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May 2018 Traffic Results: Strong Increase in Passenger Volume of the Flughafen Wien Group to About Three Million (+6.5%)
 
The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) in May 2018 rose by 6.5% to approx. three million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-May 2018 showed an increase of 7.2% to 11.9 million. Vienna Airport also developed very positively, with the total number of passengers climbing 4.9% in the months January-May 2018.
 
Vienna Airport in May 2018: passenger volume up 3.8%
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of May 2018 rose by 3.8% compared to the prior-year month to 2,313,306 travellers. The number of local passengers was up by 4.4%, whereas transfer passenger volume climbed by 2.3%. In May 2018, the number of flight movements also increased by 2.7% in a year-on-year comparison. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport showed a rise of 2.5% from the comparable level of May 2017.  
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Eastern Europe was up 4.4% in May 2018, and passenger traffic to Western Europe rose by 3.1%. In May 2018, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East increased strongly by 29.2% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations climbed by 6.8%. In contrast, the number of passengers travelling to North America was down by 1.0%. Passenger traffic to Africa showed a clearly positive development, rising by 50.9% year-on-year. 
 
Malta Airport reported strong growth in passenger volume of 17.3% in the month of May 2018, and Kosice Airport also showed a year-on-year rise of 3.4% in the number of passengers it handled. 
 
Details on the traffic results for May 2018 can be found in the table below.
 
Contact:
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Peter Kleemann, Company Spokesman
Tel.: (+43-1-) 7007-23000
E-mail: p.kleemann@viennaairport.com
Website: www.viennaairport.com
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 Traffic development                                                                                                May 2018 

Vienna Airport (VIE)
  05/2018 Dif%   01-05/2018 Dif%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,313,306 +3.8   9,345,496 +4.9
Local passengers arr+dep 1,713,278 +4.4   6,995,018 +5.0
Transfer passengers arr+dep 594,174 +2.3   2,312,034 +4.8
Flight movements arr+dep 21,050 +2.7   89,287 +2.6
Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to 24,019 +2.5   117,224 +3.7
MTOW in tonnes 827,920 +3.0   3,544,409 +3.2

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  05/2018 Dif%   01-05/2018 Dif%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 643,089 +17.3   2,406,585 +16.8
Local passengers arr+dep 639,491 +17.2   2,393,794 +17.0
Transfer passengers arr+dep 3,474 +72.3   12,604 +36.8
Flight movements arr+dep 4,674 +16.6   17,924 +17.0
Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to 1,435 +17.3   6,613 +9.8
MTOW in tonnes 186,668 +16.7   725,035 +16.8

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  05/2018 Dif%   01-05/2018 Dif%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 33,344 +3.4   160,217 +14.9
Local passengers arr+dep 32,477 +3.9   153,946 +15.3
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 n.a.   0 n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 475 -1.7   2,234 +4.5
Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to 5 +66.8   26 +54.6
MTOW in tonnes 9,886 -8.6   48,098 +2.9

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
  05/2018 Dif%   01-05/2018 Dif%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,989,739 +6.5   11,912,298 +7.2
Local passengers arr+dep 2,385,246 +7.6   9,542,758 +7.9
Transfer passengers arr+dep 597,648 +2.6   2,324,638 +4.9
Flight movements arr+dep 26,199 +4.8   109,445 +4.8
Cargo in tonnes arr+dep in to 25,459 +3.2   123,864 +4.0
MTOW in tonnes 1,024,474 +5.1   4,317,542 +5.3

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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