Traffic at Frankfurt Airport Continues to Climb in December
– Traffic Turnaround Definitely in Progress
seen in previous months. Meanwhile, nearly all traffic categories are registering
growth again. Well over 3.8 million passengers recorded at FRA, represent a 2.3
percent rise on December 2008. Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said with satisfaction: “Despite adverse weather conditions, this has been the
first increase in passenger figures at our Frankfurt home base since May 2008. Thus, we have finally emerged from the trough of recession in the air transportation
business.”
the passenger business – a growth dynamics not seen in many years.
experienced double-digit growth in airfreight tonnage in December 2009. “Nearly 174,000 metric tons of airfreight represent a significant 29.1% gain
over December 2008 and a fourfold increase over the 7 percent rise in November 2009,” said Schulte. Handling 8,429 metric tons on December 13, 2009, FRA recorded its second-busiest day ever for freight throughput. FRA only handled
more freight in a single day on September 17, 2006 (8,477 metric tons).
More than 50 million passengers used Frankfurt Airport from January to December 2009. “With minus 4.7 percent on a moving annual total, passenger traffic performed
better than originally expected,” explained Schulte. Forecasts in October 2009 had still been for a loss of between five and six percent.
tonnage declined by a calculated 11.3 percent to well over 80,000 metric tons.
Aircraft movements slipped by 4.7 percent to about 436,000 takeoffs and landings.
Maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) shrank by 4.2 percent to 27.2 million metric tons.
“Because of the reconfirmation of a clearly upward trend in passenger and airfreight
traffic in December 2009, however, we are starting the year 2010 optimistically,” explained Fraport’s
CEO.
0.7 percent growth in airmail to over 9,400 metric tons as well as in accumulated
MTOWs by 1.4 percent to about 2.2 million metric tons. Only aircraft movements
declined because of adverse weather conditions, falling by 0.9 percent to nearly
36,000 takeoffs and landings.
airports rose by 24.4 percent to almost 205,000 metric tons.
landings.
year with a slight 2.6 percent drop in traffic to about 73.7 million passengers.
Cargo also declined by 9.7 percent to 2.1 million metric tons.
Dec. Change (2) Jan. – Dec. Change(2)
2009 Dec. 09 2009 Jan. – Dec.
/Dec. 08 09/08
Passengers (1) 3,845,118 2.3 % 50,937,897 -4.7 %
Airfreight (1)
in metric tons 173,855 29.1 % 1,837,054 -10.1 %
Airmail
in metric tons 9,429 0.7 % 80,174 -11.3 %
Aircraft Movements (3) 35,933 -0.9 % 463,111 -4.7 %
MTOWs (3)
in metric tons 2,172,772 1.4 % 27,186,902 -4.2 %
Punctuality
share of punctual
arrivals and
departures in
percent 66.5 79.9
1 Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
2 Change over previous year
3 Excluding military flights
Cargo Aircraft
Movements
Airports Passengers[1] Change in metric Change Change
tons (incl. absolute
absolute in % airmail) in % in %
Frankfurt (FRA) 50,932,840 -4.7 1,887,718 -10.6 463,111 -4.7
Antalya(2)(AYT) 11,012,854 5.2 n.a. n.a. 78,572 3.6
Burgas (BOJ) 1,704,634 -12.0 2,710 85.0 15,634 -7.8
Lima (LIM)(3) 8,786,973 6.1 232,374 -2.8 104,966 6.3
Varna (VAR) 1,220,181 -15.6 87 -17.5 12,699 -15.2
Fraport Group 73,657,482 -2.6 2,122,889 -9.7 674,982 -2.5
1 Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit).
2 Effective September 23, 2009, includes all passenger terminals at AYT
(adjusted for base value 2008).
3 Figures provided by LIM.
Fraport Group – Traffic Figures for 2009