Bird strike sends Air Malta flight back to Berlin
Air Malta confirms that flight KM377, operating from Berlin to Malta on 31 December 2022, encountered a bird strike shortly after take-off at 17:50.The...
Challenge Airlines MT carries 350-year-old Flemish tapestries on its inaugural flight from Liege to Malta.
Challenger Airlines MT received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from Transport Malta on 1 November. The first cargo carried by the airline on its...
Flughafen Wien Group in first 9 months of 2022: Upward trend continues for passenger volume, revenue and earnings
Q1-3/2022: Significant year-on-year improvement in the Group to 22.3 million passengers – 17.4 million passengers at Vienna AirportFinancial performance indicators for Q1-3/2022:...
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...
650,000 passengers through Malta International Airport in September, bringing peak season to a close
Malta International Airport welcomed 2.66 million passengers in the peak summer months
September SLF stood at 89.5 per cent, marking a 3.3 per...
Flughafen Wien Group in H1 2022: The airport business is buzzing again
Significantly improved business results for the first half of 2022: revenue doubled to € 294.7 million and earnings up to € 52.3 millionH1/2022:...
European Commission approves €12 million Maltese aid measure to compensate Malta International Airport for the damage suffered due to the coronavirus pandemic
The European Commission has found a €12 million Maltese aid measure in favour of the owner and operator of Malta International Airport plc to...
Air Malta provides additional summer capacity
Air Malta announced today that following significant demand for air travel post-Covid, it has leased an additional aircraft to be able to offer added...
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport still more than quarter below pre-crisis level of May 2019
May 2022 Traffic Results: 2,796,920 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 2,113,282 by Vienna Airport – Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport is...
A disaster narrowly avoided while towing a Ryanair aircraft at Malta Airport
A major explosion was narrowly avoided when, on 2 April 2021, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (registered 9H-QCJ and operated by Malta Air) collided with...
airBaltic adds flights to Malta, Yerevan, Baku
Latvian airline airBaltic announces that during the summer 2022 season it will offer passengers flights from Riga to Malta, Yerevan (Armenia) and Baku (Azerbaijan).Martin...
Flughafen Wien passenger volume in January about half of the pre-crisis level but a four-fold increase vs. 2021
January 2022 Traffic Results: Passenger volume about half of the pre-crisis level but a four-fold increase vs. 2021 – 991,442 passengers handled by the...
Malta Airport briefly closed after light aircraft accident, flight from Amsterdam diverted
Malta Airport at Luqa was briefly closed on Thursday afternoon after a light aircraft had a landing mishap on the main runway 13/31 at...
Malta International Airport marks 30 years since the terminal’s inauguration
On 9 February 1992, 140 passengers arrived at Malta International Airport on board a direct flight from Moscow. These passengers were the first to...
Vienna Airport reports 10.4 million passengers in 2021 (-67.1% vs 2019), expects 17 million in 2022
Vienna Airport reports 10.4 million passengers in the crisis year of 2021, a decline of 67.1% from the pre-crisis level of 2019 –...
European Airports urge EU to investigate Malta for breaching COVID-19 travel rules
ACI Europe, which represents European airports, has urged the European Commission to investigate Malta for “breaching” EU travel rules.
PoliticoPro has seen a letter that...
Vienna November 2021 traffic results: Passenger volume about half of the pre-crisis level
1.4 million passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 1.1 million by Vienna AirportThe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be perceptible:...
2.0 million passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 1.6 million at Vienna Airport in September 2021
Traffic results show slight upward trendThe slight upward trend continued in September 2021 following the increase in passenger volume during the summer months. The...
2.2 million passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (1.8 million at Vienna) in August 2021, its strongest month in summer
More than double the number of passengers compared to August 2020, but still a 45.3% drop from the pre-crisis level of August 2019
The Flughafen...
Flughafen Wien AG: substantial rise in passenger volume in July 2021 following very difficult first half-year
Increasingly avid Austrian travellers are more frequently enjoying summer vacations again Revised guidance: Passenger volume in the Flughafen Wien Group of only 12-13 million...