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March 2023 Traffic Results: 2,572,718 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 2,050,536 by Vienna Airport – Passenger volume only slightly below the pre-crisis level
 
Vienna Airport is sustaining its upward trend. Total passenger volume of the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) rose by 62.6% year-by-year to 2,572,718 travellers, whereas the figure of 2,050,536 travellers at Vienna Airport comprised an increase of 65.4% compared to March 2022. Accordingly, passenger volumes of the Flughafen Wien Group and Vienna Airport in March 2023 equalled 89.6% and 86.7% respectively of the pre-crisis level of March 2019, thus only slightly less than in the year before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
 
The number of local passengers at Vienna Airport rose to 1,570,888 (+58.8%), whereas transfer passenger traffic climbed to 473,280 travellers (+93.1%). The number of flight movements in March 2023 increased to 16,114 take offs and landings (+36.6%). Cargo volume was up 5.6% from March 2022 to 23,237 tonnes.
 
Details on passenger traffic
Passenger traffic from Vienna Airport to Western Europe increased to 687,452 travellers in March 2023, an increase of 56.7% compared to the prior-year month. The number of passengers flying to Eastern Europe in March 2023 rose to 165,387 travellers (+87.4%). Vienna Airport reported a total of 24,699 passengers flying to North America (+98.6%) and 26,215 (+69.0%) to Africa. Passenger traffic to destinations in the Middle East equalled 78,791 travellers in March 2023 (+64.3%), whereas the number of passengers flying to East Asia climbed to a total of 37,861 (+359.6%) in the month of March 2023. 
 
Passenger traffic registered by the strategic investments of Flughafen Wien AG in March 2023 also increased compared to the prior-year level. Malta Airport reported a rise in passenger volume in March 2023 to 487,117 travellers (+53.8%), or 2% higher than the pre-crisis level of March 2019. Kosice Airport handled 35,065 passengers (+37.1%) in March 2023, thus 17.7% above the comparable pre-crisis level.
 
Details on the traffic results for March 2023 can be found in the table below.
 
Disclaimer
All statements made in this press release that refer to future developments of Flughafen Wien AG/Flughafen-Wien-Group are based on current assumptions and forecasts of the management. If the premises for these forecasts do not occur or risks indicated in the risk report arise, actual results may vary from these estimates. Despite the utmost care, all forward-looking statements are therefore made without guarantee and Flughafen Wien AG/Flughafen-Wien-Group assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
 
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 in March 2023
 
 
Vienna Airport (VIE)            
             
  03/2023 03/2022 03/2019 01-03/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,050,536 1,239,741 2,365,089 5,325,201 +81.5 -12.1
Local passengers arr+dep 1,570,888 989,366 1,831,123 4,191,908 +78.4 -12.4
Transfer passengers arr+dep 473,280 245,066 512,190 1,116,338 +95.6 -9.9
Flight movements arr+dep 16,114 11,793 20,909 43,471 +43.3 -22.8
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 23,237 22,001 25,197 58,874 -3.5 -11.7
MTOW (in tonnes) 674,061 503,999 858,517 1,823,032 +39.3 -21.0
             
Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)          
             
  03/2023 03/2022 03/2019 01-03/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 487,117 316,713 477,533 1,245,525 +85.1 +3.5
Local passengers arr+dep 485,539 316,300 475,133 1,241,561 +84.7 +3.7
Transfer passengers arr+dep 1,576 410 2,382 3,958 +334.0 -26.5
Flight movements arr+dep 3,344 2,663 3,499 8,825 +47.3 -7.5
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,705 1,207 1,348 4,611 +33.2 +17.7
MTOW (in tonnes) 130,905 102,121 133,080 348,466 +51.1 -3.8
             
Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)        
             
  03/2023 03/2022 03/2019 01-03/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 35,065 25,569 29,792 91,076 +68.7 +8.5
Local passengers arr+dep 35,065 25,569 29,792 91,076 +68.9 +8.8
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 0 0 0 n.a. n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 281 242 381 719 +43.8 -35.3
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 0 0 5 0 n.a. -99.9
MTOW (in tonnes) 8,950 7,759 7,947 22,828 +40.8 -4.2
             
Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)      
             
  03/2023 03/2022 03/2019 01-03/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,572,718 1,582,023 2,872,414 6,661,802 +82.0 -9.3
Local passengers arr+dep 2,091,492 1,331,235 2,336,048 5,524,545 +79.6 -8.9
Transfer passengers arr+dep 474,856 245,476 514,572 1,120,296 +96.0 -10.0
Flight movements arr+dep 19,739 14,698 24,789 53,015 +44.0 -20.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 24,942 23,208 26,549 63,485 -1.6 -10.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 813,916 613,879 999,544 2,194,326 +41.1 -18.5
 
Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer and transit passengers,
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