Fraport Traffic Figures - November 2011: Frankfurt Airport Sets New November Monthly Passenger Record

FRANKFURT, Germany, December 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

First Month with FRA's New Runway Northwest in Operation

Fraport AG welcomed about 4.3 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base during the reporting month of November 2011.  This represented an increase of 4.3 percent or 178,000 passengers, compared to the same month last year. Some 52.2 million passengers used FRA during the eleven-month January-to-November 2011 period - up 6.0 percent year-on-year.  Frankfurt Airport set a new November record, surpassing the previous peak November of 2007 by approximately 92,000 passengers.    

In November 2011 aircraft movements increased by 3.0 percent year-on-year to 40,111 takeoffs and landings.   Similarly, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 2.1 percent to 2.36 million metric tons.  With 178,159 metric tons in the reporting month, airfreight throughput fell by 10.2 percent compared to the historic November high of 2010.  From January to November 2011, airfreight tonnage dropped by 2.5 percent year-on-year.  In contrast, airmail in November 2011 rose by 5.1 percent to 7,720 metric tons year-on-year.

The Fraport Group's majority-owned airports continued to make a solid contribution to Group results.  Antayla Airport (AYT) in the Turkish Riviera served more than one million passengers in November 2011 - a surge of 15 percent year-on-year.  Setting a similar pace, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) recorded about 980,000 passengers and growth of 9.1 percent in the reporting month.  On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, Burgas Airport (BOJ) received some 20,000 passengers in November 2011, while Varna Airport (VAR) remains closed for runway renovation work until the end of February 2012.  By temporarily taking over VAR's traffic, Burgas saw its passenger growth jump by 228.3 percent year-on-year.  

Passenger traffic at the Fraport Group's five majority-owned airports (including FRA) exceeded 6.3 million passengers in November 2011 - a gain of 6.4 percent year-on-year.    

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures-November 2011

   
                                      Change [2]              Change [2]

                                       Nov. 11/  Jan. - Nov.  Jan. - Nov.
                            Nov. 2011  Nov. 10       2011      2011/2010
   Passengers [1]           4,301,805     4.3 %   52,198,338      6.0 %
   Airfreight [1]
   in metric tons             178,159   -10.2 %    2,001,334     -2.5 %
   Airmail [1]
   in metric tons               7,720     5.1 %       73,075      6.4 %
   Aircraft Movements          40,111     3.0 %      448,836      4.3 %
   MTOWs
   in metric tons           2,364,771     2.1 %   26,957,620      4.5 %
   Punctuality
   share of punctual
   arrivals
   and departures in
   percent                       82.4                   75.6

1. Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

2. Change over previous year

Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for November 2011

   
                                     Cargo in
                                      metric              Aircraft
                Passengers[1] Change tons abs.  Change    Movements   Change
   Airports       absolute     in % (+ airmail)   in %     absolute     in %
   Frankfurt (FRA) 4,301,316    4.3    181,642   -10.8     40,111       3.0
   Antalya (AYT)   1,027,002   15.0       n.a.    n.a.      7,770      14.0
   Burgas (BOJ)       20,449  228.3        532    32.9        494     192.3
   Lima (LIM)[2]     977,379    9.1     27,955     4.6     11,132       9.8
   Varna (VAR)[3]          0 -100.0          0  -100.0          0    -100.0
   Fraport Group   6,326,146    6.4    210,128    -8.9     59,507       5.3

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

2. Figures provided by LIM

3. VAR has been closed for runway renovations from 15.10.2011 to 28.02.2012

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: http://www.fraport.com/