Fraport Traffic Figures - September 2015

Frankfurt (ots) -

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Frankfurt Airport records stable third quarter passenger growth of
2.9 percent - Weak global trade continues to dampen cargo traffic

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 5.8 million passengers in
September 2015. Due to strikes at Lufthansa on September 8 and 9, the
passenger volume dropped by 1.2 percent year-on-year. In addition,
the decline was also partly influenced by the high base effect of the
preceding year. The world soccer championship last year led to a
strong increase in traffic in September 2014, despite strikes at
Lufthansa and Air France. Looking at the third quarter of 2015, the
overall passenger volume continues to grow at a steady rate. Just
under 18.4 million passengers passed through Germany's largest
aviation hub during the three months from July to September 2015,
representing growth of 2.9 percent year-on-year.

Weak global trade continued to affect cargo traffic at FRA,
resulting in a 4.7 percent slide to 170,217 metric tons. Cargo
tonnage to and from the Far East - with the exception of Japan - as
well as on North and Latin American routes registered a strong
decline.

Due to airline strikes, the number of aircraft movements at
Frankfurt declined correspondingly by 0.5 percent to 42,220 takeoffs
and landings. The trend towards deployment of larger aircraft however
is continuing. Thus, the accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs)
dipped only slightly by 0.2 percent to 2.6 million metric tons. In
fact, the average weight per aircraft rose to 123.7 metric tons, a
new September record.

With a total of 47.3 million passengers served in the first nine
months of 2015, Frankfurt Airport achieved a new historic passenger
record for the three quarter period - exceeding the previous year's
figure by 3.6 percent or 1.65 million passengers. During the first
three quarters of the year, FRA's cargo throughput fell by 2.4
percent to nearly 1.6 million metric tons. In particular, the
weakness in world trade and economic difficulties in some emerging
markets contributed to this development. Nevertheless, accumulated
MTOWs advanced briskly by 2.8 percent and set a new record of almost
22.5 million metric tons. Despite two strikes in March and September
2015, aircraft movements rose by 0.4 percent to 358,299 takeoffs and
landings.

Overall, Fraport AG's international airport portfolio reported
mixed results during the first three quarters of 2015. Ljubljana
Airport (LJU) in Slovenia greeted more than 1.1 million passengers -
leading to a traffic surge of 10.8 percent in the first nine months
of the year. LJU received 157,508 passengers in the reporting month
of September 2015, up 10.1 percent year-on-year. With 12.6 million
passengers in the first three quarters of 2015, Lima Airport (LIM) in
the capital of Peru reported noticable growth of 8.9 percent. In
September 2015, over 1.4 million passengers travelled via LIM, a gain
of 8.4 percent. Despite growth in September 2015 (up 5.9 percent to
545,509 passengers), the Bulgarian Twin-Star airports of Varna (VAR)
and Burgas (BOJ) saw traffic fall during the first three quarters of
the year by 4.6 percent to 3.6 million passengers. During the same
period, Antalya Airport (AYT) welcomed almost 23.0 million passengers
and posted a slight decline of 1.7 percent year-on-year. In September
2015, AYT had some 3.7 million passengers, representing stagnant or
zero traffic growth. Some 10.9 million passengers used St
Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in the January to September 2015
period, down 3.8 percent compared to the same period last year. With
1.4 million passengers in September 2015, LED's passenger slowdown
narrowed to 0.4 percent. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany
served 4.2 million passengers in the first three quarters of the
year, a gain of 4.1 percent year-on-year. In contrast, the reporting
month of September 2015 saw a 2.4 percent dip to 572,975 passengers.
At China's Xi'an Airport (XIY), traffic jumped by 13.4 percent to
24.8 million passengers for the three quarters. This compares with
2.9 million passengers and 12.3 percent growth in September 2015.

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Contact:
Fraport AG
Robert A. Payne
International Spokesman
Press Office, Corp.Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 690-78547
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
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