Traffic Results October 2008 – Passenger movements during the month of October decreased by 6.1 % when compared to the same month in 2007, with a total of 279,946 movements handled, meaning that the shortfall was of 18,319 passenger movements on the scheduled and non-scheduled flights.

Aircraft movements also decreased by 8.8% for a total of 2,342. The seat capacity in October showed a minus 24,622 ( -6.1%) whilst the seat load factor also decreased, albeit marginally by 0.1%. Cargo and mail handled at MIA during the month of October was 1,503 tonnes, that is a decrease of 8.4% over last year.

The loss in passengers from the UK market was once again felt during the month of October with a decrease of 21,716 passenger movements (-17.8%). MIA also experienced a downturn of the Italian and French markets, which resulted in a minus 10.3% and 1.8% respectively, whilst the German market maintained its ground and the Spanish market continued to grow with more than double the passengers passing through MIA when compared to October 2007.

Traffic – January to October 2008 – In spite of the negative trend last month, the figures for the 2008-to-date period still show an increase of 162,865 passenger movements (+6.2%) from January to October this year, registering no change in aircraft movements which were equivalent to 23,861 on scheduled and non-scheduled traffic. The seat capacity has increased by 3.2%, whereas the seat load factor also improved to an average of 72.9%. Cargo and Mail activity increased by 2.1% during the period January-October 2008 with a total of 15,067 tonnes handled.

Passenger movements from the UK during these ten months have decreased by 31,518 (3.2%) whilst those from Italy and Germany increased by 19,469 (4.8 %) and 57,530 (15.7%) respectively. The other main markets – France and Spain have also grown considerably, registering increases of 10.4 % and 177% respectively.

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