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August 2018 Traffic Results: Flughafen Wien AG Continues Strong Growth - 11.4% Increase in Passenger Volume in the Flughafen Wien Group, 11.9% Rise at Vienna Airport, Passenger Guidance for 2018 could be Significally Surpassed
 
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport continues to increase significantly. The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) in August 2018 climbed by 11.4% to 3.6 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-August 2018 showed an increase of 8.4% to 22.3 million. Vienna Airport also developed very positively, with the total number of passengers increasing by 6.8% from January to August 2018. The forecasts of more than 6% passenger growth at Vienna Airport and more than 8% for the Flughafen Wien Group could be clearly exceeded providing current trends continue.
 
Vienna Airport: Strong growth in passenger volume and flight movements
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of August 2018 rose by 11.9% compared to the prior-year month to 2,783,173 travellers. The number of local passengers increased sharply by 16.8%, whereas transfer passenger volume climbed slightly by 0.5%. The number of flight movements in August 2018 also showed a substantial increase of 8.9% year-on-year. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport showed a slight drop of 0.5% from the comparable level of August 2017.
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe climbed by 11.9% in August 2018, and passenger traffic to Eastern Europe rose by 4.3%. In August 2018, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East strongly increased by 42.5% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations climbed by 18.7%. Passenger volume to North America also developed positively, rising by 2.9%, and passenger traffic to Africa was up 18.8% in a year-on-year comparison.
 
Malta Airport showed strong growth in passenger volume of 9.5% in the month of August 2018, and Kosice Airport also reported a gratifying year-on-year rise of 10.7% in the number of passengers it handled. 
 
Details on the traffic results for August 2018 can be found in the table below.
 
Contact:
Press Office of Flughafen Wien AG
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                                                               August 2018

 Vienna Airport (VIE)
  08/2018 Diff. %   01-08/2018 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,783,173 +11.9   17,353,922 +6.8
Local passengers arr+dep 2,007,564 +16.8   12.799.360 +8.1
Transfer passengers arr+dep 766,048 +0.5   4.488.186 +3.3
Flight movements arr+dep 22,725 +8.9   155.965 +4.4
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 24,471 -0.5   192.569 +3.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 906,996 +10.3   6.188.872 +4.9

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  08/2018 ?%   01-08/2018 ?%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 759,547 +9.5   4,585,576 +14.4
Local passengers arr+dep 752,537 +9.2   4,555,857 +14.4
Transfer passengers arr+dep 6,696 +65.5   28,690 +61.0
Flight movements arr+dep 5,072 +9.7   32,757 +14.6
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,399 +19.9   10,661 +11.5
MTOW (in tonnes) 199,401 +9.6   1,309,015 +14.3

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  08/2018 Diff. %   01-08/2018 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 88,857 +10.7   391.426 +13.2
Local passengers arr+dep 88,234 +10.8   382.675 +13.3
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 n.a.   0 n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 796 +1.7   4.408 +2.3
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 3 -14.5   41 +31.6
MTOW (in tonnes) 22,386 +3.6   107.889 +1.8

Vienna Airport and strategic investments
(VIE, MLA, KSC)
  08/2018 Diff. %   01-08/2018 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 3,631,577 +11.4   22,330,924 +8.4
Local passengers arr+dep 2,848,335 +14.5   17,737,892 +9.7
Transfer passengers arr+dep 772,744 +0.8   4,516,876 +3.6
Flight movements arr+dep 28,593 +8.8   193,130 +5.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 25,873 +0.4   203,270 +3.5
MTOW (in tonnes) 1,128,783 +10.0   7,605,776 +6.3

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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