Fraport Traffic Figures - August 2015 / Summer Traffic Boosts Passenger Figures at Frankfurt Airport - Lima, Ljubljana and Xi'an Achieve Dynamic Growth

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6.3 million passengers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA), up 3.2
percent year-on-year. On August 2, the Frankfurt international hub
registered a new historic daily traffic record - with some 217,500
passengers served in a single day. In addition, the number of
passengers per flight rose again to 156.3, surpassing the July 2015
figure of 152.4. Correspondingly, aircraft capacity utilization at
Frankfurt Airport reached an all-time high of 85.5 percent. The
number of aircraft movements increased slightly by 0.2 percent
year-on-year to 42,787 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum
takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 2 percent to more than 2.7 million
metric tons. Cargo (airfreight and airmail) dropped by 4.2 percent
to 172,055 metric tons, attributable to the weakness in world trade,
especially in the Far East. Sept. 10, 2015 34/2015

Among the Fraport AG's Group airports, Slovenia's capital city
airport Ljubljana (LJU) again reported dynamic growth of 10.4 percent
to about 180,000 passengers in August 2015. Lima Airport (LIM) in
Peru, South America, had equally satisfying figures in August 2015,
with traffic advancing by 8.5 percent to 1.6 million passengers.
Welcoming more than one million passengers, Bulgaria's Twinstar
airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) together registered a 2.9
percent decline. Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) showed a slight
decrease of 0.5 percent to 4.5 million passengers. St. Petersburg's
Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia received 1.7 million passengers, down
3.7 percent year-on-year. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany
reported positive results for August 2015, with traffic rising by 3.8
percent to about 590,000 passengers. Serving 3.1 million passengers,
China's Xi'an Airport (XIY) continued to experience strong traffic
growth of 8.9 percent.

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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 2014, the Fraport Group generated sales of
EUR2.4 billion and profit of about EUR252 million. Last year 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 summer
timetable, FRA is served by 104 passenger airlines flying to some 297
destinations in 104 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 80,000 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.

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