Fraport Traffic Figures - Full Year & December 2012: More Passengers, Less Cargo in 2012

Frankfurt (ots) -

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- Passenger Traffic Grows for the Entire Year Despite a Weak
December
- International Airport Portfolio Continues to Develop
Successfully

In 2012 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.

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: www.fraport.com