Malta International Airport said today that is expects passenger movements this year to grow by 8% this year compared to last year.
Growth in the first six months was of 10.3% compared to the first half of 2009.
The company reported that passenger movements in June rose by 19.3%, the same increase registered in May when compared to the same months last year.
The airport handled 331,345 passengers last month, an increase of 53,512 over June 2009.
The first half of the year saw the number of passengers grow to 1,380,828.
"This was mainly brought about by a substantial increase in seat capacity, equivalent to 8.5%, coupled with the strengthening of the average seat load factor," MIA said.
Flight movements and seat capacity in June increased by 14.8% and 17.3% respectively over June 2009, primarily due to the new routes. The average seat load factor rose by 1.1 per cent.
Cargo dropped by 5.9% when compared to the same period in 2009.
The core markets all registered significant passenger increases in June with Spain, Italy and France growing by 138%, 40% and 39% respectively, whilst the United Kingdom and Germany grew by a more modest 7% and 5%.
MIA said it expects passenger movements to reach 3.15 million this year, an estimated increase of 8% over 2009.
Results
|
|
01 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2010
|
% Change
|
01 Jan 2010 – 30 Jun 2010
|
% Change
|
|
Passenger Movements |
331,345 |
19.30% |
1,380,828 |
10.30% |
|
Aircraft Movements |
2,937 |
14.80% |
12,835 |
7.90% |
|
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) |
1,398 |
-5.90% |
8,486 |
4.50% |
|
Seat Capacity |
475,243 |
17.30% |
2,063,155 |
8.50% |
|
Seat Load Factor |
69.70% |
1.1 PPD |
66.90% |
1.0 PPD |
|
MTOW (in tonnes) |
239,362 |
14.50% |
1,072,359 |
7.10% |
Top Destinations (by Country)
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|
Country |
01 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2010
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% Change
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01 Jan 2010 – 30 Jun 2010
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% Change
|
|
1 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
111,701 |
7.00% |
458,126 |
3.70% |
|
2 |
ITALY |
59,490 |
40.20% |
270,235 |
26.90% |
|
3 |
GERMANY |
38,073 |
5.20% |
183,903 |
-2.40% |
|
4 |
FRANCE |
19,610 |
39.20% |
72,143 |
16.20% |
|
5 |
SPAIN |
17,508 |
137.60% |
63,111 |
99.20% |