Fraport Traffic Figures - April 2016: Cargo Volumes See Strong Growth, while Passenger Numbers Decline

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Cargo Throughput Grows for the First Time in the Current Business
Year - Passenger Traffic Impacted by Special Effects

With almost five million passengers served in April 2016,
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) saw passenger figures decline by 2.5 percent
compared to the same period of the previous year. FRA's traffic
performance was distorted by a number of special and base-year
effects, including a public sector strike on April 27, the closure of
Brussels Airport and the earlier timing of the Easter holidays, with
some travelers already departing in March instead of April, as in the
previous year. However, even without these effects, passenger
figures would have declined by about 1.5 percent in April 2016. This
was largely the result of restrained holiday bookings in the wake of
the Brussels terrorist attacks as well as reflecting holidaymakers'
concerns about the security situation at various travel destinations.

In marked contrast to passenger traffic, cargo (airfreight +
airmail) volumes experienced strong growth, soaring by 5.0 percent to
181,948 metric tons. Far East traffic was the main growth driver,
with cargo tonnage to/from this region climbing by 9.0 percent.
Freight volumes on routes to/from China, Japan, and India even
recorded dynamic double-digit growth. While cargo throughput
declined during the first three months of 2016, cumulative cargo
volumes in the year to April reached positive territory again for the
first time, growing by 0.5 percent. Despite the strike on April 27,
maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) rose by 0.2 percent to 2.48 million
metric tons, thus even exceeding the previous April record achieved
last year. With some 39,000 takeoffs and landings, aircraft
movements decreased by 2.1 percent.

In the reporting month, Fraport AG's international portfolio of
airports continued to develop in two different directions. Lima
Airport (LIM) in Peru achieved strong passenger growth again,
welcoming almost 1.4 million passengers in April 2016 - an increase
of 7.1 percent. Traffic also advanced at Xi'an Airport (XIY) in
central China, rising by 8.8 percent to almost 3 million passengers.
Combined, the two Twin Star airports on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
- Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) - also saw traffic rise by 11.6
percent to 57,498 passengers in the month of April. By contrast,
passenger numbers at Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey and Pulkovo
Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, declined again by 22.8
percent to 1.2 million passengers and 3.5 percent to 900,541
passengers, respectively. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany
also recorded a 4.4 percent drop to 415,047 passengers. At Ljubljana
Airport (LJU) in Slovenia, traffic fell by 10.5 percent to 100,549
passengers year-on-year.

Contact:
Fraport AG
Christian Engel
Press Office
Corporate Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 690-30713
E-mail: c.engel2@fraport.de
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