June Traffic at FRA on High Previous Year's Level Passengers, Airfreight, and Aircraft Movements at Group Airports Stay on Course for Growth
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frankfurt Airport
(FRA) recorded noticeable growth in the first half of 2008. From January
through June some 26,265,335 passengers used the FRA global air
transportation hub - 2.2 percent more than in the same period last year.
Airfreight throughput at Germany's largest airport reached 1,047,681 metric
tons in the first six months of 2008 - representing a 3.8 percent rise.
The number of aircraft movements at FRA in the same period remained
nearly unchanged at 241,646 takeoffs and landings. In contrast, accumulated
maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) continued to climb strongly by 2 percent to
14,056,442 metric tons. In view of FRA's capacity constraints, this
development again reflected the trend - seen for many months - toward an
increasing use of bigger aircraft on the available slots.
With 4,807,710 passengers served in June 2008 (-0.5 percent), activity
reached nearly the high previous year's level. At the same time, FRA recorded
its busiest-ever June for airfreight: 177,520 metric tons handled in the
reporting month represented a rise of 0.9 percent on the previous June record
in 2007. In keeping with expectations, airmail declined by 4.1 percent to
7,178 metric tons.
The number of aircraft movements at FRA remained steady in June: 41,994
takeoffs and landings represented a slight 0.2 percent year-on-year drop.
Nonetheless, accumulated MTOWs continued to climb in June to the new historic
high of 2,442,379 metric tons, exceeding the previous record-June in 2007 by
1.1 percent.
The Fraport Group's six majority-owned airports registered a total of
36,624,192 passengers in the first two quarters of 2008 - 3.7 percent more
than in the comparable period last year.
Antalya and Lima airports achieved the highest growth rates: Peru's Lima
Airport (LIM) welcomed 3,970,741 passengers (up 14.6 percent) from January to
June. Fraport's terminals at Antalya Airport (AYT) served 3,637,242
passengers, 9.5 percent more than in the same period in 2007. The summer
travel surge also
boosted traffic at the Group's airports in Bulgaria: Burgas Airport (BOJ)
rose 0.6 percent to 485,533 passengers, while Varna (VAR) reported 444,070
passengers (up 2.7 percent) in the first half year. Only Frankfurt-Hahn
Airport (HHN) registered a 5.8 percent drop to 1,823,852 passengers compared
to the first half of 2007.
Cargo throughput at the Group's airports climbed 6.1 percent to 1,250,146
metric tons of airfreight and airmail in the first six months of 2008. In
addition, aircraft movements at Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Lima, Antalya,
Burgas and Varna airports increased by 3 percent to 348,915 takeoffs and
landings.
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ANR 25/2008 - July 11, 2008
June Change(2) Jan.-June Change(2)
2008 June 08/ 2008 Jan.-June
June 07 08/07
Passengers(1) 4,807,710 -0.5 % 26,265,335 2.2 %
Airfreight(1)
in metric tons177,520 0.9 %1.047,681 3.8 %
Airmail
in metric tons 7,178 -4.1 % 44,662-1.3 %
Aircraft Movements(3) 41,994 -0.2 % 241,646 0.0 %
MTOWs 2,442,379 1.1 % 14,056,442 2.0 %
in metric tons
Punctuality
share of punctual arrivals
and departures in percent75.6 73.0
Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - June 2008
ANR 25/2008 > July 11, 2008
Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for June 2008
Airports Cargo Aircraft
Passengers(i) Change in metric Change Movements Change
absolute in % tons (incl. in % absolutein %
airmail)
Frankfurt (FRA) 4,807,122-0.5182,629 0.641,994-0.2
Antalya (AYT)(ii) 1,182,88710.8 n.a.n.a. 8,19219.4
Burgas (BOJ)372,081-0.8 84 -85.0 2,950 0.8
Frankfurt-Hahn(HHN) 376,039 1.7 12,178 26.4 3,755 0.2
Lima (LIM)(iii) 656,57410.3 17,121 10.3 7,944 6.1
Varna (VAR) 255,030-1.9 n.a. n.a. 2,274-2.8
Fraport Group(iv) 7,649,733 2.0212,0122.3 67,109 2.5
(1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Change over previous year
(3) Excluding military flights
(i) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)
(ii) Terminal 1 + domestic terminal (adjusted for base value 2007)
(iii) Figures provided by LIM
(iv) Base value 2007 = Group Airports (majority owned) as of 2007, plus
AYT domestic terminal
For Further information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press
Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM)
60547 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax: +49-69-690-60548;
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com
SOURCE Fraport AG
