Passenger movements at Malta International Airport grew by 8.9% during April to reach a record 331,369.

MIA said the record was achieved thanks to an increase of 10.7% in the seat capacity for the month, which reached 440,430.

The average seat load factor registered a slight decrease of 1.3 percentage points when compared to April 2012, to 75.2%, whilst aircraft movements for the month were 9.4% more than those in the corresponding period last year.

Cargo and mail registered a decrease of 5.7% on that registered during the same month in 2012.

The UK, Italian and Spanish markets all registered increases in April, with 3.6%, 13.8%, and 0.8% respectively, whereas the German market registered a decrease of 3.2% and the French market decreased negligibly by 0.7%.

January – April 2013

Between January and April, passenger movements increased by 8.7%, with aircraft movements registering an increase of 4.2% over the same first four months of 2012.

The seat capacity increased by 6.3% whereas the average seat load factor increased by 1.7 percentage points over the same period in 2012.  Cargo and mail was more or less the same with a decrease of 0.1% over the same period of 2012.

 

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