Malta International Airport p l c : Traffic – June 2023
July 11, 2023 at 07:27 pm IST
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COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
Malta International Airport plc (the "Company")
June Traffic Results
Date of Announcement
11 July 2023
Reference
390/2023
In terms of Chapter 5 of the Capital Market Rules
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The first half of 2023 concluded on a positive note for Malta International Airport as a total of 754,258 passenger movements were registered throughout the month of June.
This figure not only represents a substantial increase of 4.5 per cent over the passenger traffic handled during same month in 2019, but also marks the end of an encouraging quarter for the airport, as June became the third consecutive month during which the 700,000-passenger mark was reached.
Traffic through Malta International Airport peaked on the 29th of June, as 30,419 departing and arriving passengers took advantage of the four-day bridge weekend that coincided with the end of the academic year for most educational institutions in Malta.
While seat capacity surpassed 2019 volumes by 1.8 per cent, standing at 873,580 seats, load factor also showed a marked improvement, rising from 84.1 per cent in June 2019 to 86.3 per cent last month.
The airport's top five markets remained largely consistent with the previous year. Italy retained the top spot of Malta International Airport's market leaderboard for June, with a market share of 24.5%, followed by the United Kingdom, Germany, which regained third position, France and Spain.
YEAR-TO-DATE TRAFFIC
Malta International Airport's performance in June brought year-to-date traffic up to 3,434,470 passenger movements, exceeding the traffic volumes handled during the first half of 2019 by 5.6 per cent.
UNQUOTE
Signed:
Louis de Gabriele
Company Secretary
About Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport welcomed 5.8 million passengers in 2022, marking a recovery of 80 per cent of the record traffic it had handled in 2019.
The company's continued investment in the terminal building has brought about several improvements over the years, the most r ecent of which was the inauguration of a new Food Court, which has widened the food and beverage offering at the airport. In 2020, Malta International Airport inaugurated Park East, a multi-storey car park that has increased the number of parking spaces on the airport campus to 2,700. Additionally, 14,000m² of office and retail space are housed within SkyParks Business Centre, with the SkyParks 2 project that is in the offing set to bring about further expansion in this regard.
The airport team is guided by a vision of service excellence, which has led MLA to clinch the title 'Best Airport in Europe' in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Malta International Airport has been working towards operating in a more sustainable manner for the past years, particularly toward s achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 through better energy management. In 2014, Malta International Airport established the Malta Airport Foundation, which invests in the Maltese Islands' cultural heritage and environment through several collabor ations and initiatives.
Malta International Airport plc is a public company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange, with its shareholde rs 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%).
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Malta International Airport p.l.c. is a Malta-based company, which is engaged in the development, operation and management of Malta International Airport. The Company has three segments: Airport, Retail and Property, and Other. The Airport Segment comprises the activities usually carried out by an airport. These services include airport regulations, aviation concessions and PRMs (persons with reduced mobility) and their associated services. The segment also includes the operations and maintenance of the terminal, runways, taxiways and aircraft parks. The Retail and Property segment includes various services that support the airport operations. The segment includes the operations of the various retail outlets within the airport perimeter, advertising sites and rental of offices, warehouses and income from the running of the VIP lounges. The Company's subsidiaries include Airport Parking Limited, SkyParks Development Limited, SkyParks Business Centre Limited and Kirkop PV Farm Limited.