Malta Airport bracing for record numbers of travellers and flights

Malta International Airport is bracing itself for record numbers of passengers and flights.

Between today, 17th and 24th August, the airport is expecting to handle 32,000 passengers on both days. Michela Catania, Communications Executive at MIA, who explained how this record is 4,000 people more than the average number of passengers currently passing through the airport every day.

The previous record was in 2019 when in one day 29,940 passengers passed through the airport.

It is expected that on 17th and 24th, the airport will handle nearly 200 flights each day.

The advice to passengers using the airport is to allow at least two hours before their flights to ensure they get checked in on time.