Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2011: Frankfurt Records First May Month with More Than Five Million Passengers

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

For the first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), May passenger traffic exceeded the five million mark.  In previous years, this peak usually started in July.   With 5.04 million passengers in May 2011, Frankfurt Airport achieved year-on-year growth of 5.8 percent.  This growth rate falls within the 4 to 7 percent range already forecast by Fraport for the entire year of 2011.  

Aircraft movements at FRA rose by 3.6 percent to 43,207 takeoffs and landings in the reporting month.  Maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew at a similar rate of 3.1 percent to 2.57 million metric tons.  The strong statistical effect from May 2010 resulted in airfreight tonnage dropping by 7.9 percent in the reporting month.  Last year, Frankfurt reported a 39.7 percent jump in airfreight tonnage in May -primarily at the beginning of May 2010 due to the large amount of unshipped cargo following the European ash cloud crisis.  

The Fraport Group's majority-owned airports continued to report steady traffic growth in the reporting month.  Antalya Airport (AYT) in the Turkish Riviera registered the highest traffic volume in May 2011, with 2.7 million passengers and year-on-year growth of 10.5 percent.  Almost reaching the one-million passenger mark, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed 971,815 passengers and recorded even stronger growth of 15.5 percent in May 2011.  Looking at the Bulgarian Black Sea airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ), BOJ increased faster in May 2011 and for the year to date.  This can be attributed mainly to the stronger growth in hotel capacity in the southern coastal region served by Burgas.  BOJ welcomed 94,006 passengers in May 2011 (up 7.4 percent) while VAR had 74,750 passengers (down 8.7 percent).

Fraport's majority-owned airports (including FRA) received a total of some 8.9 million passengers in May 2011, up 8.1 percent year-on-year.

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Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for May 2011

                                      Cargo in
                                       metric              Aircraft
                 Passengers(1) Change tons abs.  Change    Movements   Change
                                         (+
      Airports     absolute     in %  airmail)    in %     absolute     in %
 
      Frankfurt
        (FRA)      5,037,919    5.8    191,837    -7.6      43,207      3.6
 
      Antalya
       (AYT)       2,743,874   10.5      n.a.      n.a.     17,702      6.3
 
    Burgas (BOJ)      94,006    7.4      167     -71.9       1,123     11.6
 
     Lima (LIM)(2)   971,815   15.5   20,895      -4.8      11,615     16.5
 
     Varna (VAR)      74,750   -8.7        5      -9.0         913    -17.2
 
       Fraport
        Group        8,922,364  8.1  212,904      -7.5      74,560      5.9

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

2 Figures provided by LIM

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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - May 2011

 

                                  Change 2               Change 2
 
                                  May 11/   Jan. - May  Jan. - May
                        May 2011   May 10      2011       11/10
 
       Passengers (1)  5,038,749  5.8 %   21,444,756     9.2 %
       Airfreight (1)
 
      in metric tons      188,143  -7.9 %     918,502     2.6 %
         Airmail (1)
 
      in metric tons        6,640  7.3 %       32,572     5.5 %
 
    Aircraft Movements     43,207  3.6 %      197,946     8.4 %
           MTOWs
 
      in metric tons    2,569,802  3.1 %   11,845,015     8.5 %
 
    Punctuality              79.9                77.5
    share of punctual
    arrivals
    and departures in
    percent    

1 Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

2 Change over previous year

For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR
International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS),
Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany    
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail:  [email protected]; Internet: http://www.fraport.com

Frankfurt Airport is the first airport to be carbon accredited under the European-initiated ACA program:  (http://www.airportcarbonaccrediation.org ):  

SOURCE Fraport AG