Fraport Traffic Figures - June 2011: Continuous Trend Improvement / FRA Sees New June Record in Passenger Figures / Fraport Group Airports Total Approximately 43 Million Passengers in First Half 2011

Frankfurt (ots) -

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Frankfurt Airport (FRA) closed the first half of 2011 with an 8.3
percent increase in passenger numbers and a 1 percent rise in air
cargo traffic. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) at FRA
grew by 7.1 percent, while the number of aircraft movements rose by
6.7 percent since the beginning of the year. In absolute figures,
Frankfurt Airport handled more than 26.5 million passengers and
nearly 1.1 million metric tons of air cargo in the first half of
2011. In the same period, almost 239,000 takeoffs and landings were
recorded. MTOWs at FRA amounted to approximately 14.3 million metric
tons. Passenger figures in the first two quarters of 2011 were the
highest ever recorded in Frankfurt Airport's history. This record
coincides with the celebration of Frankfurt Airport's 75th
anniversary.

This particularly positive development of FRA?s annual first-half
figures was also due to the high passenger numbers registered in the
vacation month of June. Nearly 5.1 million passengers were handled at
Frankfurt Airport - a 4.9 percent year-on-year increase. For the
first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport, June passenger
traffic exceeded the five million mark. MTOWs at FRA climbed 1.1
percent to approximately 2.5 million metric tons in June. The number
of aircraft movements slightly declined by 0.8 percent. This was due
to the decision of the German Air Navigation Services (DFS) to reduce
the number of flights during the first days of operations of FRA's
new control tower. A total of around 800 flights were affected by
this measure implemented to guarantee a smooth transition of
operations to the new tower. Without this measure, aircraft movements
would have increased by around 1.1 percent for the month of June.

With around 180,000 metric tons handled, air cargo registered a
6.4 percent year-on-year decline in June. This is also due to FRA's
extraordinarily strong cargo volume increase in the previous year.
In the first six months of 2010, the strong post-recession recovery
of the global economy and, at the same time, low inventory levels led
to a particularly dynamic growth in cargo traffic. The recent decline
is also attributable to a slight drop in cargo traffic with Asia,
following the countercyclical and anti-inflationary measures in China
and the impact of the earthquake in Japan.

Passenger figures at the Fraport Group?s majority-owned airports ?
Antalya (AYT) in Turkey, Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) in Bulgaria,
and Lima (LIM) in Peru ? registered an overall positive development
both in June and in the first half of 2011. In the previous month,
the Fraport Group's majority-owned airports welcomed a total of
approximately 10 million passengers. This corresponds to a Group-wide
increase of 8.2 percent. In the first six months of 2010, the Fraport
Group registered an 11.4 percent increase in passenger traffic.
Nearly 43 million passengers used the Group's airports in Germany,
Turkey, Bulgaria and Peru from January to June 2011. With 1.3 million
metric tons handled, Group-wide cargo volume improved by 1.8 percent
in the first half of 2011. June, however, saw a year-on-year decline
of 4.8 percent (approximately 270,000 metric tons).

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

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