Fraport Traffic Figures - June and First Half 2017: Frankfurt Airport Achieves New Passenger Record

FRANKFURT, Germany, July 12, 2017 --

Passenger Traffic at FRA hits new high also in June – Strong performance reported across Fraport's Group airports

The growth trend at Fraport AG's home base Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continues unabated: In June 2017, some 5.8 million passengers passed through FRA, representing an increase of 5.3 percent year-on-year. Helped by the early start of the summer school vacation in some parts of Germany this year, FRA thus reported its busiest June ever – with passenger traffic rising for the eighth consecutive month. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) also increased by 4.7 percent to 188,256 metric tons, supported by ongoing economic growth, particularly in the eurozone's industrial sector. Aircraft movements rose slightly by 0.9 percent to 41,533 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) also expanded slightly by 0.6 percent to 2.6 million metric tons in June 2017.

In the first half of 2017, Frankfurt Airport welcomed almost 30 million passengers. This represents an increase of some 1.3 million passengers (or 4.5 percent) compared to the same period in 2016, thus marking a new historic record for Frankfurt Airport. Aircraft movements rose slightly by 0.2 percent from January-to-June 2017, to 227,558 takeoffs and landings. MTOWs declined by 1.0 percent to 14.4 million metric tons. FRA's cargo volume grew by 4.8 percent in the first half of 2017, reaching almost 1.1 million metric tons – the highest first-half volume achieved in the past six years.

Fraport's international portfolio of airports showed positive performance in the first half year of 2017. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in the capital city of Slovenia welcomed 722,943 passengers in the first six months of 2017, a 20.8 percent jump compared to the same period in the previous year (June 2017: 156,092 passengers, up 15.0 percent). Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) posted an 8.4 percent traffic increase to almost 9.7 million passengers (June 2017: 1.6 million passengers, up 9.5 percent). The Fraport Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast also experienced strong growth. Combined, BOJ and VAR served almost 1.3 million passengers, a gain of 9.4 percent (June 2017: 852,399 passengers, up 9.3 percent). The 14 Greek airports achieved combined traffic growth of 11.9 percent or a total of 9.6 million passengers in the first half of 2017 (June 2017: 3.9 million passengers, up 16.0 percent). During the June 2017 reporting month, the busiest of the Greek airports included Rhodes Airport (RHO) with 795,470 passengers (up 9.5 percent), Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) with 653,227 passengers (up 20.5 percent), and Kerkyra Airport (CFU) on the island of Corfu with 477,099 passengers (up 8.0 percent passengers). On the Turkish Riviera, Antalya Airport (AYT) served nearly 9.5 million people in the first half of 2017, a noticeable gain of 29.4 percent year-on-year (June 2017: 3.3 million passengers, up 77.6 percent). In northern Germany, Hanover Airport (HAJ) registered about 2.6 million passengers in the January-to-June 2017 period, an increase of 4.9 percent (June 2017: 573,827 passengers, up 10.0 percent). Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, recorded strong traffic growth of 25.4 percent to 7.1 million passengers (June 2017: 1.7 million passengers, up 23.8 percent). China's Xi'an Airport (XIY) continued its dynamic growth with traffic rising by 14.4 percent to 20.1 million passengers (June 2017: 3.4 million passengers, up 15.2 percent).

*Fraport Traffic Figures*
*June 2017*

Fraport Group Airports¹				June 2017						Year to Date (YTD) 2017
			*Fraport*	*Passengers*		Cargo*		*Movements*		*Passengers*		*Cargo*		*Movements*
*Fully-consolidated airports*			*share (%)*	*Month*	*Δ %*	*Month*	*Δ %*	*Month*	*Δ %*	*YTD*	*Δ %*	*YTD*	*Δ %*	*YTD*	*Δ %*
FRA	Frankfurt	Germany	100.00	5,797,653	5.3	185,094	5.1	41,533	0.9	29,954,669	4.5	1,079,716	5.3	227,558	0.2
LJU	Ljubljana	Slovenia	100.00	156,092	15.0	1,043	18.7	3,280	1.6	722,943	20.8	5,655	13.0	16,315	8.0
LIM	Lima	Peru²	70.01	1,641,088	9.5	19,909	-1.4	14,840	4.1	9,694,303	8.4	122,681	0.1	89,248	4.0
Fraport Twin Star			60.00	852,399	9.3	1,195	7.9	6,412	2.7	1,294,725	9.4	6,863	3.7	11,298	1.5
BOJ	Burgas	Bulgaria	60.00	545,600	7.5	1,185	7.9	4,068	4.8	719,786	5.2	6,715	3.0	6,072	0.7
VAR	Varna	Bulgaria	60.00	306,799	12.7	11	2.8	2,344	-0.9	574,939	15.0	148	57.9	5,226	2.4
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A+B			73.40	3,945,992	16.0	n.a.	n.a.	31,053	14.2	9,640,323	11.9	n.a.	n.a.	82,051	8.4
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A			73.40	2,117,261	15.2	n.a.	n.a.	16,208	13.8	5,777,486	11.1	n.a.	n.a.	47,444	8.4
CFU	Kerkyra (Corfu)	Greece	73.40	477,099	8.0	n.a.	n.a.	3,435	6.2	898,040	6.6	n.a.	n.a.	6,977	-0.1
CHQ	Chania (Crete)	Greece	73.40	439,185	11.3	n.a.	n.a.	2,749	7.3	1,169,360	6.3	n.a.	n.a.	7,742	4.4
EFL	Kefalonia	Greece	73.40	107,048	12.1	n.a.	n.a.	888	14.1	182,181	9.6	n.a.	n.a.	1,790	6.5
KVA	Kavala	Greece	73.40	48,841	17.2	n.a.	n.a.	470	10.8	103,905	10.7	n.a.	n.a.	1,321	5.8
PVK	Aktion/Preveza	Greece	73.40	98,415	23.1	n.a.	n.a.	869	24.1	155,091	18.4	n.a.	n.a.	1,647	8.1
SKG	Thessaloniki	Greece	73.40	653,227	20.5	n.a.	n.a.	5,760	19.5	2,792,961	12.3	n.a.	n.a.	24,148	11.0
ZTH	Zakynthos	Greece	73.40	293,446	21.4	n.a.	n.a.	2,037	17.9	475,948	24.9	n.a.	n.a.	3,819	21.6
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece B			73.40	1,828,731	16.9	n.a.	n.a.	14,845	14.7	3,862,837	13.1	n.a.	n.a.	34,607	8.3
JMK	Mykonos	Greece	73.40	188,404	26.9	n.a.	n.a.	2,376	45.2	361,907	31.6	n.a.	n.a.	4,237	34.7
JSI	Skiathos	Greece	73.40	76,807	15.2	n.a.	n.a.	724	13.5	116,375	13.6	n.a.	n.a.	1,216	9.5
JTR	Santorini (Thira)	Greece	73.40	281,944	17.2	n.a.	n.a.	2,354	15.6	686,406	13.6	n.a.	n.a.	5,892	21.4
KGS	Kos	Grecce	73.40	374,359	27.5	n.a.	n.a.	2,604	19.7	681,993	22.0	n.a.	n.a.	5,664	10.6
MJT	Mytilene (Lesvos)	Greece	73.40	51,548	24.0	n.a.	n.a.	632	9.3	182,700	-5.3	n.a.	n.a.	2,606	-7.3
RHO	Rhodes	Greece	73.40	795,470	9.5	n.a.	n.a.	5,434	3.2	1,699,865	8.7	n.a.	n.a.	12,669	-1.3
SMI	Samos	Greece	73.40	60,199	28.2	n.a.	n.a.	721	17.0	133,591	13.1	n.a.	n.a.	2,323	11.4

*At equity consolidated airports²*
AYT	Antalya	Turkey	51.00	3,347,235	77.6	n.a.	n.a.	18,809	51.8	9,487,679	29.4	n.a.	n.a.	59,790	20.0
HAJ	Hanover	Germany	30.00	573,827	10.0	1,121	-27.8	7,080	2.5	2,561,598	4.9	8,864	-8.5	36,133	-1.0
LED	St. Petersburg	Russia	25.00	1,700,237	23.8		n.a.	15,031	16.0	7,142,970	25.4	n.a.	n.a.	70,673	17.5
XIY	Xi'an	China	24.50	3,387,036	15.2	21,630	20.8	25,896	12.2	20,060,399	14.4	122,513	11.1	154,077	10.8

Frankfurt Airport³

*June 2017*	*Month*	*Δ %*	*YTD 2017*	*Δ %*
Passengers	5,798,139	5.3	29,956,521	4.5
Cargo (freight & mail)	188,256	4.7	1,095,907	4.8
Aircraft movements	41,533	0.9	227,558	0.2
MTOW (in metric tons)⁴	2,617,564	0.6	14,427,930	-1.0
PAX/PAX-flight⁵	149.6	4.1	141.1	4.2
Seat load factor (%)	81.3		77.6
Punctuality rate (%)	71.2		77.7

*Frankfurt Airport*	*PAX share*	*Δ %⁶*	*PAX share*	*Δ %⁶*
*Regional Split*	*Month*		*YTD*
Continental	64.1	4.1	62.0	4.5
Germany	11.2	0.3	11.7	3.6
Europe (excl. Germany)	52.9	4.9	50.4	4.7
Western Europe	43.6	5.0	42.0	4.8
Eastern Europe	9.2	4.4	8.4	4.3
Intercontinental	35.9	7.6	38.0	4.5
Africa	3.5	30.5	4.2	13.9
Middle East	4.3	7.0	5.7	3.7
North America	14.9	5.9	12.9	3.0
Central & South America	3.0	1.4	3.9	0.8
Far East	10.3	5.7	11.3	4.8
Australia	0.0	n.a.	0.0	n.a.

Definitions:¹According 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: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep); ²Preliminary figures; ³According to Fraport definition: 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: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep); ⁴Inbound traffic only; ⁵ Scheduled and charter traffic; ⁶absolute change vs. previous year in %; 7 HCAA Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (1. -10.4.) & Fraport Regional Airports of Greece (11. - 30.04.) ; *Freight and mail

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