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Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2009: Traffic Continues to Pick Up Slightly

Dépèche transmise le 16 juin 2009 par PRNewswire

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Frankfurt Airport's (FRA) traffic development during the past three months - especially compared to figures at the beginning of the year - continues to provide optimism. In particular, the decline in aircraft movements as well as airfreight and airmail continued to slow slightly.

Aircraft movements dropped only 4.4 percent year-on-year to 40,666 takeoffs and landings. With 146,259 metric tons in May 2009, FRA's airfreight slowdown narrowed to 17.1 percent. At 2.37 million metric tons, maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) were only 4.8 percent below the comparable month last year. FRA served a total of 4.4 million passengers last month, down 6.3 percent year-on-year.

Traffic decline rates also shrank over the entire January-to-May 2009 period. A total of 19.6 million passengers resulted in a cumulative loss of 8.6 percent. Airfreight throughput reached 674,258 metric tons, down 22.5 percent for the first five months of the year. With 187,770 takeoffs and landings, aircraft movements dropped 6.0 percent below the previous year's level. Punctuality of takeoffs and landings reached an average level of 83.7 percent for the January-to-May 2009 period. This was partially due to optimization of operational procedures carried out in cooperation with the airlines and air traffic control.

Fraport's majority-owned airports registered differing traffic figures for the reporting month. Passenger traffic at Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) advanced by 4.2 percent to 703,322 year-on-year, while the travel season was restrained at Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) and the Bulgarian airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR). AYT registered 844,919 passengers, a decline of 10.6 percent compared to May 2008. On the Black Sea coast, BOJ received 80,252 passengers (down 20.7 percent) and VAR 84,733 passengers (down 17.2 percent).

The Group's airports welcomed a total of about 6.2 million passengers in May 2009, down 6.2 percent year-on-year.

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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - May 2009 May Change (2) Change (2) 2009 May 09/ Jan. - May Jan. - May May 08 2009 09/08 Passengers (1) 4,443,433 -6.3 % 19,620,210 -8.6 % Airfreight (1) 146,259 -17.1 % 674,258 -22.5 % in metric tons Airmail 6,545 -10.3 % 32,733 -12.7 % in metric tons Aircraft Movements 40,666 -4.4 % 187,770 -6.0 % (3) MTOWs 2,366,953 -4.8 % 10,916,525 -6.0 % in metric tons Punctuality 84.3 83.7 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 May 2009 Airports Cargo in Aircraft metric Movements Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change Change (+ absolute absolute in % airmail) in % in % Frankfurt(FRA) 4,443,108 -6.3 150,384 -17.3 40,666 -4.4 Antalya(AYT)(2) 844,919 -10.6 n.a. n.a. 6,054 -10.4 Burgas (BOJ) 80,252 -20.7 388 27.7 930 -21.0 Lima (LIM)(3) 703,322 4.2 14,523 -10.1 8,580 5.2 Varna (VAR) 84,733 -17.2 6 -14.9 1,099 -18.7 Fraport Group 6,156,334 -6.2 165,301 -16.6 57,329 -4.3 (1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit) (2) Terminal 1 + domestic terminal (3) Figures provided by LIM

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

CONTACT: For Further information, Please Contact: Fraport AG FrankfurtAirport Services Worldwide, Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager InternationalPress, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM), 60547Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, Tel.: +49-69-690-78547;Fax: +49-69-690-60548;, E-mail: ; Internet:http://www.fraport.com