Figures released by Air Malta today show that during the month of May Air Malta registered a +38% increase in passengers over its entire network. In June the figure increased to +42% compared to the correspondent month last year.
In a statement, the airline said that during these two months a total of 386,504 passengers were carried by Air Malta over its entire network which include intra-European network flights that do not pass through Malta. This growth is also reflected on Malta based routes were Air Malta contributed 50% of the growth registered by Malta International Airport during May and June with 89,918 passengers out of the 178,976 additional passengers being contributed by Air Malta.
The route to Munich was the top performer during May with a total of 3,823 passengers carried whilst in June Catania saw 6,742 additional passengers compared to the same month last year. This positive growth in passenger numbers was reflected across the entire network. The introduction of three intra-European services between Catania – Vienna, Catania – London Southend and Cagliari London Southend also contributed to this growth and generated 13,000 passengers.
Paul Sies, Air Malta’s Chief Commercial Officer stated that this impressive performance is the result of the strategy and vision that the Airline has launched in recent months.
“We are delighted with these results. Our growth strategy enabled us to tap into 21 new markets and increase traffic on our network. The absolute majority of our new routes are performing well. Forward bookings for summer look positive, yet we remain focused to continue pushing sales with various promotions issued from time to time. We are confident that only through growing the airline with new routes and more passengers we can return it to profitability,” he added.
Air Malta chairman Charles Mangion added: “These results give us confidence that we are on the right track. This double digit growth has been positively received by our tourism stakeholders who are now again seeing Air Malta as a growing Airline. We are not only increasing passengers but also improving seat factors. With the arrival of our brand new Airbus A320neo we now have a full fleet compliment and we look forward to continue our fleet renewal process in the coming months.”