Malta International Airport plc – Traffic Results – September 2011

Malta International Airport plc – Traffic Results – September 2011

Malta International Airport plc announced that passenger movements in September reached 382,389, i.e. the highest number ever registered in September. The increase in passenger movements, when compared to the same month last year, is equivalent to an increase of 2.4% over September 2010. This increase was achieved with a seat capacity of 459,425 seats, i.e. 7.8% less seats than in the same period last year.

In September, aircraft movements decreased by 10.6% over the corresponding period last year, whereas the average seat load factor increased by 8.2 percentage points to reach 83.2% – up from the 75% registered in September 2010. The maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was 7.4% lower than that registered in September last year, whilst cargo and mail was 7.1% higher than that recorded during the same month in 2010.

In this same month, the German, French and UK markets grew by 22%, 10.2% and 3.1% respectively, whereas the Italian and Spanish markets registered a decline during September — in fact, passenger movements in these markets were respectively 5.6% and 1% less than the same period last year.

The results for the first nine months of the year, in terms of passenger movements, therefore show an increase of 7.6% when compared to the same period last year, totalling 2,781,802 passenger movements. The increase of 4.7 percentage points in the seat load factor — which for the period January to September 2011 stands at 76.1% – together with the marginal increase of 1.1% in seat capacity was the main driver of this result.

Results

1 Sept — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

1 Jan — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

Passenger Movements

382,389

2.4%

2,781,802

7.6%

Aircraft Movements

2,767

-10.6%

22,164

-1.4%

Cargo and Mail (in tonnes)

1,299

7.1%

11,749

-4.8%

Seat Capacity

459,425

-7.8%

3,657,052

1.1%

Seat Load Factor

83.2%

8.2 PPD

76.1%

4.7 PPD

MTOW (in tonnes)

228,090

-7.4%

1,822,370

-1%

 

Top Destinations (by Country)

 

Country

1 Sept — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

1 Jan — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

1

UNITED KINGDOM

118,275

3.1%

846,191

5.1%

2

ITALY

63,197

-5.6%

495,182

-2.2%

3

GERMANY

55,821

22%

395,422

23.2%

4

FRANCE

24,005

10.2%

164,943

10.9%

5

SPAIN

20,555

-1%

149,093

5.6%

 

Top Destinations (by Airport)

 

Airport

1 Sept — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

1 Jan — 30 Sept 2011

% Change*

1

LONDON – GATWICK

31,689

-1.3%

217,494

-4.6%

2

FRANKFURT

21,182

21%

158,553

14.6%

3

ROME – FIUMICINO

21,177

-3.5%

175,347

-2.3%

4

MANCHESTER

19,732

-0.7%

131,013

-9.1%

5

LONDON – HEATHROW

18,140

-2.7%

152,878

2.7%

* compared to same period last year

Note: With the exception of cargo and mail and MTOW, all figures relate to scheduled & non-scheduled movements, excluding General Aviation.

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