FRANKFURT, Germany, March 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
- FRA Reports January-to-February Growth of 1.3 Percent
The surge in airfreight tonnage at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
continued throughout February 2010. With 163,469 metric tons in the reporting
month, FRA achieved year-on-year growth of 30.1 percent and handled
noticeably more airfreight than in January 2010. Thus, even the significant
slump in tonnage in February 2009 was nearly offset.
Fraport's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte was
particularly pleased by Frankfurt's strong airfreight development, which is
considered an early indicator of economic growth. "The other parameters -
i.e., the number of passengers and aircraft movements - also continued to be
characterized by increases during the first 21 days of February 2010.
However, the pilot strike towards the end of the month, followed by Hurricane
Xynthia, finally depressed the traffic results," said Schulte. "Without these
external effects FRA would have seen passenger growth of four to five
percent."
Thus, Frankfurt Airport served 3.3 million passengers in
February 2010, slipping slightly by 1.0 percent year-on-year. Cumulative
passenger figures for January and February 2010 still advanced by 1.3 percent
year-on-year. With 33,348 takeoffs and landings, FRA registered a 3.0 percent
drop in aircraft movements compared to February 2009 - and a 1.7 percent dip
for the first two months of 2010.
Overall, the Fraport Group reported a positive February 2010.
Fraport's five majority-owned airports (including the FRA home base) welcomed
a total of 4.6 million passengers, 3.0 percent more than in February 2009.
Cumulative results for the January-to-February 2010 period even show 4.9
percent growth. Antalya Airport (AYT) with 530,965 passengers (up 23.6
percent) and Lima Airport (LIM) with 740,505 passengers (up 9.4 percent)
served as the major force driving the Group's passenger growth in February
2010.
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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - February 2010
February Change [2] Change [2]
2010 Feb. 10/ Jan. - Feb. Jan. - Feb.
Feb. 09 2010 10/098
Passengers[1] 3,308,161 -1.0 % 6,980,799 1.3 %
Airfreight[1]
in metric tons 163,469 30.1 % 321,106 31.1 %
Airmail
in metric tons 5,676 -7.8 % 12,545 -3.1 %
Aircraft Movements[3] 33,348 -3.0 % 68,626 -1.7 %
MTOWs
in metric tons 1,969,302 -0.2 % 4,104,694 1.3 %
Punctuality 59.8 58.7
share of punctual
arrivals and
departures in
percent
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[1] Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
[2] Change over previous year
[3] Excluding military flights
Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for February 2010
Cargo in
metric Aircraft
Airports Passengers[1] Change tons abs. Change Movements Change
absolute in % (+ airmail) in % absolute in %
Frankfurt 3,307,837 -1.0 166,625 28.2 33,348 -3.0
(FRA)
530,965 23.6 n.a. n.a. 4,269 16.1
Antalya
(AYT)[2]
3,161 -11.1 275 n.a. 276 -15.3
Burgas (BOJ)
Lima (LIM)[3] 740,505 9.4 15,288 30.5 8,513 10.7
Varna (VAR) 18,343 5.1 4 n.a. 406 6.0
Fraport Group 4,600,811 3.0 182,192 28.6 46,812 0.7
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[1] Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)
[2] Adjusted for 2009 base-year value
[3] 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
Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications
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
Fraport AG
For Further Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications, 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