Passenger movements at Malta International Airport in November reached 211,538 - the highest number ever registered in November. It was the eighth consecutive monthly record, mirroring the performance of the tourism industry

MIA said its performance last month was up i 3.4 per cent more than in the same month last year. Seat capacity in the same month was of 276,157, 2.5 per cent more than in November 2011.

In November, aircraft movements increased by 1.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year, whilst the average seat load factor remained constant with a slight increase of 0.7 percentage points, reaching 76.6 per cent.

The maximum take-off weight increased by 2.8 per cent reaching 147,193 tonnes, whilst cargo and mail was 4.8 per cent higher than that recorded during the same month in 2011.

In the same month, the French market registered considerable growth with an increase of 43.4 per cent, whereas the Italian market also grew significantly with a 13.1 per cent increase.

The German market remained static with a negligible increase of 0.4 per cent. On the other hand, the UK market registered a decrease of 1.5 per cent. The Belgian market once again appears in the top five markets for the month of November, although it registered a decrease of 2.7 per cent over the same period last year.

January – November 2012

The results for the first 11 months of the year, in terms of passenger movements, therefore show an increase of 3.7 per cent when compared to the same period last year, totalling 3,457,083 passenger movements.

This positive result was once again mainly due to the increase in the average seat load factor of 2.3 percentage points with an increase of 0.6 per cent in the seat capacity when compared to those registered during the same period last year.