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Flughafen Wien AG Continues Strong Growth in September 2018

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)

      
       
 

09/2018

Δ%

 

01-09/2018

Δ%

 

Passengers arr+dep+transit

2,696,340

+10.9

 

20,050,262

+7.3

 

Local passengers arr+dep

2,005,766

+15.8

 

14,805,092

+9.1

 

Transfer passenger arr+dep

682,240

-0.8

 

5,170,460

+2.8

 

Flight movements arr+dep

22,428

+7.6

 

178,393

+4.8

 

Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)

25,676

+1.2

 

218,244

+2.8

 

MTOW (in tonnes)

889,100

+9.3

 

7,077,972

+5.4

 
       

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)

     
       
 

09/2018

Δ%

 

01-09/2018

Δ%

 

Passengers arr+dep+transit

706,814

+12.8

 

5,292,481

+14.2

 

Local passengers arr+dep

701,405

+12.9

 

5,257,353

+14.2

 

Transfer passenger arr+dep

4,914

-3.1

 

33,604

+46.8

 

Flight movements arr+dep

4,766

+12.5

 

37,522

+14.4

 

Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)

1,174

-2.0

 

11,835

+10.0

 

MTOW (in tonnes)

188,769

+11.7

 

1,497,769

+13.9

 
       

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)

    
       
 

09/2018

Δ%

 

01-09/2018

Δ%

 

Passengers arr+dep+transit

54,244

+3.5

 

446,593

+12.1

 

Local passengers arr+dep

53,430

+3.8

 

437,029

+12.2

 

Transfer passenger arr+dep

0

n.a.

 

0

n.a.

 

Flight movements arr+dep

621

-4.3

 

5,035

+1.6

 

Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)

4

+30.3

 

44

+31.4

 

MTOW (in tonnes)

16,506

+0.9

 

124,612

+1.9

 
       

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)

  
       
 

09/2018

Δ%

 

01-09/2018

Δ%

 

Passengers arr+dep+transit

3,457,398

+11.2

 

25,789,336

+8.7

 

Local passengers arr+dep

2,760,601

+14.8

 

20,499,474

+10.4

 

Transfer passenger arr+dep

687,154

-0.8

 

5,204,064

+3.0

 

Flight movements arr+dep

27,815

+8.1

 

220,950

+6.2

 

Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)

26,853

+1.1

 

230,124

+3.2

 

MTOW (in tonnes)

1,094,375

+9.6

 

8,700,353

+6.7

 
         

 

 

Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer, and transit passengers. Retroactive adjustment of comparative values for 2017 and transit figures in Kosice

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