Fraport Traffic Figures – August 2007

FRANKFURT and MAIN, Germnay, September 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 5,114,187 passengers during the vacation month of August 2007. This is only the second time that the airport recorded more than 5.1 million passengers in a single month. With 1.7 percent year-on-year growth, Fraport AG’s home base achieved its busiest-ever August for passenger traffic. The previous best August result was in 2005, when 5,051,825 passengers used Frankfurt Airport.

Up 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year, intercontinental traffic continued to drive FRA’s passenger growth. In particular, the rising United Arab Emirates market continued to grow at a high level (up 11.5 percent). Demand for Caribbean destinations also accelerated by 5.6 percent.

Within Europe, business travel-intensive routes to West European destinations developed dynamically, up 4.4 percent. Domestic traffic also climbed noticeably by 2.6 percent.

FRA reached a new historic high for airfreight throughput in August 2007: 173,870 metric tons represented a jump of 4.6 percent. This topped the previous August record of 2006 by 7,567 metric tons. Airmail tonnage also increased by two percent to 7,618 metric tons.

The number of aircraft movements at FRA rose by 0.7 percent to 43,096 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) hit 2,489,969 metric tons, up 0.6 percent compared to the same period last year.

Group-wide, passenger traffic in August 2007 again exceeded the eight million figure. Frankfurt (FRA), Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), Antalya (AYT), Lima (LIM), Burgas (BOJ), and Varna (VAR) airports welcomed a total of 8,158,592 passengers – surging ahead by 4.3 percent compared to the previous year. The Group’s Frankfurt-Hahn Airport topped its July 2007 passenger record again. Some 414,028 passengers in August 2007 represented year-on-year growth of 8.9 percent. Fraport’s terminal in Antalya, Turkey, also registered a new historic high – with 999,786 passengers (up 5.2 percent) – and came just slightly short of hitting the one million mark. LIM served 728,694 passengers and recorded strong growth of 26.3 percent. In Bulgaria, BOJ received 539,148 passengers (up 5.1 percent), while VAR had 362,975 passengers (down 2 percent) in the same period.

The Fraport Group’s cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) soared by 4.4 percent, reaching 208,718 metric tons in the reporting month. Aircraft movements climbed by 3.8 percent to 67,798 takeoffs and landings.

   Frankfurt Airport’s Traffic Figures – August 2007                          August Change (2)        Jan. – Aug.  Change (2)                         2007  Aug. 07/               2007  Jan. – Aug.                                Aug. 06                          07/06    Passengers (1)   5,114,187     1.7 %         36,001,670       2.3 %    Airfreight (1)   in metric   tons               173,870     4.6 %          1,357,178       1.6 %    Airmail   in metric tons       7,618     2.0 %             60,294      -2.2 %     Aircraft   Movements (3)       43,096     0.7 %            328,472       0.7 %    MTOWs (3)   in metric tons   2,489,969     0.6 %         18,774,741       0.8 %    Punctuality   share of   punctual   arrivals   and departures   in percent            80.9                         74.6     (1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)   (2) Change over previous year   (3) Excluding military flights     Fraport Group – Traffic Figures for August 2007     Airports       Passengers(1)  Change            Cargo                     Absolute       in %   in metric tons                                           (incl. airmail)    Frankfurt (FRA)   5,113,961      1.7          179,461   Antalya2 (AYT)      999,786      5.2              n.a.   Burgas (BOJ)        539,148      5.1              225   Frankfurt-Hahn   (HHN)               414,028      8.9            8,733   Lima (LIM)          728,694     26.3           20,299   Varna (VAR)         362,975     -2.0              n.a.   Group (3)         8,158,592      4.3          208,718                           Change      Aircraft Movements   Change                       in %        absolute             in %    Frankfurt (FRA)     4.5          43,096              0.7   Antalya (2) (AYT)   n.a.          5,473             -2.7   Burgas (BOJ)      116.6           3,779              7.4   Frankfurt-Hahn   (HHN)              -8.8           3,600             -2.2   Lima (LIM)          9.2           9,116             31.6   Varna (VAR)         n.a.          2,770             -2.4   Fraport   Group (3)           4.4          67,798              3.8    (1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)   (2) Terminal 1 passengers only   (3) Base value 2006 = Group airports (majority investments) as of 2006,       plus BOJ and VAR      For More Information, Please Contact:    Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide    Robert A. Payne,   B.A.A. – Manager International Press   Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS),   Corporate Communications (UKM)   60547 Frankfurt am Main,   Federal Republic of Germany   Tel.: +49-69-690-78547;   Fax:  +49-69-690-60548;   E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de;   Internet: http://www.fraport.com/  

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CONTACT: For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG FrankfurtAirport Services Worldwide, Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. – Manager InternationalPress, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM), 60547Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax:+49-69-690-60548; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de