At the beginning of the year, Vienna Airport continued to handle significantly fewer passengers than before the corona crisis, but recorded a significant increase compared to January last year.

The number of travelers was 819.674, four times more than in January 2021, but was 55,2 percent below the pre-crisis level of January 2019, as the airport announced on Tuesday. At Vienna Airport, the number of local passengers fell by 2019 percent compared to the pre-crisis month of January 56,1, and that of transfer passengers by 52,2 percent. Flight movements fell by 46,1 percent and freight by 2,1 percent.

The passenger numbers of the Flughafen Wien Group including Malta Airport and Kosice Airport in January 2022 were still 55,4 below the pre-crisis level (January 2019), but at 991.442 passengers were more than four times as high as in January of the previous year. Passenger volume at Malta Airport fell by 2019 percent compared to January 56,5. Kosice Airport recorded a 52,6 percent decrease in passengers.