Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2011: Frankfurt Records First May Month With More Than Five Million Passengers

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 15, 2011 -

For the first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport (FRA),
May passenger traffic exceeded the five million mark.  In
previous years, this peak usually started in July. With 5.04
million passengers in May 2011, Frankfurt Airport achieved
year-on-year growth of 5.8 percent. This growth rate falls within
the 4 to 7 percent range already forecast by Fraport for the entire
year of 2011.  

Aircraft movements at FRA rose by 3.6 percent to 43,207 takeoffs
and landings in the reporting month.  Maximum takeoff weights
(MTOWs) grew at a similar rate of 3.1 percent to 2.57 million
metric tons.  The strong statistical effect from May 2010
resulted in airfreight tonnage dropping by 7.9 percent in the
reporting month.  Last year, Frankfurt reported a 39.7 percent
jump in airfreight tonnage in May -primarily at the beginning of
May 2010 due to the large amount of unshipped cargo following the
European ash cloud crisis.  

The Fraport Group’s majority-owned airports continued to report
steady traffic growth in the reporting month.  Antalya Airport
(AYT) in the Turkish Riviera registered the highest traffic volume
in May 2011, with 2.7 million passengers and year-on-year growth of
10.5 percent.  Almost reaching the one-million

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passenger mark, Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed 971,815
passengers and recorded even stronger growth of 15.5 percent in May
2011.  Looking at the Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Varna
(VAR) and Burgas (BOJ), BOJ increased faster in May 2011 and for
the year to date.  This can be attributed mainly to the
stronger growth in hotel capacity in the southern coastal region
served by Burgas.  BOJ welcomed 94,006 passengers in May 2011
(up 7.4 percent) while VAR had 74,750 passengers (down 8.7
percent).

Fraport’s majority-owned airports (including FRA) received a
total of some 8.9 million passengers in May 2011, up 8.1 percent
year-on-year.

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Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for
May 2011

                                      Cargo in
                                       metric              Aircraft
                 Passengers(1) Change tons abs.  Change    Movements   Change
                                         (+
      Airports     absolute     in %  airmail)    in %     absolute     in %

      Frankfurt
        (FRA)      5,037,919    5.8    191,837    -7.6      43,207      3.6

      Antalya
       (AYT)       2,743,874   10.5      n.a.      n.a.     17,702      6.3

    Burgas (BOJ)      94,006    7.4      167     -71.9       1,123     11.6

     Lima (LIM)(2)   971,815   15.5   20,895      -4.8      11,615     16.5

     Varna (VAR)      74,750   -8.7        5      -9.0         913    -17.2

       Fraport
        Group        8,922,364  8.1  212,904      -7.5      74,560      5.9

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

2 Figures provided by LIM

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Frankfurt Airport’s Traffic Figures -
May 2011

                                  Change 2               Change 2

                                  May 11/   Jan. - May  Jan. - May
                        May 2011   May 10      2011       11/10

       Passengers (1)  5,038,749  5.8 %   21,444,756     9.2 %
       Airfreight (1) 

      in metric tons      188,143  -7.9 %     918,502     2.6 %
         Airmail (1) 

      in metric tons        6,640  7.3 %       32,572     5.5 %

    Aircraft Movements     43,207  3.6 %      197,946     8.4 %
           MTOWs

      in metric tons    2,569,802  3.1 %   11,845,015     8.5 %

    Punctuality              79.9                77.5
    share of punctual
    arrivals
    and departures in
    percent

1 Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

2 Change over previous year

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:
www.fraport.com

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