Passenger movements at Malta IAP grew by 25.3% during the month of April reaching 300,123, i.e. the highest number ever registered in April and the first time that the figure in this month hit the 300,000 mark. This was brought about by a record seat capacity for the month, which exceeded 400,000 seats, i.e. an increase of 13.3% over April 2010. The elevated increase this month needs to take into consideration the fact that last April’s figures were negatively affected by the volcanic ash disruption. The average seat load factor was also on the increase when compared to April 2010, reaching 73% - an increase of 7%, whilst aircraft movements for the month grew by 10.2% over the corresponding period last year. Likewise the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was 5.3% higher than the corresponding period, whilst cargo and mail was 4.6% higher than that recorded during the same month in 2010.
The German, French, U.K. and Spanish markets grew remarkably in April, by 45.3%, 34.5%, 31.7% and 25.8% respectively, whereas the Italian market suffered a negligible decrease of 0.4% respectively.
Between January and April, passenger movements increased by 19.2%, with aircraft movements registering an increase by 13.1% over the same first four months of 2010. The seat capacity increased by 15.5% and the average seat load factor increased by 2.1% over the first four months of 2010. In the same period, the MTOW increased by 10.8% whereas Cargo and Mail decreased slightly by 4.2% over the same period of 2010.
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