Have you ever heard of the Apis Mellifera Ruttneri?

It is a sub-species of the western honey-bee, endemic to the Maltese Islands. Apparently 300,000 bees call Malta International Airport home, thanks to the airport’s effort to safeguard the indigenous bee.

Were you one of the over 6 million passengers welcomed at the Malta International Airport in 2017?

If the answer is yes, then your nationality count among the over 106 nationalities travelling through the Maltese terminals.

And if you were travelling in summer time your luggage were among the 12.200 pieces of luggage processed daily by the airport staff.

I hope you were not one of those passengers who left behind some 800 items, including sunglasses, mobile phones and, according to the local newspaper Times of Malta, 65-inch televisions and expensive drones!

But maybe you enjoyed one of the 773,00 coffees sold by Costa Cafe or one of the smoothies from Dr Juice that blended a total of 13,520 kilos of fruit in 2017.

Do you have a sweet tooth? Then maybe you purchased one of the 671,000 chocolate bars sold last year.

And if you wonder whether people still buy print newspaper, the answer is yes! In 2017, at the Malta International Airport 290 newspapers were sold daily.