Vienna Airport handled 29.5 million passengers last year, an increase of 24.7 percent and the second best result in the airport’s history. But this year the records will be shattered.
Vienna Airport handled 29.5 million passengers last year, an increase of 24.7 percent and the second best result in the airport’s history. 93 percent of the pre-crisis level of 2019 has been reached. The top destinations for air travel last year were Antalya, Mallorca, Barcelona, Bangkok, New York and Taipei, while the countries were Germany, Spain and Italy. This year too, approximately 30 million passengers are expected.
Record forecast for 2024
Vienna Airport predicts record revenue and net profit in 2024. “With the new southern extension, which will come into service in 2027, we will overtake the top airports internationally,” said board member Julian Jäger in a press release.
And further: “Our international investments in Malta and Kosice are recording passenger records; both have already exceeded pre-crisis levels of 2019. We expect air traffic growth rates to normalize in 2024. The catch-up effect after the pandemic, which has been extremely strong over the past two years, will decrease somewhat in 2024 and we expect a passenger volume of around 30 million passengers for the year as a whole.”
Investments pay off
The Flughafen Wien Group’s international investments are even expected to exceed pre-crisis levels by 2023. Malta Airport recorded passenger growth to 7.8 million travellers, which represents an increase of 6.7 percent compared to pre-crisis levels in 2019. Kosice Airport achieved passenger growth to 622,012 travelers, which is twelve percent above pre-crisis levels the crisis is. 2019.
Source: Krone
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