More than 0.5 million passengers in July

Malta International Airport hosted a record 511,243 passengers in July, marking an increase of 8.5% when compared to the same month last year.

July’s figures were due to an overall seat capacity increase of 8.2% and a 0.2% increase in seat load factor, reaching 82.8 per cent for the month. Aircraft movements for the month rose by 8.2%.

Traffic from the United Kingdom grew by 9.4% in July, as a result of the increased capacity to and from London Gatwick.

Traffic from Italy and France rose by 15% and 19.9% respectively, due to further growth in these markets over the July period.

Traffic to and from Germany increased by 6.1%.