Fraport Traffic Figures - August 2018: Frankfurt Airport Records Passenger Growth

Frankfurt (ots) -

European routes continue to drive FRA's passenger traffic -
Fraport's Group airports also report further growth

In August 2018, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 6.8 million
passengers - an increase of 8.1 percent year-on-year. Since the
beginning of 2018, FRA has achieved growth of 8.7 percent, with
European routes continuing to drive passenger traffic. In the
reporting month, aircraft movements climbed by 8.0 percent to 46,389
take-offs and landings, while accumulated maximum take-off weights
(MTOWs) rose by 5.5 percent to about 2.9 million metric tons. With
182,589 metric tons (up 0.8 percent), cargo (airfreight + airmail)
almost reached the same level as last year.

The airports in Fraport's international portfolio continued their
growth path in August 2018. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia
recorded an increase of 3.1 percent to 202,423 passengers. Fraport's
two Brazilian airports in Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA)
reported combined traffic growth of 4.6 percent to about 1.2 million
passengers. The Group's 14 Greek airports achieved overall positive
growth of 6.6 percent to some 5.4 million passengers in August 2018.
Fraport Greece's fastest growing airports included Corfu (CFO) with
704,741 passengers and Kos (KGS) with 538,382 passengers - both
recording a 12.2 percent gain - while traffic at Mytilene Airport
(MJT) on the island of Lesbos jumped by 11.6 percent to 71,636
passengers.

Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru saw traffic increase by 6.6 percent to
about 2.1 million passengers. Bulgaria's Twin Star airports of Varna
(VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) registered combined growth of 5.8 percent to
nearly 1.4 million passengers. Traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) on
the Turkish Riviera surged by 14.7 percent to about 4.9 million
passengers. Hanover Airport (HAJ) closed the reporting period with
667,084 passengers (up 8.1 percent). Traffic also advanced at
Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Xi'an Airport
(XIY) in China - where almost 2.1 million travelers (up 11.6 percent)
and some 4.2 million passengers (up 8.8 percent) were served,
respectively.

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