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February 2022 Traffic Results: Upward trend continuing, nearly six-fold increase vs. 2021 – 1,086,887 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group and 874,057 by Vienna Airport in February 2022
 
The slight upward trend continued in February 2022. The total of 1,086,887 passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) and 874,057 by Vienna Airport was nearly six times higher than in February 2021. Passenger volume of the Flughafen Wien Group and Vienna Airport was at 48,3% and 46,9% respectively compared to the pre-crisis level of February 2019.
 
Traffic results at Vienna Airport in February 2022 improved considerably in comparison to February 2021, which was characterised by a low pandemic-related level of passenger traffic. The number of local passengers rose 493.9% year-on-year to 725,221, whereas transfer passenger traffic was up 314.7% to 145,508 travellers. The number of flight movements in February 2022 climbed 211.3% to 8,735 starts and landings. However, this is still only 50.6% of the pre-crisis level of February 2019. Cargo volume was down 1.5% from February 2021 to 18,259 tonnes.
 
Details on passenger traffic
Passenger traffic from Vienna Airport to Western Europe increased year-on-year in February 2022 to 305,061 travellers (+513,0%). The number of passengers flying to Eastern Europe in February 2022 rose to 70,407, comprising a rise of 394.3%. Vienna Airport registered 5,616 passengers flying to North America (+365.3%) and 13,006 to Africa (+253.7%). Passenger traffic to Middle Eastern destinations equalled 31,183 passengers, up 427.6% year-on-year. The number of passengers travelling to destinations in the Far East rose to 7,226 travellers (+186.0%).
 
Passenger traffic registered by the strategic investments of Flughafen Wien AG in February 2022 increased once again in comparison to the low passenger volumes of February 2021. Malta Airport reported a rise in passenger volume to 196,895 travellers (+615.4%), amounting to 54.8% of the pre-crisis level of February 2019. Kosice Airport reported handling 15,935 passengers (+789.7%), or 56.9% of the number of passengers it handled before the coronavirus crisis.
 
Details on traffic results for February 2022 can be found in the table below.
 
Disclaimer
All statements made in this press release that refer to future developments of Flughafen Wien AG/Flughafen-Wien-Group are based on current assumptions and forecasts of the management. If the premises for these forecasts do not occur or risks indicated in the risk report arise, actual results may vary from these estimates. Despite the utmost care, all forward-looking statements are therefore made without guarantee and Flughafen Wien AG/Flughafen-Wien-Group assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
 
Traffic Development February 2022

Vienna Airport (VIE)
  02/2022 02/2021 02/2019 01-02/2022 Diff. %
2021		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 874,057 158,786 1,863,688 1,693,731 +374.3 -54.2
Local passengers arr+dep 725,221 122,115 1,506,199 1,360,595 +403.1 -53.9
Transfer passengers   arr+dep 145,508 35,084 350,308 325,618 +294.9 -55.2
Flight movements arr+dep 8,735 2,806 17,263 18,536 +183.5 -47.7
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 18,259 18,543 20,219 39,029 +2.0 -5.8
MTOW (in tonnes) 372,198 141,662 703,593 804,738 +157.5 -44.4

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)
  02/2022 02/2021 02/2019 01-02/2022 Diff. %
2021		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 196,895 27,524 359,455 356,252 +436.0 -50.9
Local passengers arr+dep 196,786 27,460 358,353 355,746 +437.0 -50.8
Transfer passengers arr+dep 106 62 1,052 502 +132.4 -83.3
Flight movements arr+dep 1,623 443 2,854 3,327 +212.7 -44.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 1,067 1,241 1,234 2,255 -2.7 -12.2
MTOW (in tonnes) 62,543 15,636 108,342 128,462 +241.9 -43.9

Kosice Airport (KSC, consolidated at equity)
  02/2022 02/2021 02/2019 01-02/2022 Diff. %
2021		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 15,935 1,791 27,987 28,486 +509.2 -47.4
Local passengers arr+dep 15,935 1,791 27,987 28,486 +509.2 -47.1
Transfer passengers arr+dep 0 0 0 0 n.a. n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep 134 16 350 258 +377.8 -64.7
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 0 0 5 0 n.a. -100.0
MTOW (in tonnes) 4,354 580 7,592 8,454 +393.2 -46.8

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)
  02/2022 02/2021 02/2019 01-02/2022 Diff. %
2021		 Diff. %
2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit 1,086,887 188,101 2,251,130 2,078,469 +385.4 -53.5
Local passengers arr+dep 937,942 151,366 1,892,539 1,744,827 +411.2 -53.2
Transfer passengers arr+dep 145,614 35,146 351,360 326,120 +294.5 -55.3
Flight movements arr+dep 10,492 3,265 20,467 22,121 +188.9 -47.6
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes) 19,326 19,784 21,457 41,284 +1.7 -6.2
MTOW (in tonnes) 439,095 157,878 819,527 941,654 +167.7 -44.4

Note: Total number of passengers includes local, transfer and transit passengers,
Traffic data adjusted.
 
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