Fraport Traffic Figures - February 2014: Positive Trend for Passenger and Cargo Traffic Advances at FRA - Fraport's International Portfolio Continues Successful Growth Path

FRANKFURT, Germany, March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

In February 2014, the positive growth trend for passenger and cargo traffic continued to advance at Fraport AG's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base.  Fraport welcomed about 3.7 million passengers in the reporting month - a 1.8 percent increase year-on-year.  Cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) grew by 1.9 percent to 159,249 metric tons. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed by 0.9 percent to more than 2 million metric tons. Aircraft movements declined slightly by 0.6 percent to 33,467 takeoffs and landings.  Traffic development in February 2014 was influenced partly by opposing special and low-base effects. During the same month in 2013, FRA experienced many weather-related flight cancellations, while this year a strike by security personnel on February 21 led to extensive disruptions in passenger handling procedures.

Cumulative passenger figures at FRA for the January-to-February 2014 period rose by 2.7 percent year-on-year. During the first two months of 2014, Frankfurt Airport's cargo tonnage grew by 4.5 percent, takeoffs and landings climbed by 0.3 percent, and MTOWs increased by 1.8 percent.

Fraport's majority-owned Group airports continued their growth path in February 2014.  Serving nearly 1.2 million passengers, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) registered a 3.7 percent rise in traffic compared to the same month last year.  Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) airports on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast together received 27,852 passengers - a gain of 7.2 percent.  

In February 2014, more than 2.1 million passengers used Xi'an Airport (XIY) in northwestern China, an increase of 7.4 percent year-on-year.  With 752,701 passengers, Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, recorded double-digit growth of 17.3 percent. Welcoming 646,947 passengers, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera grew by 3.1 percent year-on-year.  Hanover Airport (HAJ) in the German federal state of Lower Saxony received 274,956 passengers, a dip of 1.7 percent.

    Fraport Traffic Figures
    February 2014

    Fraport Group Airports[1]
                                                                 Cargo
    February 2014                Fraport      Passengers    (Freight & Mail)   Movements
                                share in             DELTA            DELTA          DELTA
                                       %    Month       %    Month       %    Month     %
    Fully-consolidated airports

    FRA    Frankfurt, Germany     100.00  3,670,230    1.8  157,481     2.7   33,467  -0.6
    LIM    Lima, Peru[2]           70.01  1,198,510    3.7   15,875   -14.7   11,464  -2.6
    BOJ    Burgas, Bulgaria        60.00      8,757   -7.8      572  >100.0      135 -19.2
    VAR    Varna, Bulgaria         60.00     19,095   15.9        3  >100.0      289   8.2

    At equity consolidated airports[2]

    AYT    Antalya, Turkey         51.00    646,947    3.1     n.a.    n.a.    5,243   3.8
    LED    St. Petersburg, Russia  35.50    752,701   17.3     n.a.    n.a.    9,113  15.2
    HAJ    Hanover, Germany        30.00    274,956   -1.7    1,547    10.7    5,210   9.5
    XIY    Xi'an, China            24.50  2,128,876    7.4   10,334    15.4   17,659   5.8

    Fraport Group Airports

                                                                 Cargo
    Year to Date (YTD) 2014[1]   Fraport      Passengers    (Freight & Mail)    Movements
                                share in             DELTA            DELTA          DELTA
                                       %     YTD        %      YTD       %      YTD     %
    Fully-consolidated airports

    FRA    Frankfurt, Germany     100.00  7,680,551    2.7  316,237     5.2   68,988   0.3
    LIM    Lima, Peru[2]           70.01  2,459,702    4.6   40,186    -4.0   24,073  -2.1
    BOJ    Burgas, Bulgaria        60.00     18,394  -12.0      925     0.8      270 -34.9
    VAR    Varna, Bulgaria         60.00     36,746    9.5        5    57.1      594   5.3

    At equity consolidated airports[2]

    AYT    Antalya, Turkey         51.00  1,260,221    5.6     n.a.    n.a.   10,410   6.8
    LED    St. Petersburg, Russia  35.00  1,588,970   16.6     n.a.    n.a.   19,519  16.9
    HAJ    Hanover, Germany        30.00    554,137   -0.7    2,796     1.7   10,126   7.0
    XIY    Xi'an, China            24.50  4,334,874   13.5   28,386     7.6   36,746   8.7

    Frankfurt Airport[3]

    February 2014                           Month  DELTA %   YTD 2014 DELTA %

    Passengers                          3,670,559       1.8 7,681,288     2.7
    Cargo (freight & mail)                159,249       1.9   320,219     4.5
    Aircraft movements                     33,467      -0.6    68,988     0.3
    MTOW (in metric tons)[4]            2,006,228       0.9 4,156,091     1.8
    PAX/PAX-flight[5]                       117.8       2.2     119.4     2.1
    Seat load factor (%)                     69.5                70.3
    Punctuality rate (%)                     88.3                87.7

                                        PAX share    Month  PAX share     YTD
    Frankfurt Airport Regional Split        month   DELTA %       YTD  DELTA%

    Germany                                 12.6%       3.0     12.1%     4.0
    Europe (without Germany)                48.1%       5.6     47.4%     6.4
    Western Europe                          39.9%       4.3     39.2%     5.6
    Eastern Europe                           8.2%      12.4      8.2%    10.9
    Intercontinental                        39.3%      -2.9     40.6%    -1.9
    Africa                                   4.4%      -8.8      4.5%    -9.4
    Middle East                              6.1%       2.4      6.2%     3.5
    North America                           11.5%       3.8     12.2%     3.8
    Central & South America                  4.6%      -7.3      4.8%    -6.2
    Far East                                12.6%      -5.6     12.8%    -3.1
    Australia                                0.0%    -100.0      0.0%  -100.0

    [1] According to ACI-definition:
        Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted once)
        Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep excluding transit, in
               metric tons)
        Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
    [2] Preliminary figures
    [3] Passengers: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once
                    incl. General Aviation)
        Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once, in
               metric tons)
        Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
    [4] Inbound traffic only
    [5] Scheduled and charter traffic

 

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