During the month of September Malta International Airport registered a 4.2% decline in passenger movements. This results in an average decrease of 8.2% for the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the corresponding period last year.

The total passenger movements on scheduled and non-scheduled flights in September 2009 was of 323,851 a decline of 14,214 passengers when compared to September 2008. Aircraft movements increased by 1.1% and cargo & mail increased by 6.9%.

Passenger traffic for main markets, UK and Germany, decreased by 0.7%, and 9.5% respectively, whilst the Italian market registered an increase of 8.1% when compared to September 2008.

The busiest day in September 2009 was the 1st with 14,641 passenger movements and 111 aircraft movements.

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