MIA among Europe’s strongest performers in April

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The Malta Business Weekly

Malta International Airport said Friday it 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.

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, MIA said. 

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. 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.

The Malta Business Weekly

In 1994, the Malta Business Weekly became the first newspaper fully dedicated to business. Today this newspaper is a leader in business and financial news. Together with the launch of the MBW newspaper, the company started organising various business breakfasts to discuss various current issues that were targeting the business community in Malta.

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