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Fraport Traffic Figures – November 2008

December 11, 2008
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FRANKFUT/MAIN, Germany, December 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The current
global economic slump is also affecting air traffic worldwide. Frankfurt
Airport (FRA) served 3.9 million passengers in November 2008, a drop of 7.0
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-November 2008 period. Within this decline, the attractive
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 November 2008: Bulgaria’s Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) airports on
the Black Sea coast rose by 18.6 and 37.5 percent respectively, Antalya
Airport (AYT) in Turkey by 3.9 percent and Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru by 3.3
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-November 2008 period, raising the total number of
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

SOURCE Fraport AG


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