Earnings Release • Jul 4, 2013
Earnings Release
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| Date: | 4 July 2013 |
|---|---|
| Reference: | 155/2013 |
| In Terms of Chapter 5 of the Listing Rules |
Passenger traffic at Malta Airport for the first half of 2013 registered an increase of 9.2%, and reached a record 1,726,486 passenger movements. This increase was primarily due to the increase of 7.6% in seat capacity. One of the most remarkable points in these results is that notwithstanding the increase in seat capacity, the average seat load factor registered a further growth of one percentage point, reaching a record 75.1%.
Between January and June of this year, the number of aircraft movements increased by 5.9%, with the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) increasing by 6.7%, whereas Cargo and Mail decreased by 6.9% over the same period in 2012.
When looking at the top markets, the Italian market registered the highest growth for the first six months of 2013 with an increase of 16.9%. The French market followed with an increase of 14.6% and the UK market registered a 5.5% increase. The German and Spanish markets registered decreases of 2 % and 8.5% respectively.
In June, passenger movements at Malta Airport kept on sustaining the growth trend registered in previous months and grew by an impressive 9.7% reaching a record 411,851 passengers. Aircraft movements registered higher levels with an increase of 8.1% and seat capacity grew by 9.2%. The average seat load factor went up by 0.4 percentage points over the same month last year. In June, there was also an increase of 8% in the MTOW, whereas cargo and mail registered a staggering 22.5% increase.

| June 2013 |
% Change* | Jan – June 2013 |
% Change* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger Movements | 411,851 | 9.7 % | 1,726,486 | 9.2 % |
| Aircraft Movements | 3,063 | 8.1 % | 13,797 | 5.9 % |
| Cargo and Mail (in tonnes) | 1,309 | -22.5 % | 8,231 | -6.9 % |
| Seat Capacity | 517,275 | 9.2 % | 2,298,830 | 7.6 % |
| Seat Load Factor | 79.6 | 0.4 PPD | 75.1% | 1 PPD |
| MTOW (in tonnes) | 255,420 | 8 % | 1,165,639 | 6.7% |
| Country | June 2013 |
% Change* | Jan – June 2013 |
% Change* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 115,040 | 2.9 % | 524,283 | 5.5 % |
| Italy | 66,154 | 23.5 % | 308,533 | 16.9 % |
| Germany | 59,632 | 1 % | 243,171 | -2 % |
| France | 25,535 | 13.4 % | 103,286 | 14.6 % |
| Spain | 18,712 | -0.3 % | 61,702 | -8.5 % |
| Airport | June 2013 |
% Change* | Jan – June 2013 |
% Change* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London - Gatwick |
25,588 | 4.9 % | 124,932 | 7.6% |
| Frankfurt | 21,012 | 0 % | 103,672 | 1.8 % |
| London - Heathrow |
17,716 | 5 % | 92,482 | 0.6 % |
| Rome - Fiumicino |
17,773 | 3.3 % | 90,629 | 4.6 % |
| Manchester | 15,550 | -10.4 % | 80,478 | 7.9 % |
* compared to same period last year
Note: With the exception of cargo and mail and MTOW, all figures relate to scheduled & nonscheduled movements, excluding General Aviation.
For further information on traffic results, log on to http://corporate.maltairport.com/en/statistics.htm or contact the Malta Airport PR & Corporate Communications Department on 2369 6288. Signed:
Louis de Gabriele COMPANY SECRETARY
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