Vienna Airport: 4.1% rise in passenger volume in August 2014
11-Sep-2014 The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport rose by 4.1% in August 2014 compared to August 2013 to 2,275,933 passengers. Accordingly, August 2014 showed the highest monthly passenger volume ever recorded at Vienna Airport. Total air cargo increased by 11.7%, whereas the number of flight movements was up 1.5% and the maximum take-off weight climbed by 5.9%.
In August 2014 Vienna Airport reported a 3.0% decline in the number of transfer passengers from August 2013. The number of local passengers was up 7.2% in the same period.
The number of passengers flying to Western Europe increased by 4.5% in August 2014, in contrast to the 7.7% drop in passenger traffic to Eastern Europe. The Middle East region showed an increase of 7.5% in August 2014, whereas passenger volume to destinations in the Far East climbed by 18.3%. The number of passengers flying to North America also increased, rising by 36.5% compared to August 2013.
The strategic investments of Flughafen Wien AG also developed gratifyingly. Malta Airport reported a cumulative passenger growth of 8.0% in the period January-August 2014 to 2.9 million passengers in the first eight months of the year. The number of passengers handled by Kosice Airport also rose by 51.2% in the same period to 258,611 passengers.
Results in detail
| August 2014 | Change in % | January - August 2014 | Change in % | |
| Total number of passengers | 2,275,933 | +4.1 | 15,033,962 | +3.0 |
| Local passengers | 1,550,052 | +7.2 | 10,550,194 | +5.1 |
| Transfer passengers | 713,470 | -3.0 | 4,441,476 | -2.1 |
| Maximum take-off weight
(tonnes) |
757,442 | +5.9 | 5,426,651 | +3.4 |
| Flight movements
(arrivals + departures) |
21,025 | +1.5 | 154,851 | +0.1 |
| Cargo in tonnes
(air cargo and trucking) |
22,090 | +11.7 | 175,425 | +7.6 |