Passenger numbers continue to rise: Vienna Airport records record growth!

Passenger numbers continue to rise: Vienna Airport records record growth!

In November 2024, Vienna Airport enjoyed remarkable growth: compared to the previous year, the number of visitors increased by 10.0% to a total of 2,936,271 passengers in the entire airport group, which also includes the Malta Airport and Kosice Airport. At the Vienna location, the plus was 7.4%, which corresponds to 2,264,936 travelers. This growth is a clear trend, because even on December 10, 2024, the 30 millionth passenger of the year was welcomed at Vienna Airport. The local passengers are particularly impressive, the number of which recorded an increase of 9.4% with 1,850,561 travelers, while the transfer passengers reacted with a slight decline to 407,822 passengers (-0.7%), such as ots.at

In addition, the flight movements in November increase to 17,291 starts and landings (+4.1%), while the freight volume grew by a remarkable 23.5% to 27,134 tons. Among the goals, the connection to Western Europe benefited in particular, where 754,091 travelers (+6.1%) were counted, while the Far East was also booming with an impressive increase from 27.6% to 47,388 passengers. Very positive figures also came from the airport Vienna group: Malta Airport recorded a passenger growth from 19.2% to 630,637 travelers, while Kosice Airport even increased by 29% to 40,698 travelers, such as Austrianwings.info reported.

In the period from January to November 2024, the positive development remains unbroken. Here the cumulative passenger volume in Vienna rose by 7.3% to 29,339,140 passengers, which even exceeds the level before the 2019 crisis - a clear sign of relaxation in the aviation industry. The freight volume was increased by 21.6% during this period, which underlines the overall strong results. Vienna Airport thus shows that it is on a stable growth course that could continue in the coming months.