Fraport Traffic Figures - July 2019: Passenger Traffic Rises at Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt (ots) -

International Group airports report differing traffic development

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 6.9 million passengers
in the reporting month, up 0.8 percent compared to the already
heavily-traveled July holiday month last year. For the first seven
months of the year, passenger traffic at FRA rose by 2.6 percent.
Aircraft movements in July 2019 climbed by 1.0 percent to 47,125
takeoffs and landings, while accumulated maximum takeoff weights
(MTOWs) expanded by 2.4 percent to over 2.9 million metric tons.
FRA's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) also grew by 1.5
percent to 178,652 metric tons.

Across the Group, airports in Fraport's international portfolio
reported differing development in passenger traffic. Slovenia's
Ljubljana Airport (LJU) achieved a 4.2 percent jump in traffic to
207,292 passengers. Fraport's two Brazilian airports in Fortaleza
(FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) together received about 1.3 million
passengers - a decline of 9.9 percent year-on-year. This decline,
among other things, can be attributed to the bankruptcy of Avianca
Brasil - whereby other carriers temporarily were unable to fully
absorb the traffic volume.

With nearly 2.1 million passengers, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM)
recorded a further 4.9 percent rise in traffic. The 14 Greek airports
together welcomed some 5.3 million passengers in July 2019,
decreasing 0.8 percent year-on-year. This light downturn resulted
from the consolidation of flight offers by some airlines serving the
Greek market.

On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Twin Star airports of Varna
(VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) together served about 1.2 million passengers.
The resulting 13.2 percent drop in passengers is a continuation of
the consolidation trend seen in previous months, following the rapid
passenger growth in figures at the Twin Star airports in recent
years. In contrast, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera
reported almost 5.4 million passengers, again recording strong growth
of 11.7 percent in July 2019. Registering some 2.2 million
passengers, Russia's St. Petersburg Airport (LED) also achieved
growth of 4.9 percent. Traffic at China's Xian Airport (XIY) almost
reached 4.3 million passengers, a 7.4 percent gain compared to the
same month last year.

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Fraport AG
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Media Relations
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