FRANKFURT, November 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frankfurt Airport's traffic figures continued on the recovery path during the reporting month of October 2009. Fraport AG registered about 4.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport home base in October 2009, only slightly down by 1.9 percent year-on-year.

"October 2009 continued the positive trend in traffic development that we have seen during the course of the year," Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said. "Following a 10.9 percent drop in passenger traffic in the first quarter, the decline shrank to 5.6 percent in the second quarter and narrowed to only 2.8 percent by the third quarter. October 2009 figures indicated that the decline in traffic is increasingly lessening." One of factors contributing to this improvement is intercontinental traffic, which recorded particularly strong growth on the Asia and Central Africa routes.

FRA's airfreight tonnage improved even more noticeably in October 2009. "Airfreight is an important early indicator of how the worldwide economy is developing. For the first time since June 2008, this traffic segment recorded growth at FRA in October 2009 - reaching

177,945 metric tons or a plus of 0.7 percent," explained Schulte. The major growth drivers included European traffic (up 18 percent) as well as Frankfurt Airport's important North America market (up slightly by 1.1 percent).

FRA's aircraft movements fell by 4.4 percent to 40,674 takeoffs and landings in the reporting month, while maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) slipped by 3.9 percent year-on-year to 2.4 million metric tons.

The Fraport Group's majority-owned airports progressed overall. In October 2009, these six airports welcomed about 7.5 million passengers - only 0.1 percent fewer passengers year-on-year. In particular, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) and Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) - where Fraport is now operating both international terminals as well as the domestic terminal - provided positive stimulus to the total traffic results. LIM served about 772,000 passengers (up 6.8 percent) and AYT welcomed about two million passengers (up 2.7 percent).

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    Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - October 2009
                        October  Change (2)              Change (2)
                         2009    Oct. 09/  Jan. - Oct.  Jan. - Oct.
                                 Oct. 08      2009        09/08

       Passengers (1)  4,626,845   -1.9 %   43,187,821     -5.7 %

       Airfreight (1)
      in metric tons     177,945   0.7 %     1,474,602    -14.9 %

         Airmail
      in metric tons       6,885  -8.2 %        63,360    -13.7 %

    Aircraft Movements
            (3)           40,674  -4.4 %       388,793     -5.4 %

          MTOWs
      in metric tons   2,391,187  -3.9 %    22,752,277     -5.1 %

    Punctuality
    share of punctual
    arrivals
    and departures in
    percent                   78                  81.4

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    (1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
    (2) Change over previous year
    (3) Excluding military flights
    Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for October 2009

    Airports                          Cargo in
                                       metric              Aircraft
                Passengers(1)  Change  tons abs. Change    Movements  Change
                                         (+                absolute
                   absolute     in %   airmail)    in %                 in %

    Frankfurt (FRA)  4,626,179   -1.9   181,687    -0.1     40,674      -4.4



    Antalya (AYT)(2) 1,991,986    2.7      n.a.    n.a.     13,713       4.4

    Burgas (BOJ)        29,779  -27.4         7   -92.6        735      -0.4
    Lima (LIM)(3)      771,969    6.8    25,524    14.4      9,175       9.4
    Varna (VAR)         51,427  -16.3         5   -35.5        791     -14.0
    Fraport Group    7,471,340   -0.1   207,223     1.5     65,088      -1.0


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

(2) As of October 2009 includes all passenger terminals (adjusted base-year value 2008)

    (3) Figures provided by LIM

    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 (UKM)
    60547 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of 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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