September passenger traffic at Vienna Airport already at close to 90% of the pre-crisis level of 2019

• September 2022 Traffic Results: 3,371,129 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 2,650,592 by Vienna Airport

• Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport already at close to 90% of the pre-crisis level of September 2019
• Strong summer travel season with 10,592,745 passengers in Vienna from June to September 2022

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-year 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.

13/10/2022