Fraport Traffic Figures - July 2013: Exceptional Circumstances Impact Monthly Results

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

Number of Aircraft Movements Remain Stable at 2012 Level

In July 2013, some 5.7 million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA). This represents a decline of 0.7 percent compared to July 2012, which was the record month in the history of Frankfurt Airport.

The changing political situation in North Africa and the Middle East caused an unusually severe slump in the respective air traffic markets. These exceptional circumstances prevented a positive monthly result, even though all other non-European regions recorded positive growth.

With 43,279 takeoffs and landings, the number of aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport remained unchanged from July 2012. Cargo tonnage stood at nearly 179,500 metric tons, a drop of 0.6 percent over the previous year. The accumulated maximum takeoff weights decreased by 1.1 percent to nearly 2.6 million metric tons.

In total, more than 11.9 million passengers (up 1.2 percent) were served at Fraport's majority-owned airports. Growth driver remains Lima Airport (LIM), Peru, with an increase of 11.7 percent. The Turkish holiday destination Antalya (AYT) recorded over 3.8 million passengers, almost 1 percent more than in July 2012. The airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast recorded, combined, over one million passengers, an increase of 1 percent.

    Fraport Traffic Figures
    July 2013

    Traffic Figures - Frankfurt Airport
    (FRA)
    Total Traffic                           Month   yoy DELTA%          YTD    yoy DELTA%
    Passengers [1]                      5,727,375  -0.7          32,866,674     -1.0
    Cargo (freight+mail in
    t)[2]                                 179.464  -0.6           1,214,151      0.6
    Aircraft Movements                     43,279   0.0             272,572     -3.2
    MTOWs (in metric tons)              2,585,771  -1.1          16,269,601     -3.3
    Punctuality (in
    percent)                                 85.4                      82.3

    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)           5,726,988     -0.7   176,625        -0.6  43,279         0.0
    Antalya (AYT)             3,848,331      0.8      n.a.        n.a.  22,642         1.4
    Burgas (BOJ)                725,840      2.4       138       -26.2   4,693        -0.9
    Lima (LIM)[6]             1,325,814     11.7    23,356        -8.2  13,236         3.4
    Varna (VAR)                 322,651     -2.0         5       -10.7   2,301        -4.1
    Group                    11,949,624      1.2   200,124        -1.5  86,151         0.7

                                                  Cargo (freight+mail)
    Jan.-Jul. 2013                Passengers [3]              in t [4]           Movements
                                             yoy
                                    YTD   DELTA%       YTD  yoy DELTA%     YTD  yoy DELTA%
    Frankfurt (FRA)          32,863,666     -1.0 1,194,350         0.7 272,572        -3.2
    Antalya (AYT)            14,178,377      6.5      n.a.        n.a.  91,443         5.4
    Burgas (BOJ)[5]           1,356,260      3.7     1,499         7.1  10,261        -3.6
    Lima (LIM)[6]             8,445,593     12.4   151,239         1.5  87,875         4.9
    Varna (VAR)[5]              711,234      7.6        18        -1.4   6,278         8.4
    Group                    57,555,130      2.8 1,347,107         0.8 468,429         0.0

    [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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