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FRANKFURT, Germany, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Profit Forecast Confirmed - Air Transportation Industry Challenged by Changing Framework Conditions Fraport AG achieved revenue of EUR1.85 billion during the first three quarters of 2012 - up 3.5 percent or EUR63.2 million year-on-year. Group EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) increased by 5.7 percent or EUR36.8 million to EUR683.1 million year-on-year. The Group result rose by...

FRANKFURT, Germany, October 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Cargo decline slows down - In September 2012, Fraport AG welcomed around 5.36 million passengers at its Frankfurt home base, representing an increase of 52,000 passengers or 1 percent compared to September 2011. Despite a strike, a new historic September value was achieved. From January to September 2012, Germany's most important aviation hub recorded a total of approx. 44.1 million passengers. This represents an...

FRANKFURT, Germany, September 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FRA Achieves New Monthly Record Despite Strike Day - Traffic Grows at Group Airports Fraport AG welcomed nearly 5.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in August 2012, an increase of 245,000 passengers compared to August 2011 (up 4.6 percent). FRA achieved a new August monthly record despite the eight-hour-long strike by Lufthansa cabin crew at the end of the month, when Frankfurt had about...

FRANKFURT, Germany, August 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Fraport Interim Report - First Half 2012: Fraport Increases Revenue and Operating Result in the First Half of the Year" issued on 8 Aug 2012 05:00 GMT, by Fraport AG over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that there are text translation corrections in the first two paragraphs. Complete, corrected release follows: During the first half of 2012, the Fraport Group's revenue...

FRANKFURT, Germany, August 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- During the first half of 2012, the Fraport Group's revenue increased by 2.5 percent to EUR1.154 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose by two percent to EUR365.7 million. Higher depreciations and amortization as well as a decline in the financial result - mainly due to the inauguration of Frankfurt Airport's new Runway Northwest and the continuing high investments for the new Pier...

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Airport operator Fraport AG looks back on an eventful first half 2012 at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base. FRA registered 5.4 million passengers in the reporting month, a plus of 5.4 percent and a new historic peak for a June month. The accumulated maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) climbed by 2.8 percent to about 2.5 million metric tons in June 2012. The number of aircraft movements in June 2012 increased by 4.6 percent...

FRNKFURT, Germany, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraport AG welcomed about 4.8 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in April 2012 - up 2.8 percent year-on-year. The reporting month even surpassed the previous April peak figure set in 2011 by some 130,000 passengers - despite the fact that this year's Easter break occurred earlier and shifted holiday traffic into March 2012. Aircraft movements at Frankfurt declined due to the nighttime flight...

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Some 12.2 million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in the first three months of 2012, representing a 3.5 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year. For the month of March 2012, a year-on-year increase of 4.1 percent was achieved compared to the same month last year. Approximately 4.5 million passengers traveled through FRA in March 2012, thus exceeding the previous monthly record set...

FRANKFURT, Germany, February 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraport AG welcomed 4.1 million passengers at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in the first month of the New Year - resulting in a 5.5 percent traffic jump year-on-year at Germany's largest airport. Reasons for this growth included the favorable winter weather conditions (absence of snow) which contributed to optimum operations in January 2012. FRA's strong punctuality figure of 85.1 percent in January 2012 was also positively...

FRANKFURT, Germany, January 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Frankfurt Airport (FRA) concluded the year 2011 with record traffic figures again. For the first time, FRA served more than four million passengers during a December month. A total of 4.35 million passengers in December 2011 represented an increase of 12.2 percent year-on-year. New December records were also registered for aircraft movements and maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs). Aircraft movements at FRA climbed by 12.3...