Malta International Airport traffic exceeds 700,000 passengers in April

Easter weekend alone came with a bonanza for Malta International Airport as it welcomed around 100,000 passengers.

Airport traffic in April surpassed 2019 levels by 8.4% as Malta International Airport got an early taste of summer.

MIA hit the 700,000-passenger mark early, with the traffic for April amounting to 708,388 movements. This record was boosted by the launch of the airport’s new summer schedule and the Easter holidays.

Easter weekend (between 7 and 10 April) alone was the month’s busiest weekend with 98,449 passengers passing through MIA.

April’s positive traffic result was registered on the back of an increase of 6.8% over 2019 in the seat capacity deployed on flights to and from Malta and a strong seat load factor (SLF) of 84.6%.

The top driver of passenger traffic for the month was the Italian market followed by the United Kingdom, France and Germany. After a six-month absence from the leader board, Spain once again ranked fifth in April.

The Spanish market’s improved performance largely stemmed from the resumption of flights to Seville and Valencia together with increased flight frequencies on the Barcelona route as part of the airport’s summer schedule.