Fraport Interim Report - First Half 2012: Fraport Increases Revenue and Operating Result in the First Half of the Year / Group's Goals Reconfirmed for 2012

Frankfurt (ots) - During the first half of 2012, the Fraport
Group's revenue increased by 2.5 percent to EUR 1.154 billion.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA) rose by two percent to EUR 365.7 million. Higher
depreciations and amortization as well as a decline in the financial
result - mainly due to the inauguration of Frankfurt Airport's new
Runway Northwest and the continuing high investments for the new Pier
A-Plus at Terminal 1 - led to a 17.4 percent decline in operating
profit to EUR 86.9 million.

Future-oriented capacity expansion of Fraport's home base airport
resulted in an increasing number of passengers at Frankfurt Airport
(FRA): up 3.4 percent to 27.4 million in the first half of 2012.
Despite strikes in February and March - which led to a cancellation
of a total of 2,150 flights - FRA still achieved a new passenger
traffic record for the first six months of the year. Fraport's
foreign airports contributed positively to Group results. Group-
wide, the fully and partially consolidated airports (Frankfurt,
Antalya, Lima, Burgas, Varna) served 44.2 million passenger in the
first half of the year, up 2.8 percent.

In contrast to passenger traffic, Fraport's cargo volume dropped.
The weakness of the global economy and the European debt-crisis
affected the movement of goods at the Fraport home base -- where
airfreight tonnage fell (minus 9.9 percent) as well as Group-wide
(minus 9.0 percent). The night-time flight curfew, implemented at the
end of October 2011, also strengthened the decline.

Looking at Fraport's individual business segments, revenue for the
Aviation segment grew by EUR 29.9 million - benefitting from current
growth in passenger traffic as well as from the increase in airport
charges at Frankfurt Airport. However, the Retail and Real Estate
segment dropped by EUR 4.2 million due to lower revenue from sales of
property sites at the Mönchhof Logistics Park. Revenue for the Ground
Handling segment declined by EUR 8.2 million, primarily because of
the continued drop in cargo business as well as lower MTOWs
(accumulated Maximum Takeoff Weight). The External Activities and
Services segment, which essentially comprises activities of Group
companies outside of FRA, posted a EUR 10.5 million gain in revenue -
mainly because of the positive traffic development at Lima Airport
(LIM)

Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte
reconfirmed the Group's forecast for the current year: "During this
difficult period in the air transportation industry our figures have
been developing as planned and we are sticking to our goals for
2012." At the company's annual general meeting in May of this year,
Schulte stated that passenger growth at Frankfurt Airport is forecast
to be less than four percent for 2012. Revenue is expected to exceed
EUR 2.5 billion and EBITDA. is expected to climb by at least five
percent. The Group result will remain at about the same level as in
2011. Schulte also expressed optimism about infrastructure
development: "Frankfurt Airport's new runway creates the necessary
capacity for the expected long-term growth in global air traffic.
The Pier A-Plus, which will be inaugurated on schedule on October 10,
will represent a quantum leap in quality and service for our
passengers at Frankfurt Airport." FRA's total terminal capacity will
expand with the new Pier A-Plus, which will offer docking positions
for seven wide-body jets and serve up to six million passengers per
year.

Fraport's interim report for the first half of 2012 can be
downloaded from the Investor Relations section of the www.fraport.com
Web site (from 7 a.m. CET on Wednesday, August 8, 2012).

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