FRANKFURT, Germany, February 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Passenger Figures Rise 3.5 Percent - New January Record for Airfreight

Despite the weather-related adverse effects on air traffic, Fraport AG - the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - registered more passengers in January 2010 at FRA than in the comparable month last year. FRA welcomed approximately 3.7 million passengers in the first month of 2010, a 3.5 percent increase year-on-year.

"We are certainly pleased that January confirms the positive trend seen in recent months and that traffic overall is showing fair rates of growth. Our calculations indicate that the severe winter days in January cost us 1.0 to 1.5 percentage points in the passenger sector," explained Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte. However, it is also important to note that in January 2009 passenger traffic slumped by more than 10 percent. "Thus, we are starting from a low base-year figure and passenger activity is nowhere near the level we recorded before the global economic crisis," stressed Schulte.

Airfreight tonnage increased at noticeably higher rates in the reporting month. Some 157,637 metric tons of airfreight at FRA represent a significant 32.2 percent gain. "Last month was the busiest January for airfreight handling in the history of Frankfurt Airport. The previously peak January was in 2008, when FRA registered 156,020 metric tons," Fraport's CEO explained with satisfaction. The major growth drivers in this traffic segment included intercontinental traffic in particular: for example, routes to North America and the Far East.

Aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport slipped slightly by 0.5 percent to 35,278 takeoffs and landings, mainly due to adverse weather conditions. Maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed by 2.8 percent year-on-year to approximately 2.1 million metric tons.

The overall positive traffic development in January 2010 was also clearly visible at the Group level. The Fraport Group's five majority-owned airports served a total of five million passengers in January 2010, 6.6 percent more than in January 2009. Especially Lima Airport (LIM) with about 818,000 passengers (up 10.7 percent) and Antalya Airport (AYT) with about 513,000 passengers (up 26.6 percent) boosted overall results. Group-wide, the number of aircraft movements increased by 4.3 percent to almost 50,000 takeoffs and landings. Cargo tonnage rose 27.6 percent to approximately 181,000 metric tons.

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    ANR 5/2010 - February 10, 2010

    Frankfurt Airport - Traffic Figures for January 2010



                          January      Change [2]
                             2010        Jan.10/
                                         Jan. 09

    Passengers [1]      3,672,638           3.5%
    Airfreight [1]
    in metric tons        157,637          32.2%
    Airmail
    in metric tons          6,869           1.2%
    Aircraft Movements [3] 35,278          -0.5 %
    MTOWs
    in metric tons      2,135,392           2.8 %
    Punctuality
    share of punctual
    arrivals and
    departures in
    percent                  57.6              -

    ---------------------------------

    1 Total traffic (including General Aviation)

    2 Change over previous year

    3 Excluding military flights


    ANR 5/2010 - February 10, 2010
    Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for January 2010


                                                          Aircraft
    Airports     Passengers[1]  Change   Cargo    Change  Movements   Change
                 aboslute       in %    in metic    in %  Absolute       in%
                                       tons (inc.
                                        airmail)


    Frankfurt    3,672,317       3.5     161,636    30.1    35,278       -0.5
    (FRA)

    Antalya        513,278      26.6        n.a.    n.a.     4,342       27.3
    (AYT)[2]

    Burgas (BOJ)     5,042      19.6        476     n.a.       240       53.8

    Lima(LIM)[3]   818,176      10.7     18,869      7.4     9,456       16.1


    Varna (VAR)     17,364     -13.7          2     n.a.       343      -21.0

    Fraport      5,026,177       6.6    180,984     27.6    49,659        4.3
    Group


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

    2 Monthly values adjusted for 2009 base-year

    3 Figures provided by Lima



    For Further Information, Please Contact:
    Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
    Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Sr. Manager International Press
    Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications

    60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax: +49-69-690-60548;
    E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com

SOURCE Fraport AG

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