Fraport Traffic Figures - Full Year & December 2012: More
Passengers, Less Cargo in 2012
FRANKFURT, Germany,
January 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Passenger Traffic Grows for the Entire
Year
Despite a Weak
December - International Airport
Portfolio Continues to Develop
Successfully
Fraport AG achieved a record 57.5 million passengers (up 1.9
percent) at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base, during what was
characterized as a tumultuous year for the aviation industry. Even
the weaker December 2012 reporting
month (down 6.3 percent to about 4 million compared to December 2011) did not affect the positive
overall result for the entire year. "The airline industry in
Europe finds itself in a difficult
economic situation. High fuel prices, the burden of the national
aviation tax, and weak demand, particularly in Southern Europe, require capacity adjustments.
In this environment, Frankfurt Airport with its new passenger
record performed very well," said Fraport AG executive board
chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte.
In the cargo sector, the airport operator reported a 6.7 percent
decrease year-on-year to about 2.1 million metric tons for 2012. In
December 2012, FRA registered a
slight 1.5 percent decline in airfreight to 174,590 metric tons.
"The weak global economy has played a crucial role in the
development of the cargo market. But this negative trend has been
slowing with the decline in cargo tonnage reduced significantly by
the end of the year. Thus, the trend is now continuing in the right
direction," explained Schulte.
Various strikes, coupled with about 3,350 flight cancelations at
FRA, the noticeable cancelation of cargo flights in response to the
general economic crisis, the high reduction of passenger flights
during the winter timetable, as well as the use of larger aircraft
such as the A380 superjumbo contributed to a slight decline in
aircraft movements: with 482,242 takeoffs and landings handled in
2012 - a one percent decrease compared to the previous year.
During the last month of 2012 the number of aircraft
movements at Frankfurt Airport reached 34,425 - 10.2 percent below
the figure of December 2011. However,
due to the reduction in flight movements the seat load factor rose
by nearly two percent year-on-year to a new December record of 73.8
percent. Accumulated MTOWs (maximum takeoff weights) for the year
2012 slipped by 1.2 percent to about 29 million metric tons,
including 2.1 million metric tons in the reporting month of
December 2012 (down 6.8 percent
compared to December 2011).
Fraport's five majority-owned Group airports recorded growth for
the full year 2012 and served a total of 99.4 million passengers -
up 2.9 percent year-on-year. With about 13.3 million
passengers, Peru's Lima Airport
(LIM) achieved particularly robust growth of 13 percent in 2012.
Fraport's airports on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria also advanced their annual passenger
figures: Burgas (BOJ) welcomed about 2.4 million (up 5.6
percent) and Varna (VAR) received
1.2 million (up 3.4 percent). With nearly 25 million
passengers in 2012, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera
maintained its strong traffic performance of the previous year.
ANR 1/2013> January 15,
2013
Fraport Group Traffic Figures - Full
Year 2012 (January to December)
Cargo in
metric Aircraft
Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change Movements Change
Airports absolute in % (+airmail) in % absolute in %
Frankfurt
(FRA) 57,520,001 1.9 2,066,431 -6.7 482,242 -1.0
Antalya
(AYT) 24,954,422 0.0 n.a. n.a. 159,253 -2.7
Burgas
(BOJ)(3) 2,380,536 5.6 2,281 -61.9 18,856 -1.9
Lima (LIM)(2) 13,324,379 13.0 293,675 2.5 148,325 9.8
Varna (VAR)(3) 1,221,468 3.4 33 -18.3 10,739 -4.7
Fraport
Group 99,400,806 2.9 2,362,421 -5.8 819,415 0.4
1. Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures +
transit)
2. Figures provided by LIM
3. VAR was closed from 15.10.2011 to
28.02.2012; during this period flights to/from VAR
were handled by BOJ.
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ANR 1/2013> January 15,
2013
Fraport Group Traffic Figures -
December 2012
Cargo in
metric Aircraft
Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change Movements Change
Airports absolute in % (+airmail) in % absolute in %
Frankfurt
(FRA) 3,978,620 -6.3 171,571 -1.6 34,425 -10.2
Antalya
(AYT) 559,439 -0.5 n.a. n.a. 4,817 -2.3
Burgas
(BOJ)(3) 13,068 -45.0 280 -63.7 280 -46.4
Lima (LIM)(2) 1,141,298 15.9 30,451 11.4 13,010 11.8
Varna (VAR)(3) 18,578 - 2 - 282 -
Fraport
Group 5,711,003 -1.8 202,303 -0.1 52,814 -4.7
1. Passengers (commercial traffic:
arrivals + departures + transit)
2. Figures provided by LIM
3. VAR was closed from 15.10.2011 to 28.02.2012; during this period
flights to/from VAR were handled by BOJ.
ANR 1/2013 -
January 15, 2013
Frankfurt Airport's Traffic
Figures -Dec. 2012
& Full Year 2012
Change(2) Change(2)
Dec. 12/ Jan. - Dec. Jan. - Dec.
Dec. 2012 Dec. 11 2012 2012/2011
Passengers (1) 3,979,285 -6.3 % 57,527,251 1.9 %
Airfreight (1)
in metric tons 165,971 -1.2 % 2,020,367 -6.9 %
Airmail (1)
in metric tons 8,619 -6.7 % 80,380 -2.3 %
Aircraft Movements 34,425 -10.2 % 482,242 -1.0 %
MTOWs
in metric tons 2,137,799 -6.8 % 28,912,800 -1.2 %
Punctuality
share of punctual
arrivals and
departures in
percent 71.9 81.5
1. Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
2. Change over previous year
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For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. -
International Spokesman and Head of International Press/PR &
External Activities Team, Press Office (UKM-PS), Corporate
Communications, 60547 Frankfurt,
Germany; Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de;
Internet: http://www.fraport.com