During the month of April, Malta International Airport registered a 1.4% increase in passenger movements. The first four months of 2009 resulted in an average decrease of 9.4 % when compared to the corresponding period last year.

The total passenger movements on scheduled and non-scheduled flights in April 2009 was of 255,013 an increase of 3,442 passengers when compared to April 2008. Both the seat load factor and cargo & mail figures registered a decline of 0.4% and 23.9% respectively.

Passenger traffic for two main markets, UK, and Germany, experienced declines of 9.6% and 1.2% respectively whilst Italy increased by 10.6%. MIA registered increases of 15.1 % on the French market and 521.7% from Cyprus.

The busiest day in April 2009 was the 14th in terms of passengers with 11,931 movements and the highest number of aircraft totalling 90 in the same day.

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