Fraport Traffic Figures - October 2011: Passenger Traffic and Aircraft Movements at Frankfurt Airport Grow Slightly

FRANKFURT, Germany, November 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Frankfurt Airport's (FRA) passenger traffic rose by 2.5 percent year-on-year in the reporting month of October 2011.  Almost 5.15 million passengers used the FRA global air transportation hub - approximately 126,000 more passengers than in the previous peak-October month of 2010.  Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed by 0.8 percent to 2.57 million metric tons.  Aircraft movements increased by 0.5 percent to about 42,500 takeoffs and landings.  Airfreight was the lone traffic segment to register a 9.3 percent decline to about 187,000 metric tons.  

FRA's new Runway Northwest, which Fraport inaugurated on October 21, did not impact the latest traffic statistics yet.  However, Fraport AG indicates that since the start of the Winter Timetable 20011/2012 on October 30 FRA has recorded additional flight traffic and stronger passenger figures.

The Fraport Group's five majority-owned airports - Frankfurt (FRA), Antayla (AYT) in the Turkish Riviera, Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) on Bulgaria's Black Sea coat, and Lima (LIM) in Peru - served a total of 8.91 million passengers in October 2011, advancing 4.7 percent year-on-year.  Cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) for the Group reached more than 220,000 metric tons, down 7.3 percent year-on-year.  Total aircraft movements for the Group grew by 2.3 percent year-on-year to 72,400 takeoffs and landings.  

During the ten month January-to-October period the Group majority-owned airports welcomed a total of 84.5 million passengers, a jump of 9.2 percent year-on-year.

ANR 34/2011 - November 10, 2011

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - October 2011

                                 Change[2]               Change[2]
                                 Oct. 11/ Jan. - Oct.  Jan. - Oct.
                       Oct. 2011 Oct. 10      2011      2011/2010
       Passengers[1]    5,145,144   2.5 %     47,896,533   6.2 %

       Airfreight[1]
      in metric tons     186,967   -9.3 %      1,823,174  -1.6 %

        Airmail[1]
      in metric tons       7,026   5.0 %          65,354   6.6 %

    Aircraft Movements    42,545   0.5 %         408,725   4.4 %
          MTOWs
      in metric tons   2,574,572   0.8 %      24,592,849   4.8 %

    Punctuality
    share of punctual
    arrivals
    and departures in
    percent                 71.8                  75.0

1 Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

2 Change over previous year

                   Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for October 2011

                                      Cargo in
                                       metric              Aircraft
                 Passengers[1] Change tons abs.  Change    Movements  Change
                                         (+
    Airports       absolutx     in %  airmail)    in %     absolute     in %
    Frankfurt
    (FRA)            5,145,853   2.5    190,927   -9.0      42,545      0.5
    Antalya
    (AYT)            2,636,104   7.8    n.a.      n.a.      17,320      4.9
    Burgas (BOJ)        47,309  49.7        581  -34.3         761     55.9
    Lima (LIM)[2]     1,055,933  9.6     28,681    6.8      11,438      7.0
    Varna (VAR)         22,483 -54.9          3  -58.8         326    -54.8
    Fraport
    Group            8,906,682   4.7    220,191   -7.3      72,390      2.3

1 Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)

2 Figures provided by LIM

For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR
International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS),
Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany    
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail:  r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com