Record number of PAX welcomed at MLA in July
July’s 675,111 passenger movements exceeded the airport’s previous passenger traffic record, held by August 2016.
Summer is in full swing at Malta International Airport, with the number of travellers passing through the terminal in July increasing by more than 90,000 passenger movements. This translates into an upturn of 15.5% over the same month last year.
As noted also in previous months, July’s thriving numbers resulted from an increase in aircraft movements. These grew by 13.6% to reach an all-time record of 4,562 take-offs and landings by the end of July. In parallel with this growth, seat capacity registered an increase of 16.5%. Despite a slight drop of 1.3 percentage points, last month’s SLF still stood at a healthy 86.7%.
July’s traffic brought the total number of travellers welcomed at MLA in the first seven months of the year up to around 3.3 million.