Passenger movements at Malta International Airport grew by 5.8% last month to reach 325,000 passengers.
Aircraft movements and seat capacity were 4.7% and 1.8% lower than that registered during May 2010; however the average seat load factor – which was 5.3 percentage points higher than the same month last year – more than compensated for this decline.
Cargo and mail registered a 2% drop.
MIA said that the UK, German and French markets grew by 5.5%, 21.3% and 7% respectively, whereas the Spanish and Italian markets registered a decrease of 4% and 12% respectively.
Passenger growth for the period between January and May 2011 has therefore been of 15.3%, whilst aircraft movements registered an increase of 8.1% when compared to the same period in 2010. Seat capacity was 10.5% higher whilst the average seat load factor increased by 2.9 percentage points. In the same period, the MTOW increase was of 6.7% whereas Cargo and Mail decreased by 3.7% over the same period in 2010.
Results
|
|
01 May – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
01 Jan – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
|
Passenger Movements |
325,053 |
5.8% |
1,210,173 |
15.3% |
|
Aircraft Movements |
2,682 |
-4.7% |
10,693 |
8.1% |
|
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) |
1,542 |
-2.0% |
6,826 |
-3.7% |
|
Seat Capacity |
444,605 |
-1.8% |
1,754,464 |
10.5% |
|
Seat Load Factor |
73.10% |
5.3 PPD |
69.00% |
2.9 PPD |
|
MTOW (in tonnes) |
220,928 |
-4.1% |
888,130 |
6.7 |
Top Destinations (by Country)
|
|
Country |
1 May – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
01 Jan – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
|
1 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
102,873 |
5.5% |
382,468 |
10.4% |
|
2 |
GERMANY |
51,937 |
21.3% |
169,112 |
16.0% |
|
3 |
ITALY |
51,471 |
-4.0% |
228,879 |
8.6% |
|
4 |
FRANCE |
21,912 |
7.0% |
68,052 |
29.5% |
|
5 |
SPAIN |
12,942 |
-12.1% |
56,494 |
23.9% |
Top Destinations (by Airport)
|
|
Airport |
1 May – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
01 Jan – 31 May 2011 |
% Change* |
|
1 |
LONDON - GATWICK |
25,331 |
-5.7% |
95,217 |
-3.50% |
|
2 |
ROME - FIUMICINO |
20,015 |
2.5% |
85,554 |
7.20% |
|
3 |
FRANKFURT |
18,266 |
5.1% |
74,823 |
8.30% |
|
4 |
LONDON - HEATHROW |
17,320 |
4.5% |
79,200 |
5.60% |
|
5 |
MANCHESTER |
15,555 |
-16.0% |
56,015 |
-15.10% |
* compared to same period last year