Fraport Traffic Figures – November 2008
FRANKFUT/MAIN,
global economic slump is also affecting air traffic worldwide. Frankfurt
Airport (FRA) served 3.9 million passengers in
percent year-on-year. Recording the smallest decline, intercontinental
passenger traffic slipped by 3.1 percent. Airfreight throughput fell by 8.2
percent to 176,230 metric tons. Aircraft movements shrank by 3.4 percent to
38,733 takeoffs and landings. Only the number of intercontinental passenger
flights increased by 0.5 percent.
Total maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) dropped by 1.1 percent in the
reporting month, while the accumulated figure for the first eleven months of
2008 rose by 1.0 percent to 26.3 million metric tons. The number of
passengers at Frankfurt Airport dipped by 1.0 percent to 49.7 million in the
January-to-
intercontinental passenger segment still achieved 1.2 percent growth.
Airfreight tonnage slipped slightly by 0.3 percent to 1.9 million metric
tons. With 449,528 takeoffs and landings, aircraft movements were 1.1 percent
lower than in the first eleven months of 2007.
Most of the Fraport Group’s majority-owned airports recorded passenger
growth in
the Black Sea coast rose by 18.6 and 37.5 percent respectively, Antalya
Airport (AYT) in
percent. Only Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) ebbed by 1.2 percent.
All of the Group’s airports, including FRA, reported 1.1 percent growth
in the January-to-
passengers to 73.1 million. The cargo segment (airfreight plus airmail)
advanced by 1.0 percent to 2.3 million metric tons and aircraft movements
climbed by 1.6 percent to 672,829 takeoffs and landings.
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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - November 2008
November Change (2) Change (2)
2008 Nov. 08/ Jan. - Jan. - Nov.
Nov. 07 Nov. 2008 08/07
Passengers (1) 3,914,060 -7.0 % 49,715,615 -1.0 %
Airfreight (1) 176,230 -8.2 % 1,908,283 -0.3 %
in metric tons
Airmail 7,598 -12.0 % 80,985 -4.7 %
in metric tons
Aircraft Movements (3) 38,733 -3.4 % 449,528 -1.1 %
MTOWs 2,285,759 -1.1 % 26,250,153 1.0 %
in metric tons
Punctuality 79.4 75.1
share of punctual arrivals
and departures in percent
(1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Change over previous year
(3) Excluding military flights
Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for November 2008
Airports
Passengers(1) Change Cargo Change Aircraft Change
absolute in % in in % Movements in %
metric absolute
tons
(incl.
airmail)
Frankfurt (FRA) 3,913,570 -7.0 181,821 -8.6 38,733 -3.4
Antalya (AYT)(2) 416,887 3.9 n.a. n.a. 3,657 10.6
Burgas (BOJ) 2,297 37.5 0 -100.0 199 -24.6
Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) 244,569 -1.2 11,151 -12.1 2,765 -8.4
Lima (LIM)(3) 668,396 3.3 23,569 1.7 8,133 0.2
Varna (VAR) 24,141 18.6 n.a. n.a. 482 -7.7
Fraport Group(4) 5,269,860 -4.7 216,541 -7.9 53,969 -2.5
(1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Terminal 1 + domestic terminal (adjusted for base value 2007)
(3) Figures provided by LIM
(4) Base value 2007 = Group Airports (majority owned) as of 2007, plus
AYT domestic terminal
For Further 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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