Malta International Airport (MIA) registered an increase of 8.5% in passenger movements during the first eight months of 2011.
Passenger movements at MIA in August totalled 427,575, a decrease of 349 when compared to the same period last year. August also reached a seat capacity of 499,068 – a decrease of 7% (37,295 seats). Aircraft movements in August went down by 9.5% when compared to the corresponding period last year, whilst the average seat load factor increased by 5.9% to 85.7%.
The maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was 8.8% less than that registered in August last year, whilst cargo and mail was 10% lower than that recorded during the same month in 2010.
The United Kingdom, registered an increase of 1% during the month of August and Germany showed a considerable increase of 22.8%, Spain is growing at a slower rate of 2.7%. Italy and France registered a decrease of 12.3% and 6.7% respectively.
The results for the first eight months of the year, in terms of passenger movements show an increase of 8.5% when compared to the same period last year, totalling 2,399,413 passenger movements with relatively the same amount of aircraft movements. The average seat load factor improved by 4.2% reaching 75% for the period January to August 2011.