Press Releases

Self-tagging aimed at improving customer experience and reducing queuing times The passenger is in control of their own process New service by British Airways to pave way for other airlines in the future Malta International Airport has been chosen by British Airways to launch a baggage self-tagging system for all its passengers for the first […]

Malta Airport Summer Traffic Reaches 1.6Million+ Passengers For the first time, July, August and September all saw more than 500,000 passengers each Italy market grows by 12.9% Overview September was the third month in a row this year to have seen more than 500,000 passengers passing through Malta International Airport, creating a three-month record streak […]

Overview During Malta’s busiest summer month, Malta International Airport welcomed over 18,500 passengers on average every day last August. Traffic reached an all–time high for the month with 585,218 passenger movements. On average this equates to an additional 1,000 passengers going through our terminal every day. August traffic registered a 6.1% increase over 2014. The […]

Malta International Airport plc, together with Bank of Valletta plc and FSG Limited have today entered into a binding share purchase agreement for the sale of 30.97 per cent shareholding in Valletta Cruise Port PLC to Global Liman İşletmeleri A.Ş. (“GLI”), a 100% subsidiary of Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş.  The successful completion of the transaction […]

Malta International Airport has invested in state-of-the-art technology to improve the security screening procedure in compliance with fresh EU regulations. As from 1st September, passengers could have their hand luggage and electronic devices (laptops, tablets and mobile phones) checked for traces of explosive material using specialized detection technology. Ongoing structural works at the central security […]

July registers 7.1% rise in passenger movements Seat Load Factor also at its highest ever for July at 85.2% Italy’s market share growing with 13.3% more passengers so far this year July saw an increase of 7.1% in passenger traffic, hosting 547,970 passengers at the airport. This is just short of the numbers registered in […]

Malta International Airport has announced that Karl Dandler will on 1st September 2015 succeed Austin Calleja as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Calleja is retiring at the end of August after 24 years of service. He formed part of the team that helped the Government of Malta privatise the Airport in 2002 and has […]

 Malta Airport passenger traffic up by almost 70% since 2005  Passenger growth forecast for 2015 revised after first six months  Minister for Tourism: “A record year expected on all fronts” Malta International Airport is expecting to host at least 4.5 million passengers by the end of the year, an increase of more than 200,000 over […]

Roles being offered to graduates in various areas; including Airport Operations and Route Development Selected candidates will gather experience in different areas by rotating between departments after six months Graduates to be offered the opportunity to pursue a career at the airport upon successful completion of the programme Malta International Airport is launching a Graduate […]