Autriche : Vienna airport : 7 % rise in passenger numbers
Vienna airport recorded a 7% increase in the amount of passengers last year. New runway and new long distance destinations are planned to open in 2012, which however should be a challenging year.
Vienna International Airport, the biggest and busiest airport in Austria, released its 2011 statistics showing an increase of 7% in the number of passengers. In total 21 million travelers checked in at the airport last year.
The airport's representatives emphasized especially the rise of 4% in the amount of travelers heading to the Middle East. Even better results were recorded regarding the Eastern Europe (+15%) and Western Europe (+7%). The biggest number of passengers flew to Frankfurt (540,000), London (450,000) and Zurich (430,000).