Vienna International Airport pax down 1% on airline capacity reductions, cargo up 8% in Jul-2013

Austria's Vienna International Airport passenger numbers down 1% - traffic highlights for Jul-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 2.2 million, -1.3% year-on-year;
• Cargo volume: 20,430 tonnes, +7.7%;
• Aircraft movements: 21,129, -4.2%. [more - original PR]

The airport attributed passenger decline to capacity reductions by airlines. Passenger traffic to Eastern Europe fell 2.1% while passenger traffic to Western Europe increased 1.1%. Middle Eastern traffic fell 15.7%.