Malta International Airport Has Recorded July Numbers As Its Strongest Pandemic Recovery To Date
Malta International Airport has registered its strongest post-pandemic numbers in July almost 690,000 passengers travelling through the national airport.
In fact, the airport recovered 86% of pre-pandemic traffic in the month of July.
Seat capacity for the month of July was at 85 per cent of 2019 levels, while the seat load factor (SLF) increased by 1.2 per cent compared to the reference year.
Last month’s SLF, which measures the seat occupancy on flights to and from Malta, was at 88.3% – the highest Malta International Airport has registered in July since 2016.
July’s results brought year-to-date traffic through Malta International Airport up to more than three million passenger movements, with this figure translating to a recovery of 75 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.
Meanwhile, Italy continued to top Malta’s airport market leaderboard after they exceeded 2019 passenger numbers both in June and July.
This was followed by the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain. While the Italian market grew by 3 per cent over July 2019, the French market registered a more noteworthy increase of 41 per cent compared to the same month in 2019.
This growth was largely driven by the introduction of flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly by Air France and Vueling, respectively.
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