Fraport Traffic Figures - September and Third Quarter 2012: New historic monthly record for passengers / Cargo decline slows down

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- Crossreference: The detailed traffic figures can be downloaded
here: http://www.presseportal.de/dokumente -

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 increase
of 3.3 percent compared to the first three quarters of 2011.

The cargo tonnage handled in September 2012 amounted to 178,876
tonnes - a decrease of 2.2 percent compared to September 2011. During
the first nine months of 2012 the airport handled approx. 1.56
million tonnes of cargo. This represents a drop of 8.4 percent
year-on-year.

The number of aircraft movements decreased slightly by 0.7 percent
to 42,214 takeoffs and landings during the month of September 2012.
In the first nine months of 2012 Fraport recorded a total of 366,544
movements. This represents a slight increase of 0.1 percent.

Maximum takeoff weights (MTOW) for September 2012 declined by 0.5
percent to about 2.5 million tonnes compared with the same period
last. During the first nine months MTOW were down 0.3 percent to 22
million tonnes

At Fraport's majority-owned airports the following traffic figures
were reported for the first nine months of 2012:

Lima Airport (LIM) recorded 9,845,236 passengers, an increase of
11.8 percent compared to the same period last year.

Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) served 20,713,246 passengers. This
represents a decrease of 0.1 percent.

In Bulgaria, Burgas (BOJ) registered 2,324,712 passengers (up 7.5
percent) and Varna (VAR) recorded 1,145,086 passengers (down 1.2
percent).

Passenger figures across the Group's airports totaled 78,169,096.
This represents an increase of 3.4 percent over the same period in
2011.

For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG
Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR
International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate
Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel.: +49 69.690.78547
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
Internet: www.fraport.com