking her, she ended up sitting sideways on my lap, with her head still resting against my chest — which the crew were apparently happy with. So I fail to understand what was actually achieved by waking her and making such a scene in the first place. Travelling with a young child is stressful enough without having to deal with rude staff, unclear information and situations that could have been avoided with better communication. We paid for a service and expected a reasonable level of customer service and clear information, particularly regarding something as important as travelling with an infant. Unfortunately, KM Malta Airlines fell very short of our expectations. Based on this experience, I would not recommend KM Malta Airlines to families travelling with young children, and we certainly would not choose to fly with them again.



