Malta International Airport plc

Malta International Airport plc

On Monday Malta International Airport plc announced that following the publication of the unaudited financial statements for the six months ended 30th June 2008, no material events and /or transactions have taken place that would have an impact on the financial position of the Company.

During the period under review, the financial position of the Company has remained sound. For the second half of the year passenger traffic has been less than anticipated. For the period July to October passenger traffic was down by 1.1% over the same period last year and they anticipate this downturn will continue throughout winter 2008/09. Having said that, the Company still expects the passenger throughput for 2008 to exceed 3,100,000 passengers, which is approximately 5% more than last year.

In the meantime, the Company has continued with its ambitious programme due to be completed by June 2009 of the enhancement of the Air Terminal building as well as to improve the facilities for passengers and visitors.

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