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The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport, Kosice Airport) in November 2017 rose by 2.6% to 2.2 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-November 2017 showed an increase of 7.2% to 28.7 million. Vienna Airport also developed positively, with the total number of passengers up 4.7% from January to November 2017.
Vienna Airport in November 2017: Passenger volume at the prior-year level
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of November 2017 was down by 0.1% compared to the prior-year month to 1,765,579 travellers. The number of local passengers was up by 0.8%, whereas transfer passenger volume dropped by 2.6%. In November 2017, the number of flight movements fell slightly by 0.3% in a year-on-year comparison. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport showed an increase of 2.8% from the comparable level of November 2016.
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Eastern Europe was up 1.7% in November 2017, in contrast to the 0.5% decline in passenger traffic to Western Europe. In November 2017, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East increased by 18.3% from the prior-year month, whereas passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations decreased by 10.0%. The number of passengers travelling to North America was down by 13.6%, but passenger traffic to Africa developed positively, rising by 47.3%.
Malta Airport reported strong growth in passenger volume of 15.8% in the month of November 2017, and Kosice Airport also showed a gratifying year-on-year rise of 6.8% in the number of passengers it handled.
Results in detail – traffic development in November 2017:
| November 2017 | Change in % | January - November 2017 | Change in % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Airport (VIE) | ||||
| Passengers | 1,765,579 | -0.1 | 22,635,194 | +4.7 |
| Local passengers | 1,330,531 | +0.8 | 16,479,343 | +4.8 |
| Transfer Passengers | 426,816 | -2.6 | 6,058,912 | +4.4 |
| Flight movements (arrivals amd departures) | 17,507 | -0.3 | 208,078 | -0.6 |
| Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) | 25,740 | +2.8 | 263,482 | +1.0 |
| Malta Airport (MLA, consolidated) | ||||
| Passengers | 405,724 | +15.8 | 5,637,000 | +17.7 |
| Local passengers | 404,282 | +16.9 | 5,603,570 | +18.1 |
| Transfer passengers | 1,442 | +22.4 | 26,614 | +177.8 |
| Flight movements (arrivals and departures) | 3,042 | +18.1 | 39,984 | +14.8 |
| Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) | 1,350 | -4.2 | 13,449 | +4.4 |
| Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity) | ||||
| Passengers | 30,868 | +6.8 | 463,472 | +14.3 |
| Local passengers | 29,207 | +6.1 | 451,889 | +14.9 |
| Transfer passengers | - | - | - | - |
| Flight movements (arrivals and departures) | 440 | +0.5 | 5,881 | +11.0 |
| Cargo in tonnes (air cargo und trucking) | 4 | +3.9 | 41 | -50.2 |
| Vienna Airport and investments (VIE, MLA, KSC) | ||||
| Passengers | 2,202,171 | +2.6 | 28,735,666 | +7.2 |
| Local passengers | 1,764,020 | +4.1 | 22,534,802 | +8.1 |
| Transfer passengers | 428,258 | -2.5 | 6,085,526 | +4.7 |
| Flight movements (arrivals and departures) | 20,989 | +2.0 | 253,943 | +1.8 |
| Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) | 27,093 | +2.4 | 276,972 | +1.1 |
Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer, and transit passengers. Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2016 and transit figures in Kosice
Contact:
Press Office Flughafen Wien AG
Peter Kleemann, Company Spokesman
Tel.: (+43-1-) 7007-23000
E-mail: p.kleemann@viennaairport.com
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