Fraport Consortium Wins Tender for 14 Greek Regional Airports

Frankfurt (ots) - Fraport-Copelouzos to Manage Concession for 40
Years - 14 Airports Including Thessaloniki, Chania (Crete), Kerkyra
(Corfu), Kos, Rhodes and Others - Some 19 Million Passengers Annually

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and its partner
Copelouzos Group have been selected as preferred investor for a
40-year operating concession by the Hellenic Republic Assets
Development Fund (HRADF) for 14 regional airports in Greece:
including Aktio, Chania (Crete), Kavala, Kefalonia, Kerkyra (Corfu),
Kos, Mitilini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos,
Thessaloniki - Greece's second largest city - and Zakynthos.
Combined, these airports served a total of about 19.1 million
passengers in 2013. The total purchase price of 1,234 million euros
will be paid by the time of closing, expected in the autumn of 2015.
Fraport AG will hold a majority share in the consortium.

Against strong international competition, Fraport and Copelouzos
delivered a convincing bid to win the privatization tender for these
Greek airports. Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan
Schulte expressed satisfaction with this latest new expansion of the
company's international portfolio: "The Greek regional airports add
another airport investment with dynamic development potential. The
choice for Fraport underscores our position as a leading global
airport manager. Our extensive know-how gained over many decades will
contribute to expanding and strengthening the competitive position of
the Greek regional airports."

As new owner, the Fraport/Copelouzos consortium will be
responsible for maintaining, operating, managing, upgrading and
developing the 14 gateways of international tourism until 2055. The
mainland airports include Aktio (PVK), Kavala (KVA) and Thessaloniki
(SKG). The remaining eleven are located on the Greek islands of
Corfu/Kerkyra (CFU), Crete/Chania (CHQ), Kefalonia (EFL), Kos (KGS),
Mitilini (MJT), Mykonos (JMK), Rhodes (RHO), Samos (KGS), Santorini
(JTR), Skiathos (JSI) and Zakynthos (ZTH).

The founder and chairman of Copelouzos Group, Dimitris Copelouzos,
stressed the project's importance at the local, national and
international level: "Modernization of the airports will allow us,
via reliable and safer transportation services, to further enhance
Greek tourism continuously - thus empowering competitiveness of the
local and national economies and generating new jobs. Our goal is to
create airport gateways that meet the growing needs and expectations
of the Greek people as well as visitors from around the globe."

Greece ranks among the world's top 10 countries in terms of the
number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Tourism is a key sector of the
Greek economy, accounting for about 18 percent of the country's GDP.
According to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the number of
international tourists visiting Greece grew by 17 percent in the
first half of 2014. This continues the strong performance of last
year when Greece welcomed some 18 million international tourists (up
16 percent) who generated 16 billion U.S. dollars for the economy
(up13 percent). The country is striving to exceed 20 million
tourists per year - double Greece's population. For more information,
visit Greece's official tourism (http://www.visitgreece.gr/en) and
business investment (http://www.investingreece.gov.gr/) websites.

About Fraport

Fraport AG - which ranks among the world's leading companies in
the global airport business - offers a full range of integrated
airport management services and boasts subsidiaries and investments
on five continents. Furthermore, Fraport is a competent partner in
airport retailing and real estate development. In 2013, the Fraport
Group generated sales of E2.56 billion, EBITDA of E880.2 million and
profit of about E236 million. Last year, more than 103 million
passengers used airports around the world in which Fraport has a
majority stake. Currently,Fraport's international portfolio comprises
11 airports in Germany and around the globe.

At its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base, Fraport welcomed more
than 58 million passengers in 2013 and handled some 2.1 million
metric tons of cargo (airfreight and airmail). For the Winter
2014/2015 flight timetable, FRA is served by 98 passenger airlines
flying to some 250 destinations in 105 countries worldwide. More
than half of FRA's destinations are intercontinental (beyond Europe)
- underscoring Frankfurt's role as a leading hub in the global air
transportation system. In Europe, Frankfurt Airport ranks first in
terms of cargo tonnage and is the third-busiest for passenger
traffic. With about 55 percent of all passengers using Frankfurt as
a connecting hub, FRA also has the highest transfer rate among the
major European hubs.

About Copelouzos

Copelouzos Group plays a leading role in the Greek market and
comprises various companies, which are active in the most important
business sectors in Greece and internationally. The Group's core
business areas are: natural gas importation and marketing,
electricity production and trading, renewable energy sources (wind,
hydroelectric, solar), supply of energy equipment, real estate,
concessions, exhibition and congress centers, outdoor advertising,
airport management, railway projects, construction and project
management of large-scale projects, etc. Regarding the airport
business, the Group participates in Athens International Airport.
Both Copelouzos and Fraport are partners in the Northern Capital
Gateway consortium that manages St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport
(LED).

Pressekontakt:
Fraport AG
Robert A. Payne
International Spokesman
Press Office, Corp.Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 690-78547
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
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