Fraport Traffic Figures 1st Quarter & March 2013 / Quarterly Figures Affected by Weather and Strike-Related Flight Cancellations - Cargo Segment Emerges from Cyclical Trough

Frankfurt (ots) -

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During the January-to-March 2013 period, Fraport's five
majority-owned airports welcomed a total of 17.8 million passengers
(up 1.6 percent) and handled 555,737 metric tons of cargo, an
increase of 1.7 percent. Aircraft movements decreased in the first
quarter by 2.2 percent to 162,058 takeoffs and landings. Serving
about 3.6 million passengers Peru's Lima Airport continued to grow
briskly with a gain of 12.9 percent year-on-year. Turkey's Antalya
Airport registered a noticeable 2.2 million passengers (up 4.9
percent). The Bulgarian airports of Burgas and Varna together greeted
nearly 88,500 passengers.

At Fraport's Frankfurt Airport home base, traffic results were
negatively impacted by the capacity consolidation of some airlines
and, in particular, by weather and strike-related cancellations
during the first three months of the year. In the first quarter of
2013, about 11.9 million passengers used Frankfurt Airport - two
percent fewer passengers than in the same period last year. About
half of this decline can be attributed to strikes and adverse weather
conditions. The domestic segment, down six percent, accounted for the
majority of this drop. In contrast, intercontinental traffic
continued to expand by one percent, despite the difficult business
environment.

Cargo traffic figures show that Frankfurt Airport has emerged from
the cyclical trough. For the first time since 2011, Germany's largest
aviation hub reported a cargo gain of 1.1 percent and quarterly
growth - with some 502,051 metric tons handled from January to March
2013.

In the current reporting month of March 2013, a total of 6.7
million passengers used the Fraport Group's five majority-owned
airports of Frankfurt (FRA), Antalya (AYT), Burgas (BOJ), Varna (VAR)
and Lima (LIM). This represents a 3.2 percent jump compared to the
same month of last year.

Like with the first quarter results, Frankfurt's March 2013
traffic figures experienced a slight decline characterized by special
effects and the base-year effect. Approximately 4.5 million
passengers used FRA during the reporting month, representing a 1.1
percent drop year-on-year. However, without the flight disruptions
registered in March 2013 FRA would have concluded the winter season
with growth in passenger figures.

FRA's 7.9 percent decline in aircraft movements to 37,228 takeoffs
and landings is primarily due to the approximately 1,400 weather and
strike-related flight cancellations in the reporting month. The
thinning out of high-traffic continental routes was further
compounded by the early occurrence of Easter holidays and start of
the spring school vacation in March 2013.

FRA's cargo volume grew by 4.4 percent to 195,590 metric tons in
March 2013 due to many airlines expanding their cargo business - new
freight connections and increased flight frequencies - and using
larger aircraft. In addition to a slight improvement in the global
economy - especially in Asia, North America and the BRICS countries -
Germany benefits from an overall robust export industry supported by
FRA for the continuous flow of airfreight-dependent goods.

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; www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org