Malta International Airport Plc

Earnings Release • Jul 4, 2012

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT

Malta International Airport plc (the "Company")

Announces Traffic Results – January - June 2012

Date of Announcement	4 July 2012
Reference	132/2012
In terms of Chapter 5 of the Listing Rules

Passenger traffic at Malta Airport for the period between January and June 2012 stands at a marginally higher level than that recorded last year, with a slight increase of 1.6%, registering a record total of 1.58 million passenger movements for the first half of the year. The loss in traffic registered during the first quarter of the year has been countered by the increase registered in the second quarter of the year.

Aircraft movements for the first half of 2012 were 2.8% lower than the same period in 2011, whilst seat capacity was 3.1% below last year. On the other hand the average seat load factor so far has been 3.5 percentage points above that achieved last year. In the same period, the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) decreased by 1.2% whereas Cargo and Mail increased significantly by 9.4% over the same period in 2011.

The German market registered the highest growth for the first six months of 2012 with an increase of 11.5%. The French and the UK markets registered a minimal increase of 2.1% and 1.4% respectively whereas both Spain and Italy registered decreases, of 7% and 7.5% respectively.

June 2012

For the month of June, passenger movements at Malta Airport grew by 8.5% reaching 375,204 passengers – which is also a record for this month. Aircraft movements registered an increase of 4.7% and seat capacity grew by 5.3%. The average seat load factor went up by 2.4 percentage points over the same month last year. In June, there was also an increase of 7.2% in the MTOW, whereas cargo and mail registered a staggering 34.9% increase.

Results

	01 June – 30 June 2012	% Change*	01 Jan – 30 June 2012	% Change*
Passenger Movements	375,204	8.5%	1,581,299	1.6%
Aircraft Movements	2,833	4.7%	13,025	-2.8%
Cargo and Mail (in tonnes)	1,689	34.9%	8,836	9.4%
Seat Capacity	472,812	5.3%	2,134,798	-3.1%
Seat Load Factor	79.4%	2.4 PPD	74.1%	3.5 PPD
MTOW (in tonnes)	236,423	7.2%	1,093,219	-1.2%

Top Destinations (by Country)

	Country	01 June – 30 June 2012	% Change*	01 Jan – 30 June 2012	% Change*
1	UNITED KINGDOM	111,778	3.9%	497,082	1.4%
2	GERMANY	59,035	10.6%	248,155	11.5%
3	ITALY	53,587	-4.8%	263,795	-7.5%
4	FRANCE	22,447	11.3%	90,087	2.1%
5	SPAIN	18,768	17.2%	67,407	-7%

Top Destinations (by Airport)

	Airport	01 June – 30 June 2012	% Change*	01 Jan – 30 June 2012	% Change*
1	LONDON - GATWICK	24,392	-10%	116,087	-5.1%
2	FRANKFURT	21,003	5.9%	101,836	7.6%
3	MANCHESTER	17,357	-1.3%	74,578	1.3%
4	ROME - FIUMICINO	17,202	-18.6%	86,619	-18.8%
5	LONDON - HEATHROW	16,871	-7.9%	91,896	-5.8%

* 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.

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

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Louis de Gabriele Company Secretary