Passenger movements at Malta airport dropped by 2.2% in January compared to the same month last year, while the average seat load factor reached 65.2% - an increase of 5.1 percentage points when compared to January 2011.

Passenger movements reached 165,969 whilst aircraft movements for the month decreased by 10% over the corresponding period last year.

The seat capacity for the month reached 254,714,  a decrease of 9.8% over January 2011. The maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was 5.4% lower than the corresponding period, whilst cargo and mail was 6.5% lower than that recorded during the same month in 2011.

Traffic on the Italian and French markets contracted in January, by 16.2% and 13.4% respectively, whereas the German market grew by a 25.6%. The United Arab Emirates market grew by 19.6%, whereas the United Kingdom market had a more modest increase of 2.2%

Results

 

1 Jan –  

31 Jan 2012

% Change*

Passenger Movements 

165,969 

-2.2%

Aircraft Movements 

1,600

-10.0%

Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) 

1,156

-6.5%

Seat Capacity

254,714

-9.8%

Seat Load Factor

65.2%

5.1 PPD

MTOW (in tonnes)

135,808

-5.4%

 

Top Destinations (by Country)



 

Country

1 Jan –

31 Jan 2012

% Change*

1

UNITED KINGDOM

56,950

2.2%

2

ITALY

32,708

-16.2%

3

GERMANY

26,303

25.6%

4

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

5,896

19.6%

5

FRANCE

5,593

-13.4%

 

Top Destinations (by Airport)

 

Airport

1 Jan –

31 Jan 2012

% Change*

1

LONDON - GATWICK

15,346

     14.5%

2

LONDON – HEATHROW

14,046

-6.1%

3

FRANKFURT

12,777

9.5%

4

ROME – FIUMICINO

11,551

-20.3%

5

MANCHESTER

8,091

-2.4%

* compared to same period last year

Note: With the exception of cargo and mail and MTOW, all figures relate to scheduled & non-scheduled movements, excluding General Aviation.

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