FRANKFURT, Germany, November 13 Fraport-AG
FRANKFURT, Germany, November 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In October
2008, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
increased by 0.8 percent year-on-year and advanced by 1.2 percent for the
ten-month January-to-October 2008 period. This growth in MTOWs reflects the
greater utilization of larger aircraft at FRA; a gain in the number of
widebody jets indicates that Frankfurt's share of the lucrative
intercontinental passenger market has increased further.
Current developments in the world economy with its downward business
trend have impacted other traffic results. In October 2008, Frankfurt Airport
served 4,718,017 passengers, down 4.9 percent year-on-year. Monthly
airfreight throughput dropped by 4.1 percent year-on-year to 176,656 metric
tons. Aircraft movements declined by 1.6 percent below the same period last
year to 42,559 takeoffs and landings.
From January to October 2008, FRA still recorded a 0.6 percent increase
in airfreight tonnage to 1,732,053 metric tons, while passenger figures
slipped by 0.4 percent to 45,801,555 and aircraft movements sank by 0.8
percent to 410,795.
For the entire year of 2008, Fraport is expecting passenger traffic to
drop by between 1.0 and 1.5 percent. However, Fraport expects the
particularly attractive intercontinental segment to continue growing by about
one percent. Group-wide, Fraport also sees about a one-percent gain in
passenger figures for the entire year.
Particularly strong passenger growth at the Fraport Group's
majority-owned airports of Antalya (AYT) in Turkey and Lima (LIM) in Peru
resulted in a traffic surge of 14.7 percent and 6.4 percent respectively.
Passenger increases were also registered at the Bulgarian airports of Burgas
(BOJ), up 1.3 percent, and Varna (VAR), up 2.0 percent. Traffic at
Frankfurt-Hahn was stagnant, slipping slightly by 0.2 percent.
From January to October 2008, the Group's airports (including FRA) served
a total of 67,813,443 passengers and recorded a 1.6 percent jump in traffic.
Cargo tonnage (airfreight plus airmail) rose by 2.0 percent to 2,086,442
metric tons, while aircraft movements also climbed by 2.0 percent to 619,128
takeoffs and landings.
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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - October 2008
Change(2) Change(2)
October
2008 Oct. 08/Jan. - Oct.Jan. - Oct.
Oct. 07 200808/07
Passengers(1)4,718,017 -4.9 % 45,801,555-0.4 %
Airfreight(1)
in metric tons 176,656 -4.1 % 1,732,053 0.6 %
Airmail
in metric tons 7,501 -9.6 % 73,386-3.9 %
Aircraft Movements(3) 42,559 -1.6 %410,795-0.8 %
MTOWs
in metric tons 2,487,8190.8 % 23,964,395 1.2 %
Punctuality 73.974.6
share of punctual
arrivals
and departures in
percent
(1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Change over previous year
(3) Excluding military flights
Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for October 2008
Cargo
Airports Changein Change AircraftChange
Passengers(1) metricMovements
absolute in %tons in %absolute in %
(incl.
airmail)
Frankfurt 4,717,437 -4.9 181,816 -4.7 42,559 -1.6
(FRA)
Antalya 872,214 14.7 n.a. n.a. 6,427 19.1
(AYT)(2)
Burgas (BOJ) 41,0341.3 98-48.6738 25.5
Frankfurt-Hahn 371,779 -0.2 10,784 -9.5 3,458 -3.4
(HHN)
Lima (LIM)(3) 721,8096.4 22,302 -5.7 8,384 2.3
Varna (VAR) 61,4652.0 n.a. n.a.920 0.4
Fraport 6,785,738 -1.2 215,000 -5.1 62,486 0.9
Group(4)
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(1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Terminal 1 + domestic terminal (adjusted for base value 2007)
(3) Figures provided by LIM
(4) 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
