Fraport Traffic Figures 2019: Frankfurt Airport Serves More than 70.5 Million Passengers

Frankfurt (ots) - New annual record achieved in Frankfurt despite slower growth
- Most of Fraport's Group airports worldwide also performed well

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served more than 70.5 million passengers in 2019 -
achieving a new all-time record by exceeding the 70-million mark for the first
time in a calendar year. Compared to the previous year, this represents a
passenger increase of 1.5 percent. Following a positive trend in the first half
of 2019 (up 3.0 percent), passenger volumes largely stagnated in the second half
of the year (up 0.2 percent). In the months of November and December 2019,
passenger numbers declined for the first time since November 2016. The
relatively weaker growth in full-year passenger numbers can be mainly attributed
to domestic traffic (down 3.4 percent) and European traffic (up 1.2 percent). In
contrast, intercontinental traffic to and from FRA increased by 3.4 percent in
2019.

Fraport AG's executive board chairman, Dr. Stefan Schulte, commented: "The
reduction of airline flight services for the current winter schedule had a
noticeable impact on passenger volumes at Frankfurt. After a long and
extraordinarily strong growth phase - during which we gained almost 10 million
passengers in the last three years - we can now see that the aviation industry
is entering a consolidation phase. Broader economic and geopolitical
uncertainties have worsened, while unilateral national measures - such as
raising the local air traffic tax - are placing an additional burden on the
German aviation industry in 2020."

The number of aircraft movements at FRA rose by 0.4 percent to 513,912 takeoffs
and landings in 2019. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) were up 0.8
percent to about 31.9 million metric tons. Cargo throughput (airfreight +
airmail) contracted by 3.9 percent to 2.1 million metric tons, reflecting the
ongoing slowdown of the global economy.

In December 2019, FRA's passenger traffic declined by 1.2 percent year-on-year
to 4.9 million passengers. With 36,635 takeoffs and landings, aircraft movements
shrank by 4.4 percent. MTOWs slipped by 2.9 percent to just under 2.4 million
metric tons. Cargo volumes decreased by 7.2 percent to 170,384 metric tons.

The airports in Fraport AG's international portfolio continued to show largely
positive performance during 2019. Affected by the bankruptcy of home-carrier
Adria Airways and other factors, Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia recorded a
5.0 percent traffic decline in the reporting year (December 2019: down 21.6
percent). In contrast, Fraport's two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and
Porto Alegre (POA) posted combined traffic growth of 3.9 percent to 15.5 million
passengers (December 2019: up 0.3 percent). Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) continued
the strong performance of previous years, with traffic rising by 6.6 percent
(December 2019: up 5.4 percent).

Traffic at the 14 Greek regional airports expanded slightly by 0.9 percent to
nearly 30.2 million passengers in 2019 (December 2019: down 2.2 percent).
Following years of dynamic growth, traffic at Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ)
airports in Bulgaria declined by 10.7 percent, due to airlines consolidating
their flight offerings (December 2019: up 23.3 percent).

In 2019, traffic at Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) once again advanced rapidly
by 10.0 percent to almost 35.5 million passengers (December 2019: up 2.8
percent). Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, saw traffic climb by
8.1 percent to some 19.6 million passengers (December 2019: up 5.7 percent). At
Xi'an Airport (XIY) in China, traffic jumped by 5.7 percent to more than 47.2
million passengers (December 2019: up 4.7 percent).

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