FRANKFURT, Germany,
May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed nearly 4.7 million passengers
in April 2013, a decrease of 2.2
percent year-on-year. The drop can be attributed to the
Easter holidays commencing in March (earlier start of the Easter
travel season) and, especially, to the strike by Deutsche Lufthansa
AG's ground staff - which resulted in about 950 strike-related
flight cancellations on April 22 that
affected more than 100,000 passengers at FRA. Excluding this
one-time effect, passenger figures would have reached last year's
level. FRA's cargo volume remained relatively constant with 174,000
metric tons handled in the reporting month, only 0.1 percent below
the April 2012 figure. Also
impacted by the labor strike, aircraft movements fell by 2.2 per
cent to about 39,250 takeoffs and landings.
Fraport's five majority-owned airports served a total of almost
7.4 million passengers in April 2013,
up 0.6 percent year-on-year. In particular, Peru's Lima Airport (LIM), with some 1.13
million passengers, and Turkey's
Antalya Airport (AYT), with nearly 1.54 million passengers, both
registered strong ongoing growth. Skytrax recently honored
Lima Airport with its "Best Airport in South America" award (sixth time) and the
"Best Airport Staff Service in South
America" award (third time). Together, the airports of
Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOU) on
the Bulgarian Black Sea coast recorded about 47,000 passengers in
April 2013.
Fraport Traffic Figures
April 2013
Traffic Figures - Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
Total Traffic Month yoy DELTA% YTD yoy DELTA%
Passengers [1] 4,666,711 -2.2 16,603,806 -2.1
Cargo
(freight+mail in t)[2] 174.047 -0.1 676.098 0.8
Aircraft
Movements 39.253 -2.2 145.230 -4.8
MTOWs (in metric
tons) 2,321,386 -3.1 8,686,812 -4.7
Punctuality (in percent) 85.8 80.9
Traffic Figures - Fraport Group
Based on ACI
definition Cargo
(Airports (freight+mail) in t
Council Intl.) Passengers [3] [4] Movements
yoy yoy
Month DELTA% Month yoy DELTA% Month DELTA%
Frankfurt (FRA) 4,666,328 -2.2 171,119 0.1 39,253 -2.2
Antalya (AYT) 1,539,247 3.8 n.a. n.a. 11,267 3.5
Burgas (BOJ) 21,182 6.7 173 >100.0 335 -6.2
Lima (LIM)[6] 1,125,971 9.0 20,210 0.3 12,325 3.7
Varna (VAR) 26,131 -0.2 1 -54.5 365 -3.2
Group 7,378,859 0.6 191,503 0.2 63,545 -0.2
Cargo
(freight+mail) in t
Jan.-Apr. 2013 Passengers [3] [4] Movements
yoy yoy
YTD DELTA% YTD yoy DELTA% YTD DELTA%
Frankfurt (FRA) 16,602,089 -2.1 664,159 0.7 145,230 -4.8
Antalya (AYT) 3,763,806 4.5 n.a. n.a. 28,710 3.6
Burgas (BOJ)[5] 55,575 -28.4 1,166 >100.0 933 -39.9
Lima (LIM)[6] 4,677,864 11.7 81,909 5.3 49,528 5.8
Varna (VAR)[5] 80,203 95.1 5 13.3 1,203 76.7
Group 25,179,537 1.3 747,240 1.3 225,604 -1.6
[1] Commerical and non-commercial traffic
[2] Cargo including transit (in metric tons)
[3] Passengers - commercial traffic only
[4] Cargo excluding transit (in metric tons)
[5] Varna was closed from 15.10.2011 to 28.02.12. Burgas handled all VAR
flights during this period.
[6] Figures provided by LIM
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;
SOURCE Fraport AG