Fraport Traffic Figures – August 2016: Tourist Traffic Continues to Be Affected by Restrained Bookings
FRANKFURT, Germany, September 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Frankfurt Airport serves almost six million passengers in August 2016 - Fraport's Group airports report mixed results
FRA/gk-rap - In August 2016, almost six million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA), representing a 5.0 percent decline compared to the strong August month of 2015. As in previous months, the ongoing geopolitical situation continued to have a negative impact on passenger volumes. Restrained bookings by holidaymakers again resulted in a decline in passenger traffic particularly to tourist destinations in Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey. That decline could not be offset by the strong growth in tourist traffic to the Balearic and Canary Islands, rising by almost 10 percent and even about 30 percent respectively. Intercontinental traffic at FRA also slowed reflecting concerns of holidaymakers - particularly from the Far East - regarding the overall security situation in Europe.
Correspondingly, the number of aircraft movements at FRA declined by 2.3 percent to 41,803 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) shrank by 1.8 percent to some 2.7 million metric tons, whereas the average MTOW per landing rose to 127.9 metric tons - thus marking a new August record. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) remained almost stable at 171,871 metric tons in the reporting month (down 0.1 percent).
Fraport AG's international portfolio of airports continued to report mixed results in August 2016. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia welcomed 165,137 passengers in the reporting month, a decline of 8.1 percent on the previous year. In contrast, Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru's capital registered traffic growth of 9.6 percent to almost 1.8 million passengers. The Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast together received some 1.3 million passengers, an increase of 17.2 percent year-on-year. Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey and St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia saw passenger traffic drop noticeably to approximately 2.8 million passengers (down 38.8 percent) and about 1.6 million passengers (down 8.0 percent), respectively. In Germany, Hanover Airport (HAJ) reported a 6.9 percent decline in traffic to 549,088 passengers. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in central China, by contrast, posted a double-digit gain in traffic, rising by 10.9 percent to just under 3.5 million passengers. XIY thus continued its growth trend of recent months.
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Fraport Traffic Figures
August 2016
Fraport Group Airports[1]
August 2016 Cargo
Fraport Passengers (Freight & Mail) Movements
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in % Month DELTA % Month DELTA % Month DELTA %
Fully-consolidated airports
FRA Frankfurt, Germany 100.00 5,992,985 -5.0 169,091 0.0 41,803 -2.3
LJU Ljubljana, Slovenia 100.00 165,137 -8.1 790 -2.6 3,496 5.6
LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 1,753,808 9.6 25,847 -5.3 15,711 3.7
BOJ Burgas, Bulgaria 60.00 848,886 17.2 1,160 79.0 5,487 14.4
VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 404,222 17.3 12 33.3 2,894 17.0
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 2,752,557 -38.8 n.a. n.a. 16,609 -34.4
LED St. Petersburg, Russia 35.50 1,551,580 -8.0 n.a. n.a. 13,406 -4.6
HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 549,088 -6.9 1,400 19.7 7,454 1.8
XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 3,467,952 10.9 17,937 -6.0 25,880 5.1
Fraport Group Airports[1]
Cargo
Year to Date (YTD) 2016 Fraport Passengers (Freight & Mail) Movements
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in % YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA %
Fully-consolidated airports
FRA Frankfurt, Germany 100.00 40,784,774 -1.7 1,371,723 0.5 311,476 -1.5
LJU Ljubljana, Slovenia 100.00 926,675 -5.3 6,634 2.3 21,816 -1.9
LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 12,414,843 11.2 172,726 -5.5 117,067 8.2
BOJ Burgas, Bulgaria 60.00 2,400,712 22.3 8,475 23.5 17,100 18.3
VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 1,305,677 20.7 121 90.4 10,972 23.2
At equity consolidated airports[2]
AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 12,624,053 -34.7 n.a. n.a. 82,929 -30.2
LED St. Petersburg, Russia 35.00 8,798,745 -6.9 n.a. n.a. 86,895 -8.8
HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 3,564,838 -1.3 12,493 10.7 51,170 1.4
XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 24,295,397 11.1 145,358 10.3 190,456 7.8
Frankfurt Airport[3]
DELTA YTD DELTA
August 2016 Month % 2016 %
Passengers 5,993,347 -5.0 40,788,070 -1.7
Cargo (freight & mail) 171,871 -0.1 1,398,022 0.7
Aircraft movements 41,803 -2.3 311,476 -1.5
MTOW (in metric tons)[4] 2,673,718 -1.8 19,966,579 0.5
PAX/PAX-flight[5] 152.6 -2.4 140.3 -0.2
Seat load factor (%) 81.9 76.3
Punctuality rate (%) 80.9 79.6
PAX PAX
share Month share YTD
Frankfurt Airport Regional Split month DELTA % YTD DELTA%
Continental 61.9% -4.5 62.1% -1.8
Germany 9.6% -3.7 11.2% -0.6
Europe (without Germany) 52.3% -4.6 50.9% -2.0
Western Europe 43.4% -4.6 42.3% -1.8
Eastern Europe 8.9% -5.0 8.5% -3.0
Intercontinental 38.1% -5.7 37.9% -1.4
Africa 3.7% -15.7 3.7% -7.8
Middle East 5.7% -1.9 5.7% 2.9
North America 14.8% -3.1 13.6% -0.6
Central & South America 3.0% -2.4 3.7% 3.3
Far East 10.9% -8.2 11.2% -3.6
Australia 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 0.0
[1] According to ACI-definition:
Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted
once)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep
excluding transit, in metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[2] Preliminary figures
[3] Passengers: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted
once incl. General Aviation)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once, in
metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[4] Inbound traffic only
[5] Scheduled and charter traffic
SOURCE Fraport AG
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