MIA registers passenger increase last month

Passenger movements at Malta International Airport increased by 1.4 per cent last month, which was Easter month.

Movements had declined in the first three months of this year.

Passenger movements on scheduled and non-scheduled flights in April were of 255,013, an increase of 3,442 passengers when compared to April 2008. Both the seat load factor and cargo and mail figures registered a decline of 0.4 per cent and 23.9 per cent respectively.

Passenger traffic for the two main markets namely the UK and Germany, experienced declines of 9.6 per cent and 1.2 per cent respectively while Italy increased by 10.6 per cent. MIA registered increases of 15.1 per cent on the French market and 521.7 per cent from Cyprus.

The first four months of this year resulted in an average decrease of 9.4 per cent when compared to the corresponding period last year.

The busiest day last month was the 14th in terms of passengers with 11,931 movements and the highest number of aircraft totalling 90 in the same day.