Fraport Traffic Figures - March and First Quarter of 2019: Growth Trend Continues

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Passenger traffic rises at Frankfurt Airport - Fraport's Group
airports worldwide largely report positive performance

In the first three months of 2019, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served
almost 14.8 million passengers - an increase of 2.5 percent
year-on-year. Aircraft movements rose by 3.0 percent to 116,581
takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs)
climbed by 2.9 percent to some 7.3 million metric tons. Only cargo
throughput (airfreight + airmail) declined by 2.3 percent to a total
of 527,151 metric tons, reflecting the worldwide economic slowdown.

In March 2019, Frankfurt Airport recorded year-on-year traffic
growth of 1.4 percent to about 5.6 million passengers. This increase
was achieved despite the fact that, in March last year, traffic was
additionally boosted by the earlier timing of the Easter school
holidays, falling in April this year. Aircraft movements climbed by
2.1 percent to 42,056 takeoffs and landings, while accumulated MTOWs
grew by 2.8 percent to about 2.6 million metric tons. Cargo
throughput remained almost level compared to March 2018, rising by
0.2 percent to 202,452 metric tons.

Across the Group, the airports in Fraport's international
portfolio largely performed well in the first quarter of 2019, even
though the different timing of the Easter holidays had an impact on
some airports serving tourist destinations. Ljubljana Airport (LJU)
in Slovenia closed the January-to-March period with an increase of
4.0 percent to 342,636 passengers (March 2019: up 3.0 percent to
133,641 passengers). In Brazil, the two airports of Fortaleza (FOR)
and Porto Alegre (POA), combined, welcomed some 3.9 million
passengers, posting a gain of 11.9 percent (March 2019: up 8.3
percent to approximately 1.2 million passengers).

Fraport's 14 Greek regional airports served some 1.9 million
passengers overall in the first quarter of the year - an increase of
8.2 percent (March 2019: up 1.1 percent to a total of 713,045
passengers). The busiest airports in Fraport's Greek portfolio
included Thessaloniki (SKG) with around 1.2 million passengers (up
20.3 percent), Chania (CHQ) on the island of Crete with 153,225
passengers (down 0.4 percent), and Rhodes (RHO) with 151,493
passengers (down 18.1 percent).

Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru advanced by 3.7 percent to some 5.5
million passengers (March 2019: up 2.2 percent to about 1.8 million
passengers). Combined traffic at the two airports of Varna (VAR) and
Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast slipped by 5.8 percent
to 203,606 passengers (March 2019: down 9.9 percent to 74,102
passengers). Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey posted a 5.8 percent
gain to more than 2.7 million passengers (March 2019: down 0.1
percent to nearly 1.1 million passengers). St. Petersburg's Pulkovo
Airport (LED) in Russia grew by 14.7 percent to about 3.6 million
passengers (March 2019: up 16.3 percent to approximately 1.3 million
passengers). Almost 11.3 million passengers passed through Xi'an
Airport (XIY) in China in the first three months of the year,
representing an increase of 8.0 percent (March 2019: up 3.7 percent
to nearly 3.8 million passengers).

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