July has set a new record for the number of passengers going through Malta International Airport, beating that set in August 2016 by 12%

July saw 675,111 passenger movements, 90,000 more than in July 2016. Of these, 53,000 came from increases in visitors from the UK, Italy, Germany, France and Spain.

The total number of travellers in the first seven months of the year has now reached 3.3 million

Passenger numbers from these markets flourished as a result of enhanced capacity and flight frequencies on routes such as Glasgow, Bari, Frankfurt, Lyon, and Madrid, as well as the launch of new routes including Bordeaux and Valencia.

In fact there was an all-time record of 4,562 take-offs and landings by the end of July, which meant that there were 16.5% more seats available.

The total number of travellers in the first seven months of the year has now reached 3.3 million. The airport is expecting circa 5.8 million passengers to go through the terminal by the end of the year.