Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2012: Frankfurt Airport Welcomes More Than Five Million Passengers in May

Frankfurt (ots) -

Fraport AG welcomed about 5.1 million passengers at its Frankfurt
Airport (FRA) global hub in May 2012 - up 1.4 percent year-on-year.
FRA achieved a new May passenger record, despite the thinning out of
the flight schedule due to three additional long weekends - public
holidays with corresponding bridge days - during the reporting month.
The private travel segment was positively influenced by these
holidays falling in May - for example, with the Ascension Day weekend
in southern Germany held earlier than last year - as well as by some
travelers taking their vacations sooner in conjunction with the
European soccer championship.

Aircraft movements at FRA dropped slightly by 0.4 percent to
43,050 takeoffs and landings in May 2012. This can be also be
attributed to a thinning out of the flight schedule in May 2012 due
to the bridge-day holiday weekends as well as the over proportionate
decline in freighter movements at FRA. Airfreight at Frankfurt
Airport fell by 10.6 percent to 168,208 metric tons. Also affected by
the decrease in heavy freighter aircraft, accumulated maximum takeoff
weights (MTOWs) dropped slightly by 0.7 percent to about 2.6 million
metric tons.

Fraport's five majority-owned airports served a total of almost
nine million passengers during the reporting month - a rise of 0.4
percent year-on-year. Traffic at Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) advanced
briskly by 11.6 percent to nearly 1.1 million passengers
year-on-year. LIM recently won its fifth SkyTrax Award - for the
fourth consecutive year - as Best Airport in South America. Antalya
Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera reported about 2.6 million
passengers in May 2012 - down 4.7 percent. On the Black Sea coast in
Bulgaria, Burgas Airport (BOJ) welcomed 87,163 passengers in May 2012
- a 7.3 percent drop year-on-year. Approximately 63,000 passengers
used Varna Airport (VAR), representing a 15.7 percent gain over the
same month last year.

For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Robert A. Payne,
B.A.A. - International Spokesman and Head of International Press/PR &
External Activities Team, Press Office (UKM-PS), Corporate
Communications, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany; Tel.: +49 69.690.78547;
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: www.fraport.com