Fraport Traffic Figures - January 2015: Passenger Growth Continues

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Further Gains in Maximum Takeoff Weights Due to Deployment of
Larger Aircraft - Group Airports Also Record Positive Start in the
New Year

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has started off the year with continuing
passenger growth. In the reporting month of January 2015, Germany's
largest aviation hub served more than 4 million passengers - up 1.3
percent year-on-year - due primarily to rising intercontinental
traffic. Despite the jump in passenger traffic, aircraft movements at
FRA dropped by 2.6 percent to 34,611 takeoffs and landings. In
contrast, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) climbed by 2.6
percent to about 2.2 million metric tons. The trend towards
deployment of larger, more efficient aircraft and denser seating
capacity per aircraft is continuing. Thus, the average MTOW per
aircraft movement grew significantly from 121.4 to 127.9 metric tons
year-on-year. Cargo throughput at the beginning of the year is always
dependent on the timing of the Chinese New Year festivities. The
Chinese New Year occurs in February this year, versus January in
2014. As a result, cargo (airfreight and airmail) dropped slightly by
0.8 percent to 159,740 metric tons.

Group airports, in which Fraport holds an equity stake, also
reported a positive start to the New Year. Only Slovenia's Ljubljana
Airport (LJU) registered a downturn: with traffic slipping by 2.9
percent to 73,096 passengers in January 2015. In the Peruvian
capital, Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed 1,367,608 passengers and
reported growth of 8.4 percent year-on-year. Combined, the Fraport
Twinstar airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on Bulgaria's Black
Sea coast received a total of 34,718 passengers in January 2015 -
representing a 27.2 percent surge in traffic. On the Turkish Riviera,
Antalya Airport (AYT) served 692,138 passengers - a gain of 12.9
percent. At St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia, January
traffic rose by 4.4 percent to 872,813 passengers. In northern
Germany, Hanover Airport (HAJ) achieved a 3.8 jump in passenger
traffic. At China's Xi'an Airport (XIY), traffic rose by 7.6 percent
ot 2.4 million passengers in January 2015.

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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. In 2013, the Fraport Group generated sales of
E2.56 billion, EBITDA of E880.2 million and profit of about E236
million. In 2014, more than 108.5 million passengers used airports
around the world in which Fraport has more than a 50 percent stake.

At its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base, Fraport welcomed about
60 million passengers and handled some 2.2 million metric tons of
cargo (airfreight and airmail) in 2014. For the current winter
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.

Frankfurt Airport City has become Germany's largest job complex at
a single location, employing more than 78,000 people at some 500
companies and organizations on site. Major new real estate
developments - such as The Squaire, the Gateway Gardens business
park, and the Mönchhof Logistics Park - are creating an exciting new
dimension and range of services at the evolving Frankfurt Airport
City of the 21st century.

Almost half of Germany's population lives within a 200-kilometer
radius of the FRA intermodal travel hub - the largest airport
catchment area in Europe. FRA Airport City also serves as a magnet
for other companies located throughout the economically vital
Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar region. Thanks to synergies associated
with the region's dynamic industries, networked expertise, and
outstanding intermodal transportation infrastructure, FRA's world
route network enables Hesse's and Germany's export-oriented
businesses to flourish in global growth markets.

Frankfurt Airport meets the increasing needs of the
export-oriented economies of the State of Hesse as well as Germany as
a whole, for optimal connections to growth markets around the globe.
Likewise, FRA is a strategic gateway for companies wanting to access
the huge European marketplace. Thus, Frankfurt Airport - which is
strategically located in the heart of Europe - is one of the most
important hubs in the global logistics chain.

Contact:
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
Internet: www.fraport.com
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