Comments on: If it were Arriva, the name would be in the heading https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pablo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2997519 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:26:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2997519 “Tal-Manjana” and I suggested this before we learnt that it was a “soft launch”.

]]> By: A. Charles https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2996088 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:15:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2996088 In reply to Gorg.

Gozo is a republic.

]]> By: claude https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2996072 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:05:37 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2996072 How about ADL?

]]> By: Salvu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2996053 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:56:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2996053 In reply to Insolja.

“Hola” buses.

]]> By: Gorg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2995919 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:35:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2995919 How come the buses in Gozo are still showing the Arriva livery?

]]> By: Observer https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2995911 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:30:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2995911 Il-buss tal-iljun beda’ fuq nota mzarzra.

]]> By: Mila https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2995897 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:22:53 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2995897 They do have a short name, ALESA, and Maltese newspapers are well aware of it but for some ‘strange’ reason it is not being used.

I only realized this a few weeks ago and immediately wondered why the government also avoided using it. Then the penny dropped.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140907/local/Bus-fares-subsidy-up-in-Spanish-firm-deal.534608

http://www.alesa-alsa.com/

]]> By: Dott Abjad https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2995879 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:13:15 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2995879 I wouldn’t be too worried if I were UHM top brass.

Seeing that Transport Malta are involved, the meeting between ADL and GWU is only a perception.

]]> By: Insolja https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/if-it-were-arriva-the-name-would-be-in-the-heading/#comment-2995851 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:57:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=57846#comment-2995851 AUTOBUSES DE LEON is a mouthful, but knowing how much the Maltese rely on nicknames we’ll soon be getting a short version of it.

I here suggest the first one: TAL-ILJUN

]]>