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Vienna Airport Shows Growth Once Again in Q1/2019 - Seite 3

handling services provided by Vienna Aircraft Handling (VAH) and Vienna
Passenger Handling Services (VPHS) and services provided by GetService
Dienstleistungsgesellschaft m.b.H. The Retail & Properties Segment reported a
11.9% rise in revenue in the first three months of 2019 to EUR 36.2 million.
Segment EBIT totalled EUR 20.2 million (Q1/2018: EUR 16.8 million). Revenue of
the Malta Segment climbed 11.9% to EUR 15.6 million and segment EBIT improved to
EUR 4.6 million (Q1/2018: 3.5 million). Revenue of the Other Segments equalled
EUR 3.9 million in Q1/2019 (Q1/2018: EUR 3.7 million), whereas segment EBIT
amounted to EUR 0.9 million (Q1/2018: EUR 1.4 million).


Investments

Total investments in the first three months of 2019 amounted to EUR 25.9
million, with the largest investments relating to Office Park 4 with EUR 5.2
million followed by investments of EUR 2.5 million for Hangars 8 and 9 and EUR
2.0 million for the terminal development projects. A total of EUR 5.2 million
was invested at Malta Airport in the first quarter of 2019 for airport traffic
surfaces and preparations for a new parking garage.


Flughafen Wien Group considerably raises revenue and earnings guidance for 2019

The Flughafen Wien Group is considerably improving its initial financial
guidance due to the good business development. Revenue in 2019 is expected to
rise to over EUR 830 million, whereas Group EBITDA should exceed EUR 375 million
and the net profit for the period is expected to be at least EUR 170 million.
About EUR 220 million in investments are planned in the year 2019.

The Flughafen Wien Group including the foreign strategic investments in Malta
Airport and Kosice Airport anticipates passenger growth of 8-10% for the year
2019. Passenger volume at Vienna Airport is expected to climb by more than 10%
to approx. 30 million travellers.


* Net profit for the period before non-controlling interests
** Traffic data adjusted
*** Net debt adjusted due to IFRS 16 lease liabilities; comparable figure for
beginning of the year adjusted accordingly




Traffic development in April 2019:


Flughafen Wien Group handles 3.4 million passengers (+22.8%)

In April 2019, the total number of passengers handled by the Flughafen Wien
Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport and Kosice Airport) rose by 22.8% to 3.4
million travellers. The accumulated passenger volume in the period January-April
was up by 20.8% to 10.8 million. Vienna Airport registered a substantial
increase in passenger volume of 25.2% to 8,803,884 million travellers from