Malta International Airport was one of the airports that registered the best passenger traffic performances within the EU+ group in April, posting growth of 13.5 per cent. This emerged from a recent traffic report released by Airports Council International (ACI), analysing trends across European airports in April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buoyed by a summer schedule featuring more than 110 destinations, including three new routes inaugurated last month, this momentum continued into May as Malta International Airport welcomed 1.08 million passengers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional flights contributed to an increase of 18.6 per cent in seat capacity. Despite this double-digit growth, a robust seat load factor (SLF) of 83.5 per cent was recorded, showing a strong appetite for travel to the Maltese Islands. This reflects a wider trend identified by the European Travel Commission, which found that southern European and Mediterranean destinations were Europeans’ preferred choice for summer travel this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most popular markets remained largely unchanged from previous months, with the United Kingdom topping the leader board with a market share of 21.3 per cent. Italy, Poland, Germany, and France rounded out the top five markets, recording growth rates that ranged between 8.0 per cent and 62.5 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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