Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2017: Growth Trend Continues

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Frankfurt Airport sees significant increase in passenger and cargo
traffic - Group airports also deliver strong performance

In May 2017, passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
continued to increase significantly, rising by 5.7 percent to 5.6
million passengers. Growth was positively impacted by a lower number
of public holidays compared to the same month last year. Moreover,
the month of May 2016 was characterized by overall lower traffic
volumes and a number of weather-related flight cancellations. During
the January-to-May 2017 period, FRA posted accumulated passenger
growth of 4.3 percent.

Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport rose by 5.1 percent to
186.547 metric tons in the reporting month, thus achieving the
highest May volume in six years. Growth was buoyed by a more
favorable economic environment which, in particular, had a positive
impact on the eurozone's industrial sector, resulting in higher
exports. Aircraft movements climbed by 1.8 percent to 41,915
takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs)
slightly increased by 0.2 percent to 2.6 million metric tons
year-on-year.

Group airports in Fraport AG's international portfolio also
delivered a strong performance in May 2017. Ljubljana Airport (LJU)
in Slovenia's capital city recorded a 25.5 percent surge in traffic
to 146,257 passengers. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru welcomed almost
1.7 million passengers, a gain of 4.4 percent. The Twin Star
airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea
coast, combined, registered an increase of 3.8 percent to 238,128
passengers.

Fraport's international portfolio now comprises 14 Greek airports,
which achieved combined growth of 7.4 percent to some 2.6 million
passengers in May 2017 - the first full reporting month since the
airports were taken over and consolidated into the Fraport Group in
April 2017. Airports registering particularly high growth rates
included: Zakynthos (ZTH), up 27.4 percent; Kos (KGS), up 18.8
percent; Mykonos (JMK), up 16.0 percent; and Santorini (JTR), up
14.1 percent.

Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey served some 2.6 million passengers
in May 2017, representing an increase of 38.3 percent. Traffic at
Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany advanced by 9.5 percent, to
543,639 passengers. Welcoming approximately 1.4 million passengers,
Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, posted strong 26.0
percent growth. At Xi'an Airport (XIY) in China, traffic jumped by
14.0 percent to some 3.4 million passengers.

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Contact:
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Deputy Head of Press Office
Spokesperson for Business & Finance
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 690 - 70553
E-mail: t.beckmann@fraport.de
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