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February 2019 Traffic Results: Ongoing Strong Growth of Flughafen Wien AG - 20.9% Rise in Passenger Volume for the Flughafen Wien Group, 25.6% Increase at Vienna Airport
 
The strong growth trend is continuing. In February 2019, the total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) rose by 20.9% to 2.3 million travellers. Vienna Airport reported a substantial increase in passenger volume of 25.6%. 
 
Vienna Airport: Very strong growth of passenger volume and flight movements
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of February 2019 rose by 25.6% compared to the prior-year month to 1,863,688 travellers. The number of local passengers increased sharply by 30.6%, and transfer passenger volume was up by 8.6%. The number of flight movements in February 2019 also showed a substantial increase of 16.0% year-on-year. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport dropped slightly by 1.7% from the comparable level of February 2018.
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe climbed by 23.8% in February 2019, and passenger traffic to Eastern Europe showed a considerable increase of 36.8%. In February 2019, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East increased by 14.9% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations climbed by 27.2%. Passenger volume to North America also developed positively, rising by 36.9% in February 2019, and the number of passengers travelling to Africa was up 35.9% year-on-year.
 
Malta Airport reported an increase in passenger volume of 2.9% in the month of February 2019, whereas Kosice Airport registered a decline of 4.3% in the number of passengers it handled. 
 
Details on the traffic results for February 2019 can be found in the table below.
 
Contact:
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Peter Kleemann, Company Spokesman
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E-mail: p.kleemann@viennaairport.com
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Traffic development        February 2019

Vienna Airport (VIE)
  02/2019 Diff. %   01-02/2019 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 1,863,688 +25.6   3,694,611 +25.0
Local passengers arr+dep 1,506,199 +30.6   2,954,326 +30.6
Transfer passengers arr+dep 350,308 +8.6   726,876 +7.3
Flight movements arr+dep 17,263 +16.0   35,434 +15.6
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 20,219 -1.7   41,445 -2.3
MTOW (in tonnes) 703,593 +19.2   1.448,611 +19.3

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  02/2019 Diff. %   01-02/2019 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 359,395 +2.9   725,410 +3.5
Local passengers arr+dep 358,291 +2.8   722,362 +3.5
Transfer passengers arr+dep 1,054 +30.4   2,998 +4.1
Flight movements arr+dep 2,852 +8.9   6,048 +9.4
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,234 -0.7   2,568 +5.8
MTOW (in tonnes) 114,629 +6.9   242,451 +6.6

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  02/2019 Diff. %   01-02/2019 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 27,989 -4.3   54,152 -7.9
Local passengers arr+dep 27,989 +0.7   53,895 -3.3
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 n.a.   0 n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 350 -13.4   731 -11.8
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 5 +21.6   8 +5.7
MTOW (in tonnes) 7,592 -14.6   15,882 -12.0

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
  02/2019 Diff. %   01-02/2019 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,251,072 +20.9   4,474,173 +20.4
Local passengers arr+dep 1,892,479 +23.7   3,730,583 +23.7
Transfer passengers arr+dep 351,362 +8.7   729,874 +7.3
Flight movements arr+dep 20,465 +14.3   42,213 +14.1
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 21,457 -1.6   44,021 -1.8
MTOW (in tonnes) 825,814 +16.9   1,706,944 +17.0

Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer, and transit passengers. Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2018 and transit figures in Kosice.
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