Fraport Traffic Figures - June and First Half 2014 / Traffic Continues to Grow at Frankfurt Airport - Positive Development at Group's International Airports

Frankfurt (ots) -

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 27.8 million passengers in the
first six months of 2014 - up 2.4 percent year-on-year - a new
historic half-year passenger record. Cargo (airfreight and airmail)
throughput at FRA reached 1.1 million metric tons in the first half
of 2014, up 2.2 percent compared to the previous year. Despite this
growth, aircraft movements at FRA remained stable with 229,039
takeoffs and landings (down 0.1 percent) for the same period. Due to
the deployment of larger aircraft, accumulated maximum takeoff
weights (MTOWs) at Frankfurt Airport climbed by 1.9 percent to 14
million metric tons. "This growth is developing within the expected
range. Further gains in efficiency, the ongoing replacement of older
planes with new-generation quieter aircraft, as well as the stability
and reliability of Frankfurt's flight timetable contributed to this
satisfying development at Frankfurt Airport," explained Fraport AG's
executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte.

With 5.6 million passengers served in June 2014 (up 3.3 percent
year-on-year), FRA recorded its busiest June in the history of the
airport. Accumulated MTOWs at Germany's largest airport hit 2.6
million metric tons (up 2.3 percent). Cargo (airfreight and airmail)
dropped by 3.5 percent to 178,384 metric tons, while aircraft
movements slipped by 0.4 percent to 41,949 takeoffs and landings at
Frankfurt.

Fraport AG's international Group airports also reported a gain in
passenger traffic. Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) received 7.4 million
passengers (up 4.1 percent) in the first six months of 2014 and 1.2

million passengers (up 2.1 percent) in June 2014. On the
Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the airports in Varna (VAR) and Burgas
(BOJ) together had 1.1 million passengers in the first half (up 6.7
percent) and 756,187 passengers (up 8 percent) in June 2014. On the
Turkish Riviera, Antalya Airport (AYT) saw traffic rise by 6.5
percent in the first six months of the year to 11 million passengers
and by 8.3 percent in June 2014 to 3.8 million passengers. Russia's
St. Petersburg Airport (LED) generated noticeable double-digit growth
of 12.8 percent in both June 2014 (1.6 million passengers) as well as
the first half of the year (6.4 million passengers). Welcoming 13.7
million passengers from January to June 2014, Xi'an Airport (XIY) in
central China reported a 10.6 percent jump in traffic. In the
reporting month, XIY greeted 2.4 million passengers, an increase of
9.4 percent year-on-year. Only Fraport's minority-owned airport in
Hanover (HAJ), Germany, experienced declining passenger figures,
with 2.3 million in the first half (down 2.3 percent) and 497,555 in
June 2014 (down 3.7 percent).

For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Robert A. Payne ?
International Spokesman; Head of Intl. Press & 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