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May 2020 Traffic Results: 99.4% Decline in the Flughafen Wien Group and 99.3% Decrease at Vienna Airport
 
Further strong drop at the beginning of June – expanded scheduled flight traffic starting today
 
The effects of the global COVID-19 crisis continued to be clearly felt in May 2020. Passenger volumes in the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) fell by 99.4% to 23,283 travellers. Vienna Airport registered a decline of 99.3% to 20,202 travellers. The accumulated passenger volume at Vienna Airport in the period January to May 2020 fell by 57.6% to 5.0 million.
 
The decline in the number of passengers also continued in the first week of June. Starting today, 15 June 2020, an increased number of scheduled flights will take off again from Vienna Airport. For this reason, slight passenger growth can be expected again, but still significantly below the prior-year level.
 
May 2020 at Vienna Airport: passenger volume down 99.3% 
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of May 2020 was down by 99.3% year-on-year to 20,202 travellers. The number of local passengers fell by 99.1%, whereas transfer passengers decreased by 99.9%. The number of flight movements in May 2020 declined by 95.6% year-on-year. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport was down by 34.2% compared to the level of May 2019.
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe and Eastern Europe decreased by 99.3% respectively in the month of May 2020. Passenger traffic to North America was down 100% from the prior-year month, similar to the 100% decrease in the number of passengers flying to Africa. Passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations showed a drop of 99.4% in May 2020. The number of passengers travelling to destinations in the Far East fell by 98.8%.
 
Malta Airport reported a reduction in passenger volume of 99.5% in the month of May 2020, whereas Kosice Airport registered a 100% decline in the number of passengers it handled compared to the prior-year period.
 
 
Details on the traffic results for May 2020 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
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/flughafenwien             
Twitter:  twitter.com/flughafen_wien
 
Results in Detail: Traffic Development May 2020

Vienna Airport (VIE)
  05/2020 Diff. % 01-05/2020 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 20,202 -99.3 4,952,422 -57.6
Local passengers arr+dep 19,539 -99.1 3,983,829 -56.2
Transfer passengers arr+dep 464 -99.9 962,574 -61.4
Flight movements arr+dep 1,068 -95.6 50,641 -51.1
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 15,574 -34.2 93,437 -17.9
MTOW (in tonnes) 95,335 -90.4 2,195,589 -48.2

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  05/2020 Diff. % 01-05/2020 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 3,081 -99.5 1,014,502 -59.9
Local passengers arr+dep 3,081 -99.5 1,006,958 -60.0
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 -100.0 7,366 -48.4
Flight movements arr+dep 283 -94.2 9,009 -52.5
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,396 -1.5 6,513 -2.3
MTOW (in tonnes) 11,897 -93.5 352,901 -50.7

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  05/2020 Diff. % 01-05/2020 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 0 -100.0 49,887 -68.0
Local passengers arr+dep 0 -100.0 49,887 -68.0
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 n.a. 0 n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 0 -100.0 773 -61.4
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 0 -100.0 4 -80.9
MTOW (in tonnes) 0 -100.0 14,972 -66.4

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
  05/2020 Diff. % 01-05/2020 Diff. %
Passengers arr+dep+transit 23,283 -99.4 6,016,811 -58.1
Local passengers arr+dep 22,620 -99.2 5,040,674 -57.2
Transfer passengers arr+dep 464 -99.9 969,940 -61.4
Flight movements arr+dep 1,351 -95.5 60,423 -51.5
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 16,971 -32.3 99,954 -17.1
MTOW (in tonnes) 107,232 -90.9 2,563,462 -48.7

Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer and transit passengers.
Traffic data adjusted.
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