Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2014: New Monthly Passenger Record - Strong Cargo Growth Strengthens Frankfurt's Position as Europe's Largest Cargo Airport

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

In May 2014, Fraport AG's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base served some 5.3 million passengers - resulting in an increase of 3.7 percent year-on-year and a new historical peak for the month of May. Cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) clearly advanced by 6.9 percent to 185,626 metric tons. "The strong development in air cargo strengthens our position as Europe's largest cargo airport. Furthermore, this underscores FRA's importance for Germany's export-driven economy and the logistics industry - thus providing a concrete competitive advantage for German business," emphasized Dr. Stefan Schulte, Fraport AG's executive board chairman.

Aircraft movements also steered a steady growth path, increasing by one percent to 42,366 takeoffs and landings year-on-year. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) rose by 3.9 percent to 2.6 million metric tons.

As for the company's international portfolio, the Group airports continued their dynamic development in May 2014. Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed nearly 1.3 million passengers, up four percent year-on-year. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) airports together received 181,504 passengers - a slight decline of 0.9 percent. Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera received about 3.2 million passengers, up 4.5 percent year-on-year. Serving some 1.3 million passengers, Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, achieved seven percent growth. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in the German federal state of Lower Saxony registered 476,056 passengers - a dip of 2.1 percent. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in northwestern China recorded 2.4 million passengers, a gain of 12.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

    Fraport Traffic Figures May 2014

    Fraport Group                                          Cargo (Freight
    May 2014               Fraport       Passengers           & Mail)       Movements
                           share in                                               DELTA
                                  %   Month     DELTA %    Month  DELTA %  Month    %

    Fully-consolidated airports
              Frankfurt,
    FRA       Germany        100.00  5,320,530        3.7 182,958     6.9  42,366   1.0
              Lima,
    LIM       Peru[2]         70.01  1,292,405        4.0  22,778    -2.6  12,983   0.8
              Burgas,
    BOJ       Bulgaria        60.00    113,660       -0.2     340  >100.0   1,150   2.2
              Varna,
    VAR       Bulgaria        60.00     67,844       -1.9       6    37.8     782  -7.6

    At equity consolidated airports[2]
              Antalya,
    AYT       Turkey          51.00  3,167,225        4.5    n.a.    n.a.  19,700   4.2
              St.
              Petersburg,
    LED       Russia          35.50  1,256,088        7.0    n.a.    n.a.  13,234   9.7
              Hanover,
    HAJ       Germany         30.00    476,056       -2.1   1,103     5.7   7,010   1.3
              Xi'an,
    XIY       China           24.50  2,440,758       12.5  14,918     2.9  20,565   8.1

    Fraport Group
    Year to Date (YTD)                                      Cargo (Freight
    2014[1]                Fraport       Passengers           & Mail)       Movements
                           share in                                               DELTA
                                  %    YTD      DELTA %     YTD   DELTA %   YTD     %
    Fully-consolidated airports
              Frankfurt,
    FRA       Germany        100.00 22,202,033        2.2 867,404     3.8 187,090   0.0
              Lima,
    LIM       Peru[2]         70.01  6,188,522        4.5 107,060     1.7  61,893  -0.8
              Burgas,
    BOJ       Bulgaria        60.00    167,797       -1.0   2,270    77.9   1,894  -8.0
              Varna,
    VAR       Bulgaria        60.00    163,199        9.3      14    50.5   2,124   3.7
    At equity consolidated airports[2]
              Antalya,
    AYT       Turkey          51.00  7,176,248        5.6    n.a.    n.a.  50,130   5.3
              St.
              Petersburg,
    LED       Russia          35.00  4,680,029       11.4    n.a.    n.a.  54,032  12.0
              Hanover,
    HAJ       Germany         30.00  1,836,711       -1.9   6,206    -0.1  30,145   3.5
              Xi'an,
    XIY       China           24.50 11,270,474       10.8  72,730     4.7  95,618   7.5

    Frankfurt Airport[3]
    May 2014                  Month  DELTA %     YTD 2014 DELTA %
    Passengers            5,321,400        3.7 22,204,517     2.2
    Cargo (freight &
    mail)                   185,629        6.9    879,564     3.5
    Aircraft movements       42,366        1.0    187,090     0.0
    MTOW (in metric
    tons)[4]              2,587,400        3.9 11,386,593     1.9
    PAX/PAX-flight[5]         134.0        2.4      127.3     1.9
    Seat load factor (%)       76.6                  73.8
    Punctuality rate (%)       81.7                  86.0

    Frankfurt Airport     PAX share      Month  PAX share     YTD
    Regional Split            month    DELTA %        YTD  DELTA%
    Germany                   11.5%        9.3      11.6%     2.3
    Europe (without
    Germany)                  52.5%        5.1      50.0%     6.1
     Western Europe           43.6%        5.1      41.7%     5.9
     Eastern Europe            8.9%        5.1       8.3%     7.1
    Intercontinental          36.0%        0.2      38.4%    -2.6
     Africa                    3.6%       -6.7       4.2%    -9.4
     Middle East               4.6%        0.7       5.7%     2.5
     North America            14.5%        2.5      13.0%     0.6
     Central & South
     America                   3.2%       -6.1       4.1%    -5.8
     Far East                 10.2%        1.4      11.6%    -3.6
     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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Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne - International Spokesman; Head of Intl. Press & External Activities Team
Press Office (UKM-PS)
Corporate Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547
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