Passenger movements at Malta Airport last month increased by 4.2% when compared to the same month last year, reaching an all-time record of 176,818 for the second month of the year.
Seat capacity for the month increased to 249,144 seats, 1.6% more than February 2012. The average seat load factor grew by 1.8 percentage points in this same month, reaching a record 71%.
The United Kingdom remained the top market for this month, with an increase of 7.4% over the same period last year. Italy went up one placing to second largest market for February, with an increase of 16.3%.
The German market in February was the third largest with a decrease of 5.8%. On the other hand, France kept its fourth placing with a remarkable increase of 19.4%. The largest increase was registered by Libya which climbed up from eighth market to fifth, with an impressive increase of 67.3%.
January – February 2013
For the first two months of the year, passenger movements increased by 6.1% with a total of 356,061. Aircraft movements increased by 1.6% and seat capacity increased by 3.9%.
In the same period, the average seat load factor registered an increase of 1.4 percentage points, the minimum take-off weight (MTOW) increased by 2.8%, whereas Cargo and Mail were 4.3% higher than same period last year.
Results
|
|
Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
1 Jan – 28 Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
|
Passenger Movements |
176,818 |
4.2 |
356,061 |
6.1 |
|
Aircraft Movements |
1,521 |
-0.9 |
3,185 |
1.6 |
|
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) |
1,251 |
-15.3 |
2,746 |
4.3 |
|
Seat Capacity |
249,144 |
1.6 |
519,544 |
3.9 |
|
Seat Load Factor |
71% |
1.8 |
68.5% |
1.4 |
|
MTOW (in tonnes) |
134,543 |
0.7 |
277,137 |
2.8 |
Top Destinations (by Country)
|
|
Country |
Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
1 Jan – 28 Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
|
1 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
61,449 |
7.4 |
122,291 |
7.1 |
|
2 |
ITALY |
35,349 |
16.3 |
54,950 |
17 |
|
3 |
GERMANY |
28,689 |
-5.8 |
73,865 |
-3.2 |
|
4 |
FRANCE |
7,051 |
19.4 |
13,807 |
20.1 |
|
5 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
6,740 |
67.9 |
13,494 |
55.7 |
Top Destinations (by Airport)
|
|
Airport |
Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
1 Jan – 28 Feb 2013 |
% Change* |
|
1 |
LONDON-GATWICK |
17,323 |
14.9 |
34,077 |
12 |
|
2 |
FRANKFURT |
14,172 |
6 |
27,145 |
3.8 |
|
3 |
LONDON-HEATHROW |
13,013 |
1.6 |
26,490 |
-1.3 |
|
4 |
ROME – FIUMICINO |
12,016 |
7.6 |
24,271 |
6.8 |
|
5 |
MANCHESTER |
10,687 |
23.6 |
20,889 |
24.8 |
* compared to same period last year – 29/02/2012