Fraport Traffic Figures – February 2017: Passenger Growth Trend Continues at Frankfurt Airport
FRANKFURT, Germany, March 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
FRA posts new February passenger record - Cargo tonnage also continues to rise - Traffic figures impacted by leap-year effect
FRA/gk-rap - In February 2017, more than four million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - exceeding the previous February record achieved in 2016 by some 38,500 passengers (up 1.0 percent). Thus, the passenger growth trend experienced during the last three months at FRA also continued in the reporting month, despite the special effect resulting from the additional leap day in February 2016. Without this leap-year effect, passenger numbers at FRA would have seen even faster growth of 4.9 percent. Cargo throughput also maintained its growth momentum, rising by 1.3 percent to 161,765 metric tons in February 2017. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) declined by 5.3 percent year-on-year to about 2.1 million metric tons, while the number of aircraft movements contracted by 4.1 percent to a total of 32,706 takeoffs and landings. The decline of MTOWS and aircraft movements is largely attributable to the leap-year effect.
Fraport's international airport portfolio reported the following traffic performance in February 2017. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia achieved a noticeable 15.4 percent rise in traffic to 89,995 passengers. At Lima Airport (LIM) in the Peruvian capital, traffic advanced by 5.9 percent to almost 1.6 million passengers. The Fraport Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, combined, welcomed 37,614 passengers, up 7.9 percent year-on-year. With 601,202 air travelers, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera registered a decline of 9.4 percent year-on-year. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany also saw traffic drop by 6.7 percent to 285,906 passengers. Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, reported a noticeable 26.4 percent jump in traffic to 887,703 passengers. In China, Xi'an Airport (XIY) recorded a strong 10.4 percent surge in traffic to 3.2 million passengers in the reporting month.
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Fraport Traffic Figures
February 2017
Fraport Group Airports[1] February 2017
Fraport Passengers Cargo* Movements
Fully-consolidated airports share (%) Month DELTA % Month DELTA % Month DELTA %
FRA Frankfurt Germany 100,00 4,024,742 1.0 159,554 1.8 32,706 -4.1
LJU Ljubljana Slovenia 100,00 89,995 15.4 836 7.0 2,147 10.1
LIM Lima Peru[2] 70,01 1,564,294 5.9 17,162 -5.1 13,735 1.4
Fraport Twin Star 60,00 37,614 7.9 861 3.0 554 -1.2
BOJ Burgas Bulgaria 60,00 8,342 -14.4 854 3.0 164 -25.5
VAR Varna Bulgaria 60,00 29,272 16.6 7 -0.3 390 14.4
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya Turkey 51,00 601,202 -9.4 n.a. n.a. 4,591 -4.1
HAJ Hanover Germany 30,00 285,906 -6.7 1,881 14.7 4,659 -9.3
LED St.Petersburg Russia 25,00 887,703 26.4 n.a. n.a. 9,531 15.9
XIY Xi'an China 24,50 3,209,589 10.4 14,666 23.4 24,211 6.5
(table continues) Year to Date (YTD) 2017
Passengers Cargo Movements
Fully-consolidated airports YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA %
FRA Frankfurt Germany 8,251,852 1.4 325,389 3.8 66,606 -2.5
LJU Ljubljana Slovenia 179,391 18.4 1,697 10.8 4,359 11.1
LIM Lima Peru[2] 3,233,911 8.5 42,379 -0.3 28,807 2.9
Fraport Twin Star 76,940 1.2 2,603 15.3 1,154 -2.9
BOJ Burgas Bulgaria 18,848 -17.2 2,499 11.4 373 -22.8
VAR Varna Bulgaria 58,092 9.1 104 > 100.0 781 10.6
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya Turkey 1,277,193 -5.6 n.a. n.a. 9,684 -1.1
HAJ Hanover Germany 586,628 -2.6 3,500 8.7 9,447 -4.6
LED St. Petersburg Russia 1,870,225 25.8 n.a. n.a. 20,053 16.7
XIY Xi'an China 6,520,000 14.7 36,944 5.8 49,861 9.0
Frankfurt Airport[3]
February 2017 Month DELTA % YTD 2017 DELTA %
Passengers 4,024,980 1.0 8,252,348 1.4
Cargo (freight & mail) 161,765 1.3 330,321 3.4
Aircraft movements 32,706 -4.1 66,606 -2.5
MTOW (in metric tons)[4] 2,067,459 -5.3 4,262,388 -3.4
PAX/PAX-flight[5] 132.6 5.5 133.4 4.2
Seat load factor (%) 73.7 73.8
Punctuality rate (%) 84.8 78.2
Frankfurt Airport PAX share DELTA %[6] PAX share DELTA %[6]
Regional Split Month Month
Continental 60.8 1.1 59.3 1.8
Germany 12.4 0.7 11.8 0.8
Europe (excl. Germany) 48.4 1.2 47.5 2.1
Western Europe 40.6 1.2 39.7 2.4
Eastern Europe 7.9 1.1 7.9 0.8
Intercontinental 39.2 0.8 40.7 0.7
Africa 4.6 6.1 4.7 6.6
Middle East 6.6 3.2 6.8 5.1
North America 10.7 -2.4 11.7 -2.5
Central & South America 4.8 -0.8 5.0 1.1
Far East 12.4 1.2 12.5 -0.6
Australia 0.0 n.a. 0.0 n.a.
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