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The McDonald’s at Malta International Airport is hosting a Blood Donation Drive on 12 September from 8.30 to 13.30. Only one pint of donated blood can help save as many as three people's lives, statistics show.

With passenger numbers reaching a total of 823,653 travelling through the Malta International Airport (MLA), the hub sees a year-on-year traffic increase of 8.4% in August.

June’s record heat of 37.8°C has carried on to July with the average temperatures recorded on 22 out of a total of 31 days of the last month exceeding the climate norm of 26.6°C. Hours of sunshine also surpassed the climate norm.

Passenger movements through the Malta International Airport (MLA) grew by 5.6% to 798,453 in July, as compared to the same month a year earlier. This translates to an average of 25,700 passengers travelling through the hub every day. The airport has also recently opened a new seating area, improving seating capacity by 10%.

Malta International Airport (MLA) has reopened its ring road leading to the main terminal building. Traffic had been rerouted to allow for excavation works in preparation for the construction of an underground link to 1,300 new parking spaces.

Malta International Airport (MLA) sees its passenger numbers increasing by 5.9% in the first half of the year, reaching 3.2 million, as compared to the same period a year earlier.

Malta International Airport (MIA) sees a drop of 12% in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2018 — down to 0.92kg of CO2 per passenger — and a decrease of 11.6% in total water consumption.

Malta International Airport saw a growth of 4.8% in passenger traffic in April 2019, when compared to the same month of 2018, according to a press statement sent to Business Malta.

Italian airlines Volotea has launched direct flights to Verona and Genoa, which Malta International Airport (MIA) says will further strengthen its direct links to one of its top markets, according to a press statement MIA sent to Business Malta.

Dufry — the duty-free shop — at Malta International Airport has launched the Reserve and Collect service, which allows prospective travellers to browse products through an online catalogue prior to their travel and pick them up when they arrive at the airport before take off.