Malta International Airport Plc

Earnings Release • Mar 5, 2012

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

Malta International Airport plc (the "Company")

Announces Traffic Results – February 2012

Date of Announcement 5 March 2012

In terms of Chapter 5 of the Listing Rules

Traffic Results at MIA - February 2012

Passenger movements at Malta International Airport for the month of February reached 169,689, or 3% less when compared to the same month last year. Seat capacity for the month decreased to 245,231 seats, i.e. 10.6% less than February 2011. On the contrary, the average seat load factor grew by 5.5 percentage points in this same month, following a similar increase (5.1 percentage points) registered in January.

This month's results need to take into consideration the extraordinary influx of traffic arrivals from Libya for a total of 5,500 passenger movements in February last year. Moreover, one must also factor in the extra day (29th), due to the leap year, on which Malta Airport had 5,364 passenger movements.

The German and UAE markets grew remarkably in February, by 34.6% and 18.6% respectively, and the UK market grew by a slight 0.1%. The French and Italian market decreased by 24.6% and 14.4% respectively.

For the first two months of the year, passenger movements decreased by 2.6%, with aircraft movements decreasing by 9.6% and seat capacity decreasing by 10.2%. In the same period, the average seat load factor registered an increase of 5.2 percentage points, the minimum take-off weight (MTOW) decreased by 8.9%, whereas Cargo and Mail were almost the same with an increase of 1.9%.

Reference 123/2012

Results

	1 Feb – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*	1 Jan – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*
Passenger Movements	169,689	-3.0%	335,658	-2.6%
Aircraft Movements	1,535	-9.1%	3,135	-9.6%
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes)	1,477	9.4%	2,633	1.9%
Seat Capacity	245,231	-10.6%	499,945	-10.2%
Seat Load Factor	69.2%	5.5 PPD	67.1%	5.2PPD
MTOW (in tonnes)	133,491	-8.9%	269,279	-7.2%

Top Destinations (by Country)

	Country	1 Feb – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*	1 Jan – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*
1	UNITED KINGDOM	57,225	0.1%	114,175	1.1%
2	GERMANY	30,468	34.6%	56,771	30.3%
3	ITALY	30,406	-14.4%	63,114	-15.4%
4	FRANCE	5,905	-24.6%	11,498	-19.6%
5	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	5,558	18.6%	11,454	19.1%

Top Destinations (by Airport)

	Airport	1 Feb – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*	1 Jan – 29 Feb 2012	% Change*
1	LONDON - GATWICK	15,078	4.2%	30,424	9.1%
2	FRANKFURT	13,368	8.9%	26,145	9.2%
3	LONDON – HEATHROW	12,804	-3.7%	26,850	-5.0%
4	ROME – FIUMICINO	11,172	-12.9%	22,723	-16.8%
5	MANCHESTER	8,647	5.0%	16,738	1.3%

* compared to same period last year

For further information on traffic results, log on to www.maltairport.com or contact the PR & Corporate Communications Department on 2369 6288.

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

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Louis de Gabriele Company Secretary