Fraport Traffic Figures - February 2013: Passenger Figures Rise Slightly at Frankfurt Airport - Fraport's Majority-Owned Airports Continue to Grow

FRANKFURT, Germany, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Fraport AG welcomed about 3.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base during the reporting month of February 2013 - representing a slight increase of 0.2  percent over the same month last year. The Fraport airport company's February traffic figures were partially impacted by opposing special and base effects. These included the effects of the GDF strike in February 2012, weather-related flight cancellations, the absence of a leap day versus last year, and the airlines' continuing consolidation of flights during the winter timetable. FRA's cargo traffic fell by three per cent in the reporting month to 156,258 metric tons. Aircraft movements declined by 2.1 percent to 33,656 takeoffs and landings.

Overall, Fraport's five majority-owned airports served about 5.4 million passengers, up 2.9 percent year-on-year. Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) continued its growth path, with nearly 1.2 million passengers served in February 2013.  Antalya Airport (AYT) in the Turkish Riviera received 627,411 million passengers. Bulgaria's Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) airports registered a total of 25,974 passengers.

    Fraport Traffic Figures
    February 2013

    Traffic Figures - Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
    Total Traffic                  Month      yoy DELTA%          YTD           yoy DELTA%
    Passengers [1]             3,605,738      0.2               7,482,832        -2.5
    Cargo (freight+mail in
    t)[2]                        156.258     -3.0                 306.462        -0.9
    Aircraft Movements            33.656     -2.1                  68.749        -4.6
    MTOWs (in metric tons)     1,988,585     -4.8               4,080,683        -5.6
    Punctuality (in
    percent)                        80.2                             79.0

    Traffic Figures - Fraport Group
    Based on ACI
    definition (Airports                          Cargo (freight+mail)
    Council Intl.)              Passengers [3]        in t [4]          Movements
                                           yoy
                                 Month  DELTA%    Month yoy DELTA%    Month  yoy DELTA%
    Frankfurt (FRA)          3,605,354     0.2  153.360       -3.4   33.656        -2.1
    Antalya (AYT)              627.411     3.1     n.a.       n.a.    5.051         1.9
    Burgas (BOJ)[5]              9.499   -49.2      261     >100.0      167       -58.4
    Lima (LIM)[6]            1,155,970    11.6   18.612       17.3   11.766         5.5
    Varna (VAR)[5]              16.475  >100.0        1     >100.0      267      >100.0
    Group                    5,414,709     2.9  172.234       -1.4   50.907         0.0

                                                   Cargo (freight+mail)
    Jan.-Feb. 2013              Passengers [3]         in t [4]          Movements
                                           yoy
                                  YTD   DELTA%      YTD  yoy DELTA%     YTD  yoy DELTA%
    Frankfurt (FRA)          7,482,030    -2.5  300.700       -1.3   68.749        -4.6
    Antalya (AYT)            1,192,844    -0.8     n.a.       n.a.    9.746        -1.2
    Burgas (BOJ)[5]             20.913   -47.4      918     >100.0      415       -50.8
    Lima (LIM)[6]            2,351,568    12.8   41.860       12.5   24.584         7.3
    Varna (VAR)[5]              33.556  >100.0        3     >100.0      564      >100.0
    Group                   11,080,911     0.7  343.481        0.4  104.058        -1.5

    [1] Commerical and non-commercial traffic    [3] Passengers - commercial traffic only
    [2] Cargo including transit (in metric tons) [4] Cargo excluding transit
                                                    (in metric tons)
                                                 [5] Varna was closed from 15.10.2011 to
                                                     28.02.12. Burgas handled all VAR
                                                     flights during this period.
                                                 [6] Figures provided by LIM

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