Vienna Airport Registered a Significant Increase in Passenger Volume
- Özgür Töre
Flughafen Wien Group that compromise of Vienna Airport, Malta Airport, and Kosice Airport announced November 2019 traffic results.
In November 2019, the total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group rose by 8.6% to 2.9 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January to November 2019 was up 15.2% to 36.6 million. Vienna Airport registered a significant increase in its passenger volume of 17.6% to a total of 29.2 million travellers in the first eleven months of the year.
Vienna Airport: 9.1% growth in passenger volume
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of November 2019 was up by 9.1% compared to the prior-year month to 2,391,208 travellers. The number of local passengers increased by 7.8% and transfer passenger volume was up by 14.3%. The number of flight movements in November 2019 climbed by 1.7% year-on-year. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport was 1.2% higher than the comparable level of November 2018.
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe climbed by 5.9% in November 2019, whereas passenger traffic to Eastern Europe rose by 10.3%. In November 2019, the number of passengers travelling to the Far East was up by 25.1% from the prior-year month, and passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations also showed a significant increase of 33.5%. The number of passengers travelling to destinations in North America and Africa also developed positively, rising by 24.7% and 26% respectively.
Malta Airport reported an increase in passenger volume of 8.7% in the month of November 2019, whereas Kosice Airport registered a decline of 22.5% in the number of passengers it handled.
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Traffic development |
November |
2019 |
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Vienna Airport (VIE) |
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11/2019 |
Δ% |
01-11/2019 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
2,391,208 |
+9.1 |
29,195,351 |
+17.6 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
1,862,599 |
+7.8 |
22,315,238 |
+20.9 |
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Transfer passengers arr+dep |
523,230 |
+14.3 |
6,732,882 |
+7.1 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
20,600 |
+1.7 |
246,136 |
+11.2 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
26,606 |
+1.2 |
261,073 |
-4.0 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
839,263 |
+4.6 |
10,026,987 |
+14.2 |
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Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated) |
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11/2019 |
Δ% |
01-11/2019 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
493,201 |
+8.7 |
6.832,932 |
+6.9 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
489,377 |
+8.5 |
6.789,878 |
+6.9 |
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Transfer passengers arr+dep |
3,796 |
+40.0 |
42,856 |
-0.0 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
3,642 |
+8.5 |
48,238 |
+6.1 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
1,563 |
+12.2 |
14,850 |
+1.3 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
140,115 |
+7.4 |
1,835,889 |
+5.6 |
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Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity) |
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11/2019 |
Δ% |
01-11/2019 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
23,437 |
-22.5 |
530,360 |
+3.9 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
23,437 |
-18.5 |
530,103 |
+6.4 |
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Transfer passengers arr+dep |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
340 |
-20.2 |
5,682 |
-4.3 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
2 |
-75.9 |
36 |
-39.3 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
6,500 |
-27.1 |
145,068 |
+0.9 |
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Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC) |
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11/2019 |
Δ% |
01-11/2019 |
Δ% |
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Passengers arr+dep+transit |
2,907,846 |
+8.6 |
36,558,643 |
+15.2 |
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Local passengers arr+dep |
2,375,413 |
+7.6 |
29,635,219 |
+17.1 |
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Transfer passengers arr+dep |
527,026 |
+14.5 |
6,775,738 |
+7.0 |
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Flight movements arr+dep |
24,582 |
+2.3 |
300,056 |
+10.0 |
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Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) |
28,170 |
+1.7 |
275,959 |
-3.7 |
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MTOW (in tonnes) |
985,878 |
+4.7 |
12,007,944 |
+12.6 |
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