Fraport Interim Report - First Half 2012 - Revised Version (text translation corrections in first two paragraphs)

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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

During the first half of 2012, the Fraport Group's revenue
increased by 2.5 percent to about EUR 1.154 billion. Operating result
(EBITDA: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization) 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 the Group
result to ?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 the Group's
performance. Group-wide, the fully and partially
consolidated
airports (Frankfurt, Antalya, Lima, Burgas, Varna) served 44.2
million passengers 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).

ENDS

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