- Business
- Flughafen Wien AG operates Vienna International Airport, Europe's 19th largest airport by passenger volume, and manages a group of international airports including equity-accounted investments in Malta International Airport and Kosice Airport in Slovakia; the company was founded in 1938 and maintains its headquarters in Schwechat, Austria. Its core segments encompass Airport operations covering maintenance of movement areas, terminals, passenger and baggage handling facilities, and security controls; Handling & Security Services providing aircraft, passenger, cargo, and ramp handling for scheduled, charter, and general aviation traffic along with passenger and hand luggage checks; Retail & Properties delivering shopping, food and beverage outlets, lounges, parking management, advertising space marketing, real estate development, and rentals of office and cargo areas; Malta operations generating revenue from aviation services, parking, and retail/office leasing; and Other services including technical repairs, energy supply, waste disposal, IT, infrastructure construction, and consulting for group entities and external clients. Geographically, the group serves a broad catchment area spanning Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, with Vienna functioning as a key Lufthansa Group hub emphasizing Central and Eastern European transfers (85% intra-European routes), long-haul connections to Asia, North America, and Africa, and strong growth from low-cost carriers holding nearly 30% market share alongside Austrian Airlines at 46%. Recent developments include the November 2025 decision to halt the planned third runway project, enabling growth to 52 million annual passengers via terminal expansions and the existing two-runway system while adjusting 2025 net income guidance to EUR 210 million; formation in April 2025 of Vienna Airport Logistics GmbH, an equity joint venture with Bradford Airport Logistics to establish a centralized logistics hub for Terminal 3 Southern Expansion launching in 2027; a November 2025 strategic partnership with Nemetschek Group to deploy dRofus dTwin as the Airport BIM & Facility Integration Platform for optimized operations and asset management; groundbreaking for a new central logistics hub and EUR 420 million terminal expansion set for 2027 operations; sustained record passenger growth to 31.7 million at Vienna in 2024 surpassing pre-crisis levels, with group-wide figures reaching 41.4 million; and revenue exceeding EUR 1 billion for the first time in 2024 alongside robust cargo increases including 22% growth and pharma handling up 15.3%.