Arriva took over all public bus service operations on the islands of Malta and Gozo on 3rd July 2011, with a modern bus fleet replacing the varied and often historic vehicles which are currently used by APT. A fleet of 260+ vehicles is in use, which includes:

 - 125 x 12 metre King Long XMQ6127J
 - 49 x 9 metre King Long XMQ6900J
 - 10 x 9 metre hybrid vehicles (10 Optare Solos on temporary loan from Arriva Derby)
 - 2 x 7 metre Bluebird minibuses for the Valetta Town Service
 - 58 x Mercedes Citaro articulated buses (ex Arriva London)
 - ?? x Volvo B10B/Wright (temporary loan from Arriva North West)

An additional six SLF low-floor vehicles were leased from local owners for pre-launch driver training.