Traffic development in July 2023: Strong summer travel season increases passenger traffic to almost the pre-crisis level more details

Traffic development in July 2023: Strong summer travel season increases passenger traffic to almost the pre-crisis level

Flughafen Wien Group: 4.1 million passengers in July 2023, 0.8% higher than before the crisis
In July 2023, the Flughafen Wien Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) reported a strong rise in passenger traffic to 4,090,161 travellers (+14.9% vs. July 2022). Accordingly, passenger volume of the Flughafen Wien Group in July 2023 was already slightly higher than the pre-crisis level (+0.8% compared to July 2019).

Vienna Airport: 3.1 million passengers in July 2023, close to the pre-crisis level
Passenger volume at Vienna Airport in the month of July 2023 showed a strong improvement compared to the previous year, with the number of passengers up to a total of 3,144,573 travellers (+13.4%). Accordingly, the total number of passengers handled in July was close to the pre-crisis level (-0.5% below July 2019).

Traffic results in detail
The number of local passengers at Vienna Airport in July 2023 increased year-on-year to 2,394,120 (+18.5%), whereas the number of transfer passengers fell 0.4% to 741,754. Flight movements were up to 21,779 in July 2023 (+12.7% vs. July 2022). The air cargo business reported a volume of 20,546 tonnes, down only 12.0% from the pre-crisis level of July 2019.

The total number of passengers at Vienna Airport flying to destinations in Western Europe in July 2023 climbed to 1,065,687 (+9.5% from July 2022), whereas Eastern European traffic rose to 296,176 passengers (+14.0%). Passenger traffic to North America was up from the prior-year level to 54,317 travellers (+7.9%), and the number of passengers flying to Africa increased to 30,234 (+2.6%). Passenger volume to the Middle East rose to 106,670 travellers (+28.1%), and the number of passengers flying to Far Eastern destinations climbed to 47,036 in July 2023 (+ 139.2%).

Malta Airport reported an increase in passenger volume in the month of July 2023 to 848,716
(+23.2%), already 6.3% above the pre-crisis level in 2019. The total number of passengers handled by Kosice Airport rose to 96,872 (+1.1%), or 0.7% higher than the comparable pre-crisis figure in 2019.

Details on traffic results can be found in the table below.



Traffic development July 2023

Vienna Airport (VIE)

	07/2023	07/2022	07/2019	01-07/2023	Diff. % 2022	Diff. % 2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit	3,144,573	2,773,629	3,161,400	16,472,177	+37.1	-7.6
Local passengers arr+dep	2,394,120	2,020,645	2,356,272	12,689,551	+39.1	-7.6
Transfer passengers arr+dep	741,754	745,074	789,696	3,737,156	+31.4	-6.0
Flight movements arr+dep	21,779	19,319	25,169	125,071	+24.7	-18.3
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)	20,546	21,381	23,348	140,803	-3.1	-11.6
MTOW (in tonnes)	910,858	809,140	1,025,011	5,228,218	+24.2	-16.2

Malta Airport (MLA, fully consolidated)

	07/2023	07/2022	07/2019	01-07/2023	Diff. % 2022	Diff. % 2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit	848,716	689,145	798,453	4,283,186	+41.2	+5.7
Local passengers arr+dep	845,304	688,125	792,947	4,265,751	+40.8	+5.9
Transfer passengers arr+dep	3,412	1,018	5,506	17,424	+276.2	-25.5
Flight movements arr+dep	5,304	4,398	5,306	28,643	+30.0	-1.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)	1,409	1,550	1,247	10,619	+19.3	+16.5
MTOW (in tonnes)	205,340	170,123	201,256	1,118,320	+32.0	+1.1

Flughafen Kosice (KSC, consolidated at equity)

	07/2023	07/2022	07/2019	01-07/2023	Diff. % 2022	Diff. % 2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit	96,872	95,802	96,156	342,991	+20.0	+9.2
Local passengers arr+dep	96,872	95,614	96,156	342,991	+20.1	+9.3
Transfer passengers arr+dep	0	0	0	0	n.a.	n.a.
Flight movements arr+dep	633	666	807	2,569	+7.2	-25.7
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)	0	0	2	0	-44.3	-99.1
MTOW (in tonnes)	21,872	23,053	23,743	83,784	+6.4	-3.2

Vienna Airport and strategic investments (VIE, MLA, KSC)

	07/2023	07/2022	07/2019	01-07/2023	Diff. % 2022	Diff. % 2019
Passengers arr+dep+transit	4,090,161	3,558,576	4,056,009	21,098,354	+37.6	-4.9
Local passengers arr+dep	3,336,296	2,804,384	3,245,375	17,298,293	+39.1	-4.3
Transfer passengers arr+dep	745,166	746,092	795,202	3,754,580	+31.8	-6.1
Flight movements arr+dep	27,716	24,383	31,282	156,283	+25.3	-15.9
Cargo arr+dep (in tonnes)	21,954	22,931	24,597	151,423	-1.8	-10.1
MTOW (in tonnes)	1,138,070	1,002,316	1,250,010	6,430,322	+25.2	-13.5

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