Trend in MIA passenger movements’ growth continues in the first month of the year

The increase in passenger movements, when compared to the same month last year is equivalent to an increase of 14.9%. This was brought about by a record seat capacity for the month, which reached 282,574 seats, i.e. an increase of 10.7% over January 2010.
 
The average seat load factor was also on the increase when compared to January 2010, reaching 60.0% - an increase of 2.1 percentage points (57.9% in January 2010), whilst aircraft movements for the month grew by 11.5% over the corresponding period last year. Likewise the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) was 13.7% higher than the corresponding period, whilst cargo and mail was 2.4% lower than that recorded during the same month in 2010.
 
The French, Spanish and Italian markets once again grew remarkably in January, by 51.1%, 41.9% and 32.4% respectively, whereas the UK and Germany grew by a more modest 4.8% and 4.0% respectively.