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November 2023 Traffic Results: 2,669,896 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 2,109,407 by Vienna Airport – Ongoing strong passenger growth in comparison with the previous year

Vienna Airport registers ongoing strong passenger growth compared to 2022 but is still below the pre-crisis level. Total passenger volume in the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) rose 13.8% in November 2023 to 2,669,896 travellers, whereas the number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport was up by 12.0% to 2,109,407 travellers compared to the prior-year month of November 2022. Accordingly, the passenger volume in the Group and at Vienna Airport was 91.8% and 88.2% respectively of the November 2019 level.
The number of local passengers at Vienna Airport rose to 1,692,148, comprising a 16.7% increase vs. November 2022, whereas transfer passenger traffic fell slightly to 410,520 travellers (-4.1%). The number of flight movements in November 2023 climbed to 16,605 starts and landings (+10.5%). Cargo volume equalled 21,969 tonnes, up 2.4% from November 2022.  
Details on passenger traffic
Passenger traffic from Vienna Airport to Western Europe rose to 866,721 travellers in November 2023, comprising an increase of 11.5% compared to the prior-year month. The number of passengers flying to Eastern Europe in November 2023 amounted to 155,771 travellers (+1.4%). Vienna Airport reported a total of 25,225 passengers flying to North America (+7.5%) and 27,869 (+13.5%) to Africa. Passenger traffic to destinations in the Middle East in November 2023 totalled 56,176 travellers (-7.6%), whereas the number of passengers flying to East Asia climbed to 37,126 (+39.6%) in the month of November 2023. 
 
Passenger traffic registered by the strategic investments of Flughafen Wien AG in November 2023 already surpassed the pre-crisis level. Malta Airport reported a rise in passenger volume in November 2023 to 528,923 travellers (+21.8%), or 7.2% higher than the pre-crisis level of November 2019. Kosice Airport handled 31,566 passengers (+10.5%) in November 2023, thus 34.5% above the comparable pre-crisis level.
 
Details on the traffic results for November 2023 can be found in the table below.

Traffic development November 2023

Vienna Airport (VIE)
  11/2023 11/2022 11/2019 01-11/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,109,407 1,884,149 2,391,208 27,344,500 +25.7 -6.3
Local passengers arr+dep 1,692,148 1,450,618 1,862,657 21,024,894 +29.3 -5.8
Transfer passengers arr+dep 410,520 427,908 523,172 6,246,400 +15.1 -7.2
Flight movements arr+dep 16,605 15,025 20,600 204,605 +18.1 -16.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 21,969 21,452 26,606 224,481 -2.6 -14.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 709,045 625,170 839,263 8,570,841 +18.7 -14.5

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  11/2023 11/2022 11/2019 01-11/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 528,923 434,119 493,201 7,274,000 +34.0 +6.5
Local passengers arr+dep 527,936 432,955 489,377 7,246,645 +33.7 +6.7
Transfer passengers arr+dep 986 1,162 3,796 27,338 +204.6 -36.0
Flight movements arr+dep 3,503 2,917 3,642 47,591 +27.4 -1.3
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,865 1,406 1,563 17,528 +16.4 +18.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 139,974 115,003 140,115 1,861,897 +28.8 +1.5

Flughafen Kosice (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  11/2023 11/2022 11/2019 01-11/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 31,566 28,554 23,461 588,138 +14.8 +10.9
Local passengers arr+dep 31,566 28,519 23,461 588,138 +14.9 +10.9
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 0 0 0 n.a. n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 276 230 340 4,349 +4.3 -23.5
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 0 0 2 1 +34.9 -96.5
MTOW (in tonnes) 8,296 7,131 6,500 142,521 +3.4 -1.8

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
  11/2023 11/2022 11/2019 01-11/2023 Diff. %
2022		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 2,669,896 2,346,822 2,907,870 35,206,638 +27.1 -3.7
Local passengers arr+dep 2,251,650 1,912,092 2,375,495 28,859,677 +30.0 -2.6
Transfer passengers arr+dep 411,506 429,070 526,968 6,273,738 +15.5 -7.4
Flight movements arr+dep 20,384 18,172 24,582 256,545 +19.4 -14.5
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 23,834 22,858 28,170 242,010 -1.5 -12.3
MTOW (in tonnes) 857,315 747,304 985,878 10,575,259 +20.1 -11.9

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

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
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