Passenger movements at Malta International Airport dropped by 10.5% in February, MIA said this afternoon. As a result, there was an average decrease of 11.2% for the first two months of 2009 when compared to the corresponding period last year.
MIA said passenger movements on scheduled and non-scheduled flights in February reached 139,747, a decline of 16,458 when compared to February 2008, though last year had an additional day in February. Likewise, both the aircraft movements and cargo and mail figures registered a decline of 10.6% and 4.3% respectively.
Passenger traffic for the three main markets, UK, Italy and Germany, declined by 11.5%, 11.9% and 18.7% respectively. However, MIA registered increases of 28.7% on the French market and 17.6% from the UAE.
The busiest day in February 2009 was the 21st in terms of passengers with 7,669 movements and the highest number of aircraft totalling 61 in the same day.
Overview
|
|
February 2009 |
February 2008 |
+ / - |
+ / - % |
|
Passenger Movements |
139,747 |
156,205 |
-16,458 |
-10.5% |
|
Aircraft Movements |
1,385 |
1,550 |
-165 |
-10.6% |
|
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) |
1,422 |
1,486 |
-64 |
-4.3% |
|
Seat Capacity |
221,473 |
240,959 |
-19,486 |
-8.1% |
|
Seat Load Factor |
63.1% |
64.8% |
|
-1.7% |
|
MTOW (in tonnes) |
121,569 |
133,798 |
-12,229 |
-9.1% |
Top Destinations (by country) – February 2009
|
|
Country |
Passengers 2009 |
Passengers 2008 |
Rank 2008 |
+/- % |
|
1 |
United Kingdom |
52,038 |
58,816 |
1 |
-11.5% |
|
2 |
Italy |
26,588 |
30,188 |
2 |
-11.9% |
|
3 |
Germany |
23,314 |
28,671 |
3 |
-18.7% |
|
4 |
France |
4,077 |
3,169 |
9 |
28.7% |
|
5 |
U.A.E. |
3,828 |
3,254 |
8 |
17.6% |
Top Destinations (by airport) – February 2009
|
|
Airport |
Passengers 2009 |
Passengers 2008 |
Rank 2008 |
+/- % |
|
1 |
London - Gatwick |
17,492 |
14,848 |
1 |
17.8% |
|
2 |
London- Heathrow |
13,085 |
14,517 |
2 |
-9.9% |
|
3 |
Frankfurt |
12,292 |
11,694 |
3 |
5.1% |
|
4 |
Rome -Fiumicino |
10,658 |
8,307 |
7 |
28.3% |
|
5 |
Manchester |
10,319 |
11,620 |
4 |
-11.2% |
Further information can be found at www.maltairport.com/stats