Malta International Airport announced operating results for the month and year to date ended June 2015. For the month, passenger traffic figures show an increase of 8.2% compared to last year. Besides a larger number of seats available, airlines flying to and from Malta also managed to fill their aircraft more consistently, with seat load factor hitting 81.3% compared to 78.8% last year.

For the six months, traffic increased by 6.9% over 2014. The increase in traffic was in part a result of seat capacity rising by 4.9% this June compared to the same month last year. Similarly, the average seat capacity was up 3.7% compared to the same period of 2014. Seat load factor hit an average of 77.9% compared to 75.6% registered in the first six months of last year.

The company provided operating guidance for the full year 2015. For the year, the company anticipates passenger traffic of around 4.5 million passengers, an increase of more than 200,000 over 2014. This is equivalent to over 1,100 Boeing 737 aircraft at full capacity.