Fraport Traffic Figures - June 2010: Frankfurt Airport Reports Record Traffic

FRANKFURT, July 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fraport AG looks back on an eventful first half 2010 at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base. FRA's traffic development was slowed by several winter storms, strikes, as well as the ash cloud from Iceland at the beginning of the second quarter. However, Frankfurt Airport still recorded a 1.4 percent rise in passenger figures year-on-year - welcoming about 24.5 million passengers in the first six months of 2010. Exceeding more than one million metric tons, airfreight tonnage at Germany's busiest air transportation hub increased by 32.2 percent in the first half.

Following strong performance in May 2010, FRA also registered positive traffic development in the reporting month. Indeed, three new June monthly traffic records were achieved. Frankfurt Airport welcomed more passengers, handled more airfreight, and registered more MTOWs (maximum takeoff weights) then in any previous June in FRA's history. Frankfurt Airport served some 4,851,896 passengers (up seven percent) and handled 192,508 metric tons of airfreight (up 29.9 percent) in June 2010. MTOWs hit 2,449,797 metric tons (up 4.8 percent), while the number of aircraft movements climbed by 2.7 percent to 41,159 takeoffs and landings.

Commenting on the latest traffic figures, Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said: "These numbers convincingly show that the finance and economic crisis has been overcome and that the aviation industry - despite several small traffic blips - is back on track to reaching and even exceeding the results of the pre-crisis years."

"This positive development, the future viability of Germany as an aviation hub and the positive impact of air transportation on Germany's economy should not, under any circumstances, be threatened by the introduction of an ecological aviation tax," said Schulte in response to the German government's proposal. "Balancing the German federal budget is important and appropriate. But if the aviation industry has to contribute to this task - which we think is wrong because air transportation is self-financing and receives no subsidies - then the proposed ecological tax should be considerably reduced and should not cover air cargo and transfer passenger traffic. Otherwise, air transportation with its excellent global network - which is absolutely crucial for Germany's export-driven commerce and industry - will be continuously weakened," stressed Schulte.

Serving some 9.2 million passengers in June 2010, the Fraport Group's five majority-owned airports - Frankfurt (FRA), Antalya (AYT) in Turkey, Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) in Bulgaria, and Lima (LIM) in Peru - achieved 11.8 percent growth year-on-year. Cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) advanced by 27.5 percent to 217,000 metric tons. Aircraft movements climbed by 8.3 percent to almost 75,000 takeoffs and landings.

During the first six months of 2010 these Fraport Group airports registered more than 7 percent growth in passenger traffic and a 30 percent surge in cargo tonnage. Group-wide, aircraft movements increased by 4.2 percent in the first half year-on-year - also driven by the growth in passenger figures at AYT (up 24.7 percent) and LIM (up 12.4 percent).

    ANR 28/2010 - July 12, 2010
    Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - June 2010

                             June    Change (2) Jan. - June    Change (2)
                             2010    June 10/        2010   Jan. - June
                                     June 09                      10/09
    Passengers (1)        4,851,896      7.0 %   24,495,060        1.4 %
    Airfreight (1)
    in metric tons          192,508     29.9 %    1,087,530       32.2 %
    Airmail
    in metric tons            6,004     -6.7 %       36,881        -5.8 %
    Aircraft Movements (3)   41,159      2.7 %      223,757        -1.8 %
    MTOWs
    in metric tons        2,449,797      4.8 %   13,370,617         0.9 %
    Punctuality
    share of punctual
    arrivals
    and departures in
    percent                    75.9                  69.5


    ANR 28/2010 > July 12, 2010
    Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for June 2010

        Airports      Passengers[4]     Change   Cargo in metric
                         absolute         in %    tons abs. (+
                                                       airmail)
    Frankfurt (FRA)      4,851,203            7.0         195,955
    Antalya (AYT)(5)     3,020,270           21.2            n.a.
    Burgas (BOJ)           334,358            2.7             359
    Lima (LIM)(6)          819,707           18.8          20,868
    Varna (VAR)            199,184           -3.3               9
    Fraport Group        9,224,722           11.8         217,192

    (cont.)

        Airports         Change      Aircraft         Change
                           in %      Movements          in %
                                     absolute
    Frankfurt (FRA)       28.8         41,159             2.7
    Antalya (AYT)(5)       n.a.        19,126            20.2
    Burgas (BOJ)         -60.7          2,749             1.6
    Lima (LIM)(6)         20.8          9,865            16.4
    Varna (VAR)          -39.0          1,841            -1.4
    Fraport Group         27.5         74,740             8.3

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    1 Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
    2 Change over previous year
    3 Excluding military flights
    4 Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)
    5 Adjusted for 2009 base-year value.
    6 Figures provided by LIM

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    Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
    Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR
    International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS),
    Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax: +49-69-690-60548;
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SOURCE Fraport AG