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Press Releases & News

| Press releases
Vienna Airport: 1.2% Increase in Passenger Volume in January 2016
 
3.3% rise in the number of local passengers – Passenger growth to Western Europe, North America and the Far East – strong increase in cargo
 
In January 2016, the number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport increased by 1.2% in a year-on-year comparison to a total of 1,339,646. Local passenger volume was also up in the same period, rising by 3.3%. This was in contrast to a 3.8% decline in the number of transfer passengers from the comparable level in January 2015. The number of flight movements decreased by 3.3%, whereas the maximum take off weight showed a slightly positive development, increasing by 0.9%. In January 2016 air cargo climbed 6.0% from the previous year.  
 
The number of passengers flying to Western Europe rose by 4.6% in January 2016, whereas passenger volume to Eastern Europe fell by 10.7%. The Middle East regtion showed a drop of 1.6% in January 2016 in contrast to the 1.5% increase in the number of passengers flying to the Far East. Passenger volume to North American destinations was up 10.9% in January 2016, whereas the number of passengers to Africa was down by 9.8% from the prior-year level.
 
The strategic foreign investments of the Flughafen Wien Group developed well. The number of passengers handled by Kosice Airport rose 38.3% in January 2016 to a total of 23,970 passengers. Malta Airport registered 13.2% growth in passenger volume year-on-year to 236,552 passengers.
 
Results in detail
 
 
  January 2016 Change in %
Passengers 1,339,646 +1.2
Local passengers 992,385 +3.3
Transfer passengers 338,874 -3.8
Maximum take off weight
(tonnes)
585,431 +0.9
Flight movements
(arrivals & departures)
15,617 -3.3
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 20,671 +6.0
 
 
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