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10.6% rise in the number of passengers at Vienna Airport, flight movements up 3.0%
The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport, Kosice Airport) in March 2018 rose significantly by 12.8% year-on-year to 2.4 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-March 2018 showed an increase of 9.0% to 6.1 million. Vienna Airport also developed extremely positively, with the total number of passengers up 6.6% from January to March 2018.
Vienna Airport in March: +10.6% rise in passenger volume
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of March 2018 rose by 10.6% compared to the prior-year month to 1,908,514 travellers. The number of local passengers was up by 11.2%, whereas transfer passenger volume climbed by 9.1%. In March 2018, the number of flight movements also clearly increased by 3.0% in a year-on-year comparison. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport showed a minus of 3.3% from the comparable level of March 2017.
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Eastern Europe was up 10.6% in March 2018, and passenger traffic to Western Europe rose by 9.2%. In March 2018, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East increased by 48.0% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations climbed by 16.9%. The number of passengers travelling to North America was up by 21.6%, and passenger traffic to Africa developed positively, rising by 69.9%.
Malta Airport reported strong growth in passenger volume of 22.5% in the month of March 2018, and Kosice Airport also showed a gratifying year-on-year rise of 17.1% in the number of passengers it handled.
Details on the traffic results for March 2018 can be found in the table below.
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Traffic development March 2018
Vienna Airport (VIE)
| 03/2018 | Change in % | 01-03/2018 | Change in % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers arr+dep+transit | 1,908,514 | +10.6 | 4,864,177 | +6.6 | |
| Local passengers arr+dep | 1,435,673 | +11.2 | 3,697,938 | +6.8 | |
| Transfer passengers arr+dep | 463,872 | +9.1 | 1,141,046 | +6.6 | |
| Flight movements arr+dep | 18,032 | +3.0 | 48,672 | +1.7 | |
| Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to | 25,691 | -3.3 | 68,105 | +4.1 | |
| MTOW in tonnes | 724,516 | +5.3 | 1,938,567 | +2.5 |
Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
| 03/2018 | Change in % | 01-03/2018 | Change in % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers arr+dep+transit | 471,070 | +22.5 | 1,172,050 | +19.4 | |
| Local passengers arr+dep | 469,094 | +22.5 | 1,167,131 | +20.0 | |
| Transfer passengers arr+dep | 1,976 | +33.9 | 4,856 | -5.0 | |
| Flight movements arr+dep | 3,400 | +19.2 | 8,931 | +16.3 | |
| Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to | 1,478 | +19.0 | 3,906 | +6.2 | |
| MTOW in tonnes | 138,496 | +19.7 | 365,616 | +15.8 |
Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
| 03/2018 | Change in % | 01-03/2018 | Change in % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers arr+dep+transit | 32,915 | +17.1 | 91,699 | +19.9 | |
| Local passengers arr+dep | 31,508 | +17.6 | 87,248 | +20.5 | |
| Transfer passengers arr+dep | 0 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. | |
| Flight movements arr+dep | 455 | +2.0 | 1,284 | +7.4 | |
| Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to | 5 | +29.0 | 13 | +10.9 | |
| MTOW in tonnes | 9,872 | +2.4 | 27,913 | +10.3 |
Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
| 03/2018 | Change in % | 01-03/2018 | Change in % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers arr+dep+transit | 2,412,499 | +12.8 | 6,127,926 | +9.0 | |
| Local passengers arr+dep | 1,936,275 | +13.9 | 4,952,317 | +9.9 | |
| Transfer passengers arr+dep | 465,848 | +9.2 | 1,145,902 | +6.6 | |
| Flight movements arr+dep | 21,887 | +5.2 | 58,887 | +3.8 | |
| Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to | 27,175 | -2.3 | 72,025 | +4.2 | |
| MTOW in tonnes | 872,884 | +7.3 | 2,332,096 | +4.5 |
Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer, and transit passengers. Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2017 and transit figures in Kosice.
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