Fraport Traffic Figures - March and First Quarter of 2018: Frankfurt Airport Reports Marked Passenger Growth

Frankfurt (ots) - Fraport's Group airports also show largely positive
performance

In the first three months of 2018, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than
14.4 million passengers - an increase of 10.0 percent compared to the same
period of the previous year. This strong growth was mainly attributable to the
early timing of the Easter holidays and a significant expansion of flight
offerings from airlines. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) rose by 0.7
percent to 539,610 metric tons in the first quarter of 2018. Aircraft movements
climbed by 8.3 percent to a total of 113,213 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated
maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) expanded by 6.1 percent to nearly 7.1 million
metric tons.

In March 2018, Frankfurt Airport served more than 5.5 million passengers,
representing strong growth of 13.2 percent year-on-year. Spurred by the Easter
holidays, European traffic - including to tourist destinations such as Italy,
Spain or Portugal - served as the main growth driver. Cargo volumes slightly
contracted by 1.7 percent to 201,965 metric tons in the reporting month, due to
the early timing of Easter and the impact of the Chinese New Year falling late
this year. Aircraft movements were up 8.6 percent to 41,204 takeoffs and
landings, while MTOWs advanced by 6.4 percent to just under 2.6 million metric
tons.

Across the Group, airports in Fraport's international portfolio showed largely
positive performance in the first quarter of 2018. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in
the capital of Slovenia welcomed 329,212 passengers in the first three months of
the year, an increase of 14.2 percent. Fraport's two Brazilian airports of
Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) achieved combined growth of 5.8 percent
to some 3.6 million passengers. The 14 Greek regional airports saw traffic
slightly decrease by 2.1 percent to a combined total of some 1.8 million
passengers. The primary contributing factor here was reduced flight operations
at the high-traffic Thessaloniki Airport (SKG), required for runway construction
works. As a result, SKG's passenger traffic dropped by 7.0 percent during the
reporting period. In the meantime, the SKG runway project has been completed.
Traffic at Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru advanced by 10.6 percent to about 5.3
million passengers. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Twin Star airports of
Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) served 216,218 passengers overall, up 71.6 percent.
Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey has continued its growth path, with traffic
soaring by 21.4 percent to about 2.6 million passengers. In northern Germany,
Hanover Airport (HAJ) grew by 8.5 percent to just over 1 million passengers.
Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, saw traffic improve by 9.6
percent to about 3.2 million passengers in the first quarter of 2018. Xi'an
Airport (XIY) in China welcomed nearly 10.5 million passengers, an increase of
6.3 percent.

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Fraport AG
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Corporate Communications
Media Relations
60547 Frankfurt, Germany

Email: t.beckmannl@fraport.de
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