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Press Releases & News

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September 2018 Traffic Results: Flughafen Wien AG Continues Strong Growth - 11.2% Rise in Passenger Volume for the Flughafen Wien Group, 10.9% Increase at Vienna Airport
 
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport continues to show a substantial increase. The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) in September 2018 climbed by 11.2% to 3.5 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-September was up by 8.7% to 25.8 million. Vienna Airport also developed very favourably, with the total number of passengers increasing by 7.3% from January to September 2018.
 
Vienna Airport: Strong growth in passenger volume and flight movements
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of September 2018 rose by 10.9% compared to the prior-year month to 2,696,340 travellers. The number of local passengers increased sharply by 15.8%, whereas transfer passenger volume was down marginally by 0.8%. The number of flight movements in September 2018 also showed a substantial increase of 7.6% year-on-year. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport rose by 1.2% from the comparable level of September 2017.
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe climbed by 11.5% in September 2018, and passenger traffic to Eastern Europe rose by 4.6%. In September 2018, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East strongly increased by 51.0% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations declined by 2.3%. Passenger volume to North America also developed positively, rising by 15.6% in September 2018, and the number of passengers travelling to Africa was up 20.9% year-on-year.
 
Malta Airport showed strong growth in passenger volume of 12.8% in the month of September 2018, and Kosice Airport also reported a gratifying year-on-year rise of 3.5% in the number of passengers it handled. 
 
Details on the traffic results for September 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 September 2018

Vienna Airport (VIE)

  09/2018 ?%   01-09/2018 ?%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,696,340 +10.9   20,050,262 +7.3
Local passengers arr+dep 2,005,766 +15.8   14,805,092 +9.1
Transfer passenger arr+dep 682,240 -0.8   5,170,460 +2.8
Flight movements arr+dep 22,428 +7.6   178,393 +4.8
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 25,676 +1.2   218,244 +2.8
MTOW (in tonnes) 889,100 +9.3   7,077,972 +5.4

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)

  09/2018 ?%   01-09/2018 ?%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 706,814 +12.8   5,292,481 +14.2
Local passengers arr+dep 701,405 +12.9   5,257,353 +14.2
Transfer passenger arr+dep 4,914 -3.1   33,604 +46.8
Flight movements arr+dep 4,766 +12.5   37,522 +14.4
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,174 -2.0   11,835 +10.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 188,769 +11.7   1,497,769 +13.9

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)

  09/2018 ?%   01-09/2018 ?%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 54,244 +3.5   446,593 +12.1
Local passengers arr+dep 53,430 +3.8   437,029 +12.2
Transfer passenger arr+dep 0 n.a.   0 n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 621 -4.3   5,035 +1.6
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 4 +30.3   44 +31.4
MTOW (in tonnes) 16,506 +0.9   124,612 +1.9

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)

  09/2018 ?%   01-09/2018 ?%
Passengers arr+dep+transit 3,457,398 +11.2   25,789,336 +8.7
Local passengers arr+dep 2,760,601 +14.8   20,499,474 +10.4
Transfer passenger arr+dep 687,154 -0.8   5,204,064 +3.0
Flight movements arr+dep 27,815 +8.1   220,950 +6.2
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 26,853 +1.1   230,124 +3.2
MTOW (in tonnes) 1,094,375 +9.6   8,700,353 +6.7

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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