Fraport Traffic Figures - November 2013: Frankfurt Airport Records 3.5 Percent Jump in Both Passenger and Cargo Traffic

FRANKFURT, Germany, December 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

FRA/rap> Fraport AG's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) global hub served about 4.3 million passengers in November 2013 - a 3.5 percent jump compared to the same period last year. As a result, FRA achieved a new record with approximately 30,000 more passengers than during the previous top November in 2011. This confirms the continuing growth trend of recent months. For the 11 month January-to-November period, FRA's passenger volume rose by 0.7 percent year-on-year. Cargo throughput advanced by 3.5 percent year-on-year to 196,394 metric tons. FRA's accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed slightly by 0.7 percent to 2.3 million metric tons. With 37,805 takeoffs and landings in November 2013, aircraft movements declined by 1.2 percent year-on-year.

Welcoming a total of about 6.7 million passengers in November 2013, the Fraport Group's majority-owned airports grew by 4.6 percent year-on-year. Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) recorded double-digit growth of 10.5 percent and received almost 1.2 million passengers in November 2013. Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera had about 1.1 million passengers, a gain of 3.3 percent year-on-year. Fraport's two tourist gateways on the Bulgarian Black Sea together received 32,724 passengers in November 2013 (down 2.9 percent). With a total of about 97.5 million passengers, the Fraport Group had overall satisfying results for the January-to-November 2013 period.

     Fraport Traffic Figures
     November 2013

     Traffic Figures - Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
     Total Traffic                   Month   yoy DELTA%           YTD   yoy DELTA%
     Passengers [1]              4,331,977          3.5    53,946,769          0.7
     Cargo (freight+mail in
     t)[2]                         196,394          3.5     1,949,216          1.2
     Aircraft Movements             37,805         -1.2       437,923         -2.2
     MTOWs (in metric tons)      2,293,264          0.7    26,254,834         -1.9
     Punctuality (in
     percent)                         86.4                       83.6

     Traffic Figures - Fraport Group
     Based on ACI
     definition (Airports                        Cargo (freight+mail)
     Council Intl.)            Passengers [3]         in t [4]            Movements
                                          yoy                   yoy                 yoy
                               Month  DELTA %      Month    DELTA %     Month   DELTA %
     Frankfurt (FRA)       4,331,582      3.5     93,832        4.0    37,805      -1.2
     Antalya (AYT)         1,065,145      3.3       n.a.       n.a.     8,196       8.0
     Burgas (BOJ)              9,662    -19.8        271     >100.0       155     -45.8
     Lima (LIM)[6]         1,242,991     10.5     28,373       -5.1    12,662      -0.6
     Varna (VAR)              23,062      6.5          2      -10.8       350       3.2
     Group                 6,672,442      4.6    222,478        2.8    59,168      -0.1

     Twinstar
     (BOJ and VAR)            32,724     -2.9        273      176.3       505     -19.2

                                                 Cargo (freight+mail)
     Jan.-Nov. 2013            Passengers [3]         in t [4]            Movements
                                          yoy                   yoy                 yoy
                                 YTD  DELTA %        YTD    DELTA %       YTD   DELTA %
     Frankfurt (FRA)      53,941,495      0.7  1,918,556        1.3   437,923      -2.2
     Antalya (AYT)        26,114,341      7.0       n.a.       n.a.   164,506       6.5
     Burgas (BOJ)[5]       2,471,172      4.4      2,026        1.2    18,305      -1.5
     Lima (LIM)[6]        13,657,846     12.1    266,532        1.3   140,332       3.7
     Varna (VAR)[5]        1,298,106      7.9         34        7.5    11,189       7.0
     Group                97,482,960      4.0  2,187,148        1.3   772,255       0.7

     Twinstar
     (BOJ and VAR)         3,769,278      5.6      2,060        1.3    29,494       1.6

     [1] Commercial 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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