Record October for airport passengers

The number of airline passenger movements last month rose by 18.4 per cent over the same month last year to reach 331,910, making it a record October, according to statistics released by the Malta International Airport. Seat capacity in the same month...

The number of airline passenger movements last month rose by 18.4 per cent over the same month last year to reach 331,910, making it a record October, according to statistics released by the Malta International Airport.

Seat capacity in the same month saw a considerable increase of 17.1 per cent as did aircraft movements, which rose by 15.4 per cent.

The French, Spanish and Italian markets once again grew remarkably last month, the airport said, by 54.2, 41.1 and 24.8 per cent respectively. Germany and the UK grew more modestly but, nonetheless, significantly with increases of 10.5 per cent and 8.5 per cent respectively.

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