THE PECULIARITIES AND IMPACTS OF AIRPORTS: THE CASE FOR MALTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The small-to-medium sized Malta International Airport (MIA) is the only airport in Malta, especially terms of its footprint, and considered one world’s most scenic landings, according to a 2016 poll. annual passenger turnover approximately 16 times country’s population. MIA’s unique features include proximity urban conservation area Luqa, as well that town’s other residential business facilities, also southern coast ecological habitats it supports. Its impacts range from noise atmosphere pollution and, potentially, coastal waters, eventuality an air traffic accident. On basis national strategic vision evolves into expanding hub centre Mediterranean, significant investment earmarked for MIA, including initiatives impacting security, environment energy.