Flughafen Wien Group handled 3.5 million travellers in September 2018; an increase of 11.2%. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-September was up by 8.7% to 25.8 million.
The group manages Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport. 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.
Traffic Development September 2018
Vienna Airport (VIE) |
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09/2018 |
Δ% |
01-09/2018 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
2,696,340 |
+10.9 |
20,050,262 |
+7.3 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
2,005,766 |
+15.8 |
14,805,092 |
+9.1 |
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Transfer passenger arr+dep |
682,240 |
-0.8 |
5,170,460 |
+2.8 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
22,428 |
+7.6 |
178,393 |
+4.8 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
25,676 |
+1.2 |
218,244 |
+2.8 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
889,100 |
+9.3 |
7,077,972 |
+5.4 |
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Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated) |
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09/2018 |
Δ% |
01-09/2018 |
Δ% |
|||||
Passengers arr+dep+transit |
706,814 |
+12.8 |
5,292,481 |
+14.2 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
701,405 |
+12.9 |
5,257,353 |
+14.2 |
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Transfer passenger arr+dep |
4,914 |
-3.1 |
33,604 |
+46.8 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
4,766 |
+12.5 |
37,522 |
+14.4 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
1,174 |
-2.0 |
11,835 |
+10.0 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
188,769 |
+11.7 |
1,497,769 |
+13.9 |
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Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity) |
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09/2018 |
Δ% |
01-09/2018 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
54,244 |
+3.5 |
446,593 |
+12.1 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
53,430 |
+3.8 |
437,029 |
+12.2 |
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Transfer passenger arr+dep |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
621 |
-4.3 |
5,035 |
+1.6 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
4 |
+30.3 |
44 |
+31.4 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
16,506 |
+0.9 |
124,612 |
+1.9 |
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Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC) |
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09/2018 |
Δ% |
01-09/2018 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
3,457,398 |
+11.2 |
25,789,336 |
+8.7 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
2,760,601 |
+14.8 |
20,499,474 |
+10.4 |
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Transfer passenger arr+dep |
687,154 |
-0.8 |
5,204,064 |
+3.0 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
27,815 |
+8.1 |
220,950 |
+6.2 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
26,853 |
+1.1 |
230,124 |
+3.2 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
1,094,375 |
+9.6 |
8,700,353 |
+6.7 |
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Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer, and transit passengers. Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2017 and transit figures in Kosice