Fraport Traffic Figures – February 2017: Passenger Growth Trend Continues at Frankfurt Airport

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FRANKFURT, Germany, March 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

FRA posts new February passenger record - Cargo tonnage also continues to rise - Traffic figures impacted by leap-year effect  

FRA/gk-rap - In February 2017, more than four million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - exceeding the previous February record achieved in 2016 by some 38,500 passengers (up 1.0 percent). Thus, the passenger growth trend experienced during the last three months at FRA also continued in the reporting month, despite the special effect resulting from the additional leap day in February 2016. Without this leap-year effect, passenger numbers at FRA would have seen even faster growth of 4.9 percent. Cargo throughput also maintained its growth momentum, rising by 1.3 percent to 161,765 metric tons in February 2017.  Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) declined by 5.3 percent year-on-year to about 2.1 million metric tons, while the number of aircraft movements contracted by 4.1 percent to a total of 32,706 takeoffs and landings. The decline of MTOWS and aircraft movements is largely attributable to the leap-year effect.

Fraport's international airport portfolio reported the following traffic performance in February 2017.  Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia achieved a noticeable 15.4 percent rise in traffic to 89,995 passengers. At Lima Airport (LIM) in the Peruvian capital, traffic advanced by 5.9 percent to almost 1.6 million passengers. The Fraport Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, combined, welcomed 37,614 passengers, up 7.9 percent year-on-year. With 601,202 air travelers, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera registered a decline of 9.4 percent year-on-year.  Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany also saw traffic drop by 6.7 percent to 285,906 passengers.  Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, reported a noticeable 26.4 percent jump in traffic to 887,703 passengers. In China, Xi'an Airport (XIY) recorded a strong 10.4 percent surge in traffic to 3.2 million passengers in the reporting month.

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Fraport Traffic Figures

February 2017

   
    Fraport Group Airports[1]                       February 2017                                    
                                 Fraport      Passengers         Cargo*         Movements    
    Fully-consolidated airports share (%)   Month   DELTA %  Month  DELTA %  Month  DELTA %  
    FRA    Frankfurt     Germany   100,00 4,024,742     1.0 159,554     1.8  32,706    -4.1
    LJU    Ljubljana     Slovenia  100,00    89,995    15.4     836     7.0   2,147    10.1  
    LIM    Lima          Peru[2]    70,01 1,564,294     5.9  17,162    -5.1  13,735     1.4
    Fraport Twin Star               60,00    37,614     7.9     861     3.0     554    -1.2   
    BOJ    Burgas        Bulgaria   60,00     8,342   -14.4     854     3.0     164   -25.5   
    VAR    Varna         Bulgaria   60,00    29,272    16.6       7    -0.3     390    14.4
    At equity consolidated airports[2]
    AYT    Antalya       Turkey     51,00   601,202    -9.4      n.a.  n.a.   4,591    -4.1
    HAJ    Hanover       Germany    30,00   285,906    -6.7    1,881   14.7   4,659    -9.3
    LED    St.Petersburg Russia     25,00   887,703    26.4      n.a.  n.a.   9,531    15.9
    XIY    Xi'an         China      24,50 3,209,589    10.4   14,666   23.4  24,211     6.5

(table continues)                              Year to Date (YTD) 2017
                                        Passengers         Cargo           Movements
    Fully-consolidated airports        YTD    DELTA %   YTD   DELTA %    YTD   DELTA %
    FRA    Frankfurt      Germany     8,251,852     1.4 325,389     3.8  66,606   -2.5
    LJU    Ljubljana      Slovenia      179,391    18.4   1,697    10.8   4,359   11.1
    LIM    Lima           Peru[2]     3,233,911     8.5  42,379    -0.3  28,807    2.9
    Fraport Twin Star                    76,940     1.2   2,603    15.3   1,154   -2.9
    BOJ    Burgas         Bulgaria       18,848   -17.2   2,499    11.4     373  -22.8
    VAR    Varna          Bulgaria       58,092     9.1     104 > 100.0     781   10.6
    At equity consolidated airports[2]
    AYT    Antalya        Turkey      1,277,193    -5.6   n.a.      n.a.  9,684   -1.1
    HAJ    Hanover        Germany       586,628    -2.6   3,500     8.7   9,447   -4.6
    LED    St. Petersburg Russia      1,870,225    25.8   n.a.      n.a. 20,053   16.7
    XIY    Xi'an          China       6,520,000    14.7  36,944     5.8  49,861    9.0

   
    Frankfurt Airport[3]

    February 2017                         Month   DELTA %    YTD 2017     DELTA %
    Passengers                          4,024,980     1.0       8,252,348     1.4
    Cargo (freight & mail)                161,765     1.3         330,321     3.4
    Aircraft movements                     32,706    -4.1          66,606    -2.5
    MTOW (in metric tons)[4]            2,067,459    -5.3       4,262,388    -3.4
    PAX/PAX-flight[5]                       132.6     5.5           133.4     4.2
    Seat load factor (%)                     73.7                    73.8
    Punctuality rate (%)                     84.8                    78.2

   
    Frankfurt Airport        PAX share     DELTA %[6] PAX share  DELTA %[6]
    Regional Split             Month                    Month
    Continental                   60.8        1.1      59.3        1.8
    Germany                       12.4        0.7      11.8        0.8
    Europe (excl. Germany)        48.4        1.2      47.5        2.1
    Western Europe                40.6        1.2      39.7        2.4
    Eastern Europe                 7.9        1.1       7.9        0.8
    Intercontinental              39.2        0.8      40.7        0.7
    Africa                         4.6        6.1       4.7        6.6
    Middle East                    6.6        3.2       6.8        5.1
    North America                 10.7       -2.4      11.7       -2.5
    Central & South America        4.8       -0.8       5.0        1.1
    Far East                      12.4        1.2      12.5       -0.6
    Australia                      0.0        n.a.      0.0       n.a.

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