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Press Releases & News

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Traffic Results in May 2017: Rise in Passenger Volume of the Flughafen Wien Group to 2.8 Million (+7.5%)
 
The total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport, Kosice Airport) in May 2017 increased by 7.5% to 2.8 million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-May 2017 showed a rise of 9.1% to 11.1 million. Vienna Airport also developed very well, with the total number of passengers up 6.7% from January to May 2017.
 
Vienna Airport in May 2017: passenger volume up 6.0% - strong growth of transfer passenger traffic
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport in the month of May 2017 increased by 6.0% compared to the prior-year month to 2,227,839 travellers. The number of local passengers was up by 4.9%, and transfer passenger volume climbed by 9.3%. In May 2017, the number of flight movements fell slightly by 0.6% in a year-on-year comparison. Cargo volume at Vienna Airport showed a drop of 5.6% from May 2016.  
 
The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Eastern Europe climbed 15.4% in May 2017, which is mainly attributable to the additional flight connections to Russia. Passenger traffic to Western Europe rose by 4.0%. The number of passengers travelling to the Far East increased by 4.5% in May 2017, in contrast to the 6.5% drop in passenger volume to Middle Eastern destinations. The number of passengers headed towards North America was up 6.0%, and passenger traffic to Africa also developed positively, rising by 15.2%.
 
Malta Airport reported a strong growth in passenger volume of 14.4% in the month of May 2017, and Kosice Airport also showed a gratifying year-on-year rise of 8.7% in the number of passengers it handled.

Results in detail - Traffic development in May 2017:
 
  May 2017 Change in % January - May 2017 Change in %
  Flughafen Wien (VIE)
Passengers 2,227,839 +6.0 8,911,461 +6.7
Local passengers 1,640,677 +4.9 6,662,072 +6.8
Transfer passengers 580,400 +9.3 2,206,516 +6.2
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 20,500 -0.6 86,995 -1.6
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 23,441 -5.6 113,048 -1.2
  Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
Passengers 548,354 +14.4 2,060,885 +21.1
Local passengers 545,680 +14.7 2,046,494 +21.1
Transfer passengers 2,016 +171.7 9,212 +248.4
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 4,008 +12.5 15,324 +16.0
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 1,224 +4.0 6,000 +5.9
  Flughafen Kosice (KSC, consolidated at equity)
Passengers 32,233 +8.7 139,377 +9.4
Local passengers 32,233 +8.7 139,377 +9.4
Transfer passengers - - - -
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 483 +5.7 2,138 +11.7
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 3 -84.2 17 -57.2
  Flughafen Wien and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
Passengers 2,808,426 +7.5 11,111,723 +9.1
Local passengers 2,218,590 +7.2 8,847,943 +9.9
Transfer passengers 582,416 +9.5 2,215,728 +6.5
Flight movements (arrivals and departures) 24,991 +1.4 104,457 +0.9
Cargo in tonnes (air cargo and trucking) 24,668 -5.2 119,065 -0.9
 
 
Contact:
Press Office of Flughafen Wien AG
Peter Kleemann, Company Spokesman
Tel.: (+43-1-) 7007-23000
E-mail: p.kleemann@viennaairport.com
Website: www.viennaairport.com
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