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Fraport Traffic Figures 2020: Passenger Numbers Fall to Historic Low Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic


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18 Jan, 2021, 06:00 GMT

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Massive passenger slump recorded at Frankfurt Airport and Fraport's Group airports worldwide – Relatively low decline in FRA's cargo volumes  

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FRA/gk-rap – Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 18.8 million passengers in 2020, representing a decrease of 73.4 percent compared to 2019. With the outbreak of the Covid-19 global pandemic, Frankfurt Airport started to experience a major decline in passenger traffic in mid-March 2020. Between April and June, traffic almost came to a complete standstill – with weekly passenger figures plummeting by up to 98 percent year-on-year. Following a slight traffic recovery in the third quarter of 2020, a new rise in coronavirus infection rates led to intensified travel restrictions. This resulted in passenger numbers falling sharply once again in September and remaining low for the rest of the year. 

Fraport AG's executive board chairman, Dr. Stefan Schulte, commented: "The year 2020 brought extreme challenges to the entire aviation industry. In Frankfurt, passenger volumes dropped to a level last seen in 1984. Cargo traffic was one of the few bright spots, reaching almost the same level as in 2019 – despite the loss of "belly freight" capacity on passenger aircraft. Aviation played a vital role in ensuring the supply of essential medical goods to the world's population, particularly during the first lockdown."

Aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport contracted by 58.7 percent year-on-year to 212,235 takeoffs and landings in 2020. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) shrank by 53.3 percent to about 14.9 million metric tons. In comparison, cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) registered a relatively minor dip of only 8.3 percent year-on-year to just under 2.0 million metric tons.

In December 2020, FRA's passenger traffic slumped by 81.7 percent to 891,925 travelers. With 13,627 takeoffs and landings, aircraft movements declined by 62.8 percent compared to December 2019. MTOWs were down 53.6 percent to about 1.1 million metric tons. Cargo throughput grew by 9.0 percent to 185,687 metric tons in December 2020, rising for the third consecutive month.

Looking forward, CEO Schulte said: "Because of the recent launch of vaccination programs throughout many countries, we are optimistic that travel restrictions will be gradually lifted beginning in the spring.  Therefore, we expect Frankfurt's passenger traffic to rebound noticeably in the second half of 2021. Nevertheless, we have to realize that a difficult year lies ahead of us. While we are confident passenger traffic will exceed last year's level, we still expect Frankfurt to reach only 35 to 45 percent of the 2019 level."

Fraport's international portfolio also hit by sharp traffic declines  

Across the Group, the airports in Fraport's international portfolio also recorded a sharp decline in passenger traffic during 2020. However, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the individual Group airports to varying degrees over the months. At times, regular passenger operations were even suspended at some airports (Ljubljana, Antalya and Lima). In addition, wide-ranging travel restrictions affected most of the Group airports beginning in the spring.

Traffic at Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport (LJU) fell by 83.3 percent last year to 288,235 passengers (December 2020: down 93.7 percent). The Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) together received about 6.7 million passengers, representing a 56.7 percent decrease year-on-year (December 2020: down 46.2 percent). Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) reported a 70.3 percent slide in traffic to around 7.0 million passengers (December 2020: down 61.6 percent).

Serving a total of about 8.6 million passengers in 2020, the 14 Greek regional airports experienced a 71.4 percent plunge in traffic (December 2020: down 85.3 percent). Combined traffic at the Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast decreased by 78.9 percent to about 1.0 million passengers (December 2020: down 69.7 percent).

Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey registered a 72.6 percent decline in traffic to about 9.7 million passengers (December 2020: down 69.8 percent). Last year, Russia's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg saw traffic drop by 44.1 percent to about 10.9 million passengers (December 2020: down 38.5 percent). Xi'an Airport (XIY) in China achieved a slight recovery in the course of the year, following a strong reduction in traffic during the spring. In 2020, XIY registered about 31.0 million passengers – a 34.2 percent decrease year-on-year (December 2020: down 14.8 percent).

Print-quality photos of Fraport AG and Frankfurt Airport are available for free downloading via the photo library on the Fraport Web site. For TV news and information broadcasting purposes only, we also offer free footage material for downloading.  If you wish to meet a member of our Media Relations team when at Frankfurt Airport, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our contact details are available here.

Fraport AG


Dana Selin Kröll

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Corporate Communications

E-mail: d.kroell@fraport.de

Media Relations

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Fraport Traffic Figures









December 2020






























Fraport Group Airports1


December 2020




Year to Date (YTD) 2020






Fraport

Passengers

Cargo*

Movements

Passengers

Cargo

Movements

Fully-consolidated airports

share (%)

Month

Δ %

Month

Δ %

Month

Δ %

YTD

Δ %

YTD

Δ %

YTD

Δ %

FRA

Frankfurt

Germany

100.00

891,794

-81.7

182,568

8.9

13,627

-62.8

18,768,601

-73.4

1,914,285

-8.5

212,235

-58.7

LJU

Ljubljana

Slovenia

100.00

5,422

-93.7

1,143

11.0

686

-61.4

288,235

-83.3

10,559

-7.1

12,980

-58.8

Fraport Brasil

100.00

782,592

-46.2

6,111

-25.1

7,952

-38.3

6,718,048

-56.7

51,528

-39.8

70,809

-48.5

FOR

Fortaleza

Brazil

100.00

361,676

-47.7

3,494

-32.4

3,662

-34.7

3,156,418

-56.3

29,356

-39.3

32,897

-44.9

POA

Porto Alegre

Brazil

100.00

420,916

-44.8

2,617

-12.5

4,290

-41.1

3,561,630

-57.1

22,172

-40.4

37,912

-51.2

LIM

Lima

Peru

80.01

768,959

-61.6

18,422

-28.4

7,673

-54.9

7,017,414

-70.3

190,365

-29.8

73,255

-63.0

Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A+B

73.40

102,623

-85.3

471

-29.9

3,036

-56.2

8,611,780

-71.4

5,330

-29.9

101,007

-58.9

Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A

73.40

69,107

-87.2

400

-28.2

1,894

-59.3

4,838,669

-71.0

4,266

-26.6

54,767

-58.2

CFU

Kerkyra (Corfu)

Greece

73.40

4,826

-78.6

7

-18.7

229

-27.8

961,037

-70.7

72

-59.7

10,889

-57.0

CHQ

Chania (Crete)

Greece

73.40

9,125

-83.6

20

18.7

224

-55.4

703,482

-76.4

180

-52.7

7,392

-63.9

EFL

Kefalonia 

Greece

73.40

992

-72.0

0

0.0

88

-20.0

192,477

-75.1

2

> 100.0

3,184

-56.7

KVA

Kavala 

Greece

73.40

794

-85.3

2

-80.8

30

-74.6

72,674

-77.5

38

-61.8

1,142

-67.0

PVK

Aktion/Preveza

Greece

73.40

176

-52.0

0

n.a.

58

3.6

161,408

-74.2

0

-100.0

2,342

-58.1

SKG

Thessaloniki

Greece

73.40

52,035

-88.4

371

-28.9

1,187

-65.6

2,317,336

-66.4

3,974

-22.8

24,966

-55.2

ZTH

Zakynthos 

Greece

73.40

1,159

-63.7

0

n.a.

78

-22.0

430,255

-76.2

0

-98.4

4,852

-63.2

Fraport Regional Airports of Greece B

73.40

33,516

-78.6

72

-38.2

1,142

-49.7

3,773,111

-72.0

1,064

-40.5

46,240

-59.6

JMK

Mykonos 

Greece

73.40

1,400

-80.6

1

-49.0

56

-60.3

409,060

-73.1

47

-46.9

7,556

-59.8

JSI

Skiathos 

Greece

73.40

416

-61.8

0

n.a.

34

-22.7

88,916

-80.1

0

n.a.

1,600

-61.7

JTR

Santorini (Thira)

Greece

73.40

3,049

-90.4

4

-48.5

120

-73.0

572,963

-75.1

66

-61.2

7,286

-65.8

KGS

Kos 

Greece

73.40

4,577

-75.9

7

-70.0

182

-47.1

800,655

-70.1

162

-50.2

7,994

-59.6

MJT

Mytilene (Lesvos)

Greece

73.40

7,053

-75.0

22

-11.7

234

-48.9

206,095

-58.5

228

-34.6

3,729

-43.2

RHO

Rhodes

Greece

73.40

12,388

-78.2

26

-31.8

330

-39.1

1,551,123

-72.0

377

-39.8

14,801

-60.5

SMI

Samos

Greece

73.40

4,633

-63.2

11

-40.8

186

-37.6

144,299

-69.9

184

-20.5

3,274

-47.8

Fraport Twin Star

60.00

27,948

-69.7

1,015

> 100.0

474

-43.0

1,046,467

-78.9

3,934

-19.2

10,960

-69.1

BOJ

Burgas

Bulgaria

60.00

2,590

-79.0

1,014

> 100.0

94

-39.4

424,252

-85.3

3,889

-18.1

4,079

-79.6

VAR

Varna

Bulgaria

60.00

25,358

-68.3

1

-79.4

380

-43.9

622,215

-70.1

44

-64.1

6,881

-55.5
















At equity consolidated airports














AYT

Antalya

Turkey

51.00

263,536

-69.8

n.a.

n.a.

2,473

-61.3

9,713,650

-72.6

n.a.

n.a.

65,223

-68.4

LED

St. Petersburg

Russia

25.00

828,230

-38.5

n.a.

n.a.

8,546

-32.5

10,944,421

-44.1

n.a.

n.a.

105,042

-37.7

XIY

Xi'an

China

24.50

3,212,568

-14.8

42,773

0.9

26,791

-6.4

31,083,681

-34.2

376,320

-1.5

254,607

-26.2

Frankfurt Airport2







December 2020

Month

Δ %

YTD 2020

Δ %

Passengers

891,925

-81.7

18,770,998

-73.4

Cargo (freight & mail)

185,687

9.0

1,952,628

-8.3

Aircraft movements

13,627

-62.8

212,235

-58.7

MTOW (in metric tons)3

1,100,860

-53.6

14,874,646

-53.3

PAX/PAX-flight4

91.7

-35.6

108.6

-26.0

Seat load factor (%)

51.9


58.4


Punctuality rate (%)

74.1


82.9







Frankfurt Airport

PAX share

Δ %5

PAX share

Δ %5

Regional Split

Month


YTD


Continental

59.5

-81.5

66.2

-72.3

 Germany

8.1

-86.5

10.1

-74.3

 Europe (excl. GER)

51.4

-80.4

56.1

-72.0

  Western Europe

41.8

-80.5

47.1

-71.6

   Eastern Europe

9.6

-79.9

9.0

-73.8

Intercontinental

40.5

-82.0

33.8

-75.3

 Africa

6.7

-76.6

4.9

-72.5

 Middle East

7.3

-77.9

5.5

-71.8

 North America

12.5

-83.6

10.6

-78.1

 Central & South Amer.

6.3

-75.9

4.4

-65.6

 Far East

7.7

-87.4

8.3

-78.2

 Australia

0.0

n.a.

0.1

n.a.

Definitions:1 According to ACI definition: Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted once), Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep excluding transit, in metric tons), Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep), preliminary figures; 2Commercial and non-commercial traffic: Passengers (arr+dep+transit counted once, incl. general aviation), Cargo (arr+dep+transit counted once, in metric tons), Movements (arr+dep); 3Inbound traffic only; 4  Scheduled and charter traffic; 5absolute change vs. previous year in % ; *Cargo =Freight + mail

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