Earnings Release • Jul 9, 2018
Earnings Release
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| Date of Announcement | 9 July 2018 |
|---|---|
| Reference | 282/2018 |
| In terms of Chapter 5 of the Listing Rules |
Summer continues to prove busy for Malta International Airport, with traffic for June increasing by 14.6 per cent to reach 663,088 passenger movements, and an average of 156 daily take-offs and landings.
Growth in passenger numbers was observed in parallel with a 15.1 per cent increase in aircraft movements and a 14.4 per cent increase in seat capacity. Despite this significant growth in the number of seats available, seat load factor (SLF) remained at 82.7 per cent.
Double-digit growth was recorded for four out of the top five markets: United Kingdom (+14.6%), Italy (+18.9%), France (+17.8%) and Spain (+49.1%). Germany was the only country amongst Malta Airport's top five markets to register a decrease (-3.0%) during the month of June. This was due to a reduced schedule by TUI cruises, affecting the cruise and fly passenger traffic throughput.
Passenger movements to and from the Spanish market increased substantially following the introduction of three completely new routes to Malaga, Seville and Bilbao, and an enhanced flight frequency on the Barcelona route as part of the airport's summer schedule.

| JUNE AT A GLANCE | |
|---|---|
| Total Traffic | 663,088 passenger movements |
| Top Market | United Kingdom (168,455 passenger movements) |
| Most Popular Airport | London Gatwick (40,084 passenger movements) |
| Aircraft Movements | 4,685 take-offs & landings |
| Seat Capacity | 802,004 seats |
| Fastest-growing market (from top 5) | Spain (+49.1 per cent) |
| Busiest Day | 24.06.2018 (27,170 passenger movements) |
| Cargo and Mail | 1,425 tonnes |
Signed: Louis de Gabriele
COMPANY SECRETARY
Malta International Airport connects the Maltese archipelago to over 100 destinations in more than 30 countries. Being Malta's only air terminal, the airport hosts more than six million passengers annually, of which the majority are inbound tourists. To be able to cater for an ever-increasing number of passengers, the company has consistently invested in the terminal since the airport's privatisation in 2002, with the Terminal Reconfiguration Project set to be completed in 2018 bringing about the most recent overhaul. The airport campus itself has grown to provide over 1,500 parking spaces, and 14,000m² of office and retail space housed within SkyParks Business Centre, with projects in the offing set to bring about further expansion. The airport team is guided by a vision of service excellence, which has landed MIA among the top five airports in ACI's prestigious Airport Service Quality Awards for the past nine years. To maximise its contribution to Malta's cultural heritage and environment, MIA set up the Malta Airport Foundation, an independently run non-profit organisation, which will be unveiling three projects in 2018.
Malta International Airport plc is a public company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange, with its shareholders being the Malta Mediterranean Link Consortium (40%), with Flughafen Wien AG owning a 96% share, the Government of Malta (20%), the general public (29.9%), and VIE Malta Limited (10.1%).
For more information, visit www.maltairport.com. Alternatively, follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/maltairport).
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