Fraport Traffic Figures 2015: Frankfurt Airport Reaches New Peak Passenger Level
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, January 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
FRA Posts Lower Cargo Volumes in 2015 - Group Airports Grow at Differing Rates
For the first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), passenger traffic exceeded the 60 million figure within a calendar year. During 2015, a total of 61,040,613 passengers used Germany's largest air transportation hub - representing a 2.5 percent jump year-on-year. This increase would have been even greater without the impact of strikes by Lufthansa pilots and cabin crews. Adjusting for all extraordinary fight cancellations (including weather-related cancellations), passenger numbers would even have risen by 3.8 percent.
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Frankfurt Airport also achieved new daily peak records during 2015. On August 2, the number of passengers using FRA on a single day hit an all-time high of 217,500. Because of overlapping summer holidays last year in many of Germany's most populous states, the 200,000 passenger mark per day was exceeded 63 times - more frequently than ever before.
FRA's cargo (airfreight and airmail) volume declined by 2.3 percent to about 2.1 million metric tons in 2015 - attributable mainly to weakening global trade and economic difficulties in some emerging markets. In contrast, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed by two percent to almost 30 million metric tons in 2015 - also a new record figure. With 468,153 takeoffs and landings, aircraft movements reached a similar level as in the previous year (down 0.2 percent). This reflects the ongoing consolidation activities of airlines, particularly the deployment of larger aircraft types as well as the increase in the number of seats offered per aircraft movement. Without weather and strike-related flight cancellations, the number of takeoffs and landings would have climbed by one percent.
Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said: "We are pleased that so many travelers have placed their trust in us and that we could welcome more than 61 million passengers at Frankfurt Airport last year. This passenger growth is in line with our expectations. In 2015, we had the groundbreaking for our new Terminal 3 - an important step in building the foundation for Frankfurt Airport's long-term competitiveness."
In the last month of 2015, Frankfurt Airport received nearly 4.1 million passengers (up 2.1 percent). Accumulated MTOWs rose by 4.4 percent to about 2.2 million metric tons. Aircraft movements increased noticeably by 3 percent to almost 34,000 takeoffs and landings in December 2015. However, this growth was disproportionately high due to strike and weather-related flight cancellations in December 2014. Excluding this base-year effect, aircraft movements would have declined by 0.7 percent. Cargo throughput during the reporting month dropped by 0.5 percent to 175,296 metric tons year-on-year.
Airports in the Fraport Group's international portfolio registered differing traffic results for the year 2015. Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport (LJU), the newest member in the Group, registered a strong double-digit gain of 10.0 percent to about 1.4 million passengers. In Peru's capital city, some 17.1 million passengers traveled via Lima Airport (LIM) - a rise of 9.2 percent year-on-year. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Fraport Twin Star's airports in Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ), combined, served about 3.8 million passengers, 4.1 percent less than in 2014. Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) registered about 27.5 million passengers (down 1.6 percent), while St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia welcomed nearly 13.5 million passengers (down 5.4 percent). At Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany, passenger figures advanced by 3.0 percent to 5.5 million passengers. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in central China saw traffic climb by 13.0 percent to almost 33 million passengers in 2015.
Regarding the Fraport Group's strategic worldwide orientation, Schulte stated: "The decline in passenger traffic at our Group airports in St. Petersburg, Varna and Burgas, as well as Antalya, is the result of the weak Russian currency and economy. In contrast, the strong traffic growth recorded at Ljubljana, Lima and Xi'an airports demonstrates the importance and validity of having wide geographic distribution within our portfolio."
Fraport Traffic Figures
December 2015
Fraport Group Airports[1]
Cargo
(Freight &
December 2015 Fraport Passengers Mail) Movements
share DELTA DELTA DELTA
in % Month % Month % Month %
Fully-consolidated airports
Frankfurt,
FRA Germany 100.00 4,098,352 2.1 171,606 -1.0 33,945 3.0
Ljubljana,
LJU Slovenia 100.00 80,304 -0.2 969 13.5 2,069 -5.1
LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 1,479,147 11.4 29,237 -4.9 14,639 10.3
BOJ Burgas, Bulgaria 60.00 11,181 -2.8 1,958 >100 269 22.8
VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 29,617 22.0 28 >100 390 25.8
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 674,484 0.8 n.a. n.a. 5,108 -7.3
St. Petersburg,
LED Russia 35.50 793,903 -14.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 305,770 1.4 1,648 4.3 5,165 13.8
XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 2,629,045 17.7 20,503 13.9 22,269 19.5
Fraport Group Airports[1]
Cargo
(Freight &
Year to Date (YTD) 2015 Fraport Passengers Mail) Movements
share DELTA DELTA DELTA
in % YTD % YTD % YTD %
Fully-consolidated airports
Frankfurt,
FRA Germany 100.00 61,032,022 2.5 2,076,734 -2.6 468,153 -0.2
Ljubljana,
LJU Slovenia 100.00 1,438,304 10.0 10,140 3.1 32,893 4.7
LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 17,112,536 9.2 300,686 -0.6 166,388 7.3
BOJ Burgas, Bulgaria 60.00 2,360,320 -6.7 13,272 >100 18,271 -4.3
VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 1,398,694 0.8 116 57.2 11,959 -0.9
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 27,522,514 -1.6 n.a. n.a. 171,285 -2.8
St. Petersburg,
LED Russia 35.00 13,501,440 -5.4 n.a. n.a. n,a, n.a.
HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 5,452,669 3.0 17,492 15.2 75,695 -0.4
XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 32,970,150 13.0 211,591 13.8 266,807 9.2
Frankfurt Airport[3]
DELTA YTD
December 2015 Month % 2015 DELTA %
Passengers 4,098,660 2.1 61,040,613 2.5
Cargo (freight & mail) 175,296 -0.5 2,114,579 -2.3
Aircraft movements 33,945 3.0 468,153 -0.2
MTOW (in metric tons)[4] 2,229,886 4.4 29,543,298 2.0
PAX/PAX-flight[5] 130.7 -0.8 140.2 3.0
Seat load factor (%) 71.8 77.8
Punctuality rate (%) 82.6 80.3
PAX Month PAX
share DELTA share YTD
Frankfurt Airport Regional Split month % YTD DELTA%
Continental 58.8% 1.9 62.2% 2.5
Germany 11.9% 5.5 11.3% 3.0
Europe (without Germany) 47.0% 1.0 50.8% 2.3
Western Europe 38.9% 1.2 42.3% 2.3
Eastern Europe 8.1% 0.4 8.5% 2.4
Intercontinental 41.2% 2.3 37.8% 2.5
Africa 4.6% 3.6 4.1% 1.8
Middle East 6.2% 0.6 5.4% 4.5
North America 13.7% 3.9 13.4% 1.2
Central & South America 4.7% 4.7 3.6% 0.2
Far East 12.0% 0.1 11.4% 4.3
Australia 0.0% 0.0 0.0% -100.0
[1] According to ACI-definition:
Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted once)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep
excluding transit, in metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[2] Preliminary figures
[3] Passengers: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit
counted once incl. General Aviation)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once,
in metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[4] Inbound traffic only
[5] Scheduled and charter traffic
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Fraport AG - which ranks among the world's leading companies in the global airport business - offers a full range of integrated airport management services and boasts subsidiaries and investments on four continents. In 2014, the Fraport Group generated sales of €2.4 billion and profit of about €252 million. In 2015, nearly 111 million passengers used airports in which Fraport has a majority stake of more than 50 percent.
At its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base, Fraport welcomed more than 61 million passengers and handled some 2.1 million metric tons of cargo (airfreight and airmail) in 2015. For the current winter timetable, FRA is served by 88 passenger airlines flying to 247 destinations in 100 countries worldwide. More than half (130) of FRA's destinations are intercontinental (beyond Europe) - underscoring Frankfurt's role as a leading hub in the global air transportation system. In Europe, Frankfurt Airport ranks first in terms of cargo tonnage and is the third-busiest for passenger traffic.
Frankfurt Airport City has become Germany's largest job complex at a single location, employing more than 80,000 people at some 500 companies and organizations on site. Almost half of Germany's population lives within a 200-kilometer radius of the FRA intermodal travel hub - the largest airport catchment area in Europe. FRA Airport City also serves as a magnet for other companies located throughout the economically vital Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar region. Thanks to synergies associated with the region's dynamic industries, networked expertise, and outstanding intermodal transportation infrastructure, FRA's world route network enables Hesse's and Germany's export-oriented businesses to flourish in global growth markets. Likewise, FRA is a strategic gateway for companies wanting to access the huge European marketplace. Thus, Frankfurt Airport - which is strategically located in the heart of Europe - is one of the most important hubs in the global logistics chain.
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