The number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group in September 2022 is still at a high level. The total passenger volume of 3,371,129 travellers registered by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) represented a rise of more than 67% from the prior-yar level, whereas the figure of 2,650,592 travellers at Vienna Airport comprised a year-on-year increase of over 68% compared to September 2021. Passenger volumes of the Flughafen Wien Group and Vienna Airport equalled 88.6% and 89,0% respectively of the pre-crisis level of September 2019, thus only about 11% less than before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. On balance, it was a strong summer travel season for Vienna Airport. In the four summer months from June to September 2022, the number of passengers totalled 10,592,745, or approx. 86% of the pre-crisis level of June-September 2019.
The number of local passengers at Vienna Airport rose to 1,914,885 travellers (+56.4%), whereas transfer passenger traffic climbed to 727,764 travellers (+110.0%). The number of flight movements in September 2022 increased to 19,495 takeoffs and landings (+32.9%). However, cargo volume was down 0.6% from September 2021 to 21,306 tonnes.
Details on passenger traffic
Passenger traffic from Vienna Airport to Western Europe increased to 921,133 travellers in September 2022 (+64.9%) compared to the prior-year month. The number of passengers flying to Eastern Europe in September 2022 rose to 218,123 travellers (+61.3%). Vienna Airport reported a total of 48,825 passengers flying to North America (+120.4%) and 19,586 (+177.7%) to Africa. Passenger traffic to destinations in the Middle East equalled 67,692 travellers in September 2022 (+120.0%), whereas the number of passengers flying to East Asia climbed to a total of 19,557 (+>500%) in September 2022.
Passenger traffic registered by the strategic investments of Flughafen Wien AG in September 2022 also increased compared to the previous year. Malta Airport reported a rise in passenger volume in September 2022 to 658,569 travellers (+57.4%), amounting to 86.4% of the pre-crisis level of September 2019. Kosice Airport reported handling 61,968 passengers (+160.7%), only 2.2% below the number of passengers it handled before the coronavirus crisis.
Details on traffic results for September 2022 can be found in the table below.
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Traffic Development September 2022
Vienna Airport (VIE)
09/2022 | 09/2021 | 09/2019 | 01-09/2022 |
Diff. % 2021 |
Diff. % 2019 | |
Passengers arr+dep+transit | 2,650,592 | 1,575,315 | 2,977,411 | 17,429,774 | +156.5 | -27.2 |
Local passengers arr+dep | 1,914,885 | 1,224,539 | 2,246,090 | 13,032,330 | +159.1 | -29.0 |
Transfer passengers arr+dep | 727,764 | 346,610 | 723,236 | 4,339,270 | +150.0 | -20.8 |
Flight movements arr+dep | 19,495 | 14,674 | 24,231 | 139,677 | +91.4 | -30.8 |
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) | 21,306 | 21,440 | 24,913 | 186,303 | -1.0 | -10.4 |
MTOW (in tonnes) | 796,614 | 590,574 | 977,358 | 5,824,267 | +87.3 | -29.2 |
Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
09/2022 | 09/2021 | 09/2019 | 01-09/2022 |
Diff. % 2021 |
Diff. % 2019 | |
Passengers arr+dep+transit | 658,569 | 418,474 | 762,361 | 4,405,132 | +185.8 | -21.8 |
Local passengers arr+dep | 657,196 | 417,939 | 758,113 | 4,398,374 | +185.8 | -21.5 |
Transfer passengers arr+dep | 1,370 | 520 | 4,212 | 6,736 | +170.1 | -79.7 |
Flight movements arr+dep | 4,118 | 3,414 | 5,076 | 30,568 | +95.0 | -22.9 |
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) | 1,630 | 1,154 | 1,249 | 11,996 | +8.2 | +2.7 |
MTOW (in tonnes) | 160,160 | 130,430 | 196,665 | 1,178,784 | +101.7 | -21.8 |
Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
09/2022 | 09/2021 | 09/2019 | 01-09/2022 |
Diff. % 2021 |
Diff. % 2019 | |
Passengers arr+dep+transit | 61,968 | 23,766 | 63,392 | 446,065 | +284.3 | -5.3 |
Local passengers arr+dep | 61,968 | 23,766 | 63,392 | 445,877 | +284.1 | -5.3 |
Transfer passengers arr+dep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. |
Flight movements arr+dep | 526 | 220 | 652 | 3,601 | +270.5 | -26.8 |
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | n.a. | -98.3 |
MTOW (in tonnes) | 17,936 | 7,802 | 18,495 | 120,392 | +252.8 | -6.4 |
Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
09/2022 | 09/2021 | 09/2019 | 01-09/2022 |
Diff. % 2021 |
Diff. % 2019 | |
Passengers arr+dep+transit | 3,371,129 | 2,017,555 | 3,803,164 | 22,280,971 | +163.6 | -25.9 |
Local passengers arr+dep | 2,634,049 | 1,666,244 | 3,067,595 | 17,876,581 | +167.4 | -26.8 |
Transfer passengers arr+dep | 729,134 | 347,130 | 727,448 | 4,346,006 | +150.0 | -21.1 |
Flight movements arr+dep | 24,139 | 18,308 | 29,959 | 173,846 | +94.0 | -29.5 |
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) | 22,936 | 22,594 | 26,163 | 198,300 | -0.5 | -9.7 |
MTOW (in tonnes) | 974,710 | 728,806 | 1,192,518 | 7,123,443 | +91.1 | -27.7 |
Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer and transit passengers,
Traffic data adjusted.
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