During July, almost 1.2 million passengers travelled through Malta International Airport, just over a fifth of the Airport’s passengers travelled to or from Italy.

MIA said that the market overtook the UK for the first time since February on the back of increased capacity added on several routes for the summer season.

Remaining Malta’s most well-connected market in Eastern Europe, Poland continued to perform strongly during the month, with passenger numbers increasing by almost 50%, the Airport said.

The German and French markets ranked fourth and fifth respectively, with Germany registering a marginal decline in traffic and France registering a drop of 5.1%. This was the first time this summer that Germany and France slipped into negative territory, primarily due to decreased flight frequencies on several routes connecting Malta to these markets.

MIA said that July’s seat load factor (SLF) stood at 87.6%, indicating high utilisation of available seat capacity despite an increase of 17.4%. This growth was driven by an increase in aircraft movements, with the Maltese Islands benefitting from an average of 108 daily flights during the summer months.

Photo: MIA

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