Fraport Traffic Figures - March & 1st Quarter 2014

Frankfurt (ots) -

- Cross-reference: Fraport's Traffic Figures are available at
http://www.presseportal.de/dokumente -

Positive Quarterly Figures Despite Strike-related Cancellations at
FRA - Growth in Cargo Segment Strengthens Frankfurt's Role as Global
Airfreight Hub - Fraport's International Portfolio Continues to
Develop Dynamically

Traffic at Germany's biggest air transportation hub has developed
positively since the year began. Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed
nearly 12.2 million passengers in the first quarter of 2014, an
increase of two percent year-on-year - despite the two strike days
that occurred during this period (the work stoppage by security staff
on February 21 and by public service employees on March 27). During
the same quarter in 2013, FRA also had major flight cancellations due
to winter weather conditions as well as a strike by Lufthansa ground
personnel. At FRA, aircraft movements climbed by 1.1 percent to
107,092 takeoffs and landings during the first three months of 2014,
while accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) rose by 2.1 percent
to 6.5 million metric tons.

The growth in cargo activity during the first quarter of the year
underscores FRA's strength of as an international airfreight hub. The
growth trend in the global economy as well as a moderate cyclical
recovery in the euro area had a positive influence, with Frankfurt's
cargo tonnage increasing by four percent to 522,026 metric tons.

Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte
explained: "Along with the continuing and challenging framework
conditions for the entire European air transportation industry,
strikes also slightly clouded the positive traffic development at
FRA. These strikes led to traffic disruptions and inconveniences for
our passengers, which we deeply regret."

In March 2014, passenger figures at FRA rose by 0.9 percent to 4.5
million passengers. This growth - despite the partially opposing
weather and strike-related effects in 2013 und 2014 - is due to most
of the Easter holiday traffic last year falling in March 2013,
whereas this year Easter occurs completely in the month of April
2014.

Cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) at Europe's leading air
cargo gateway advanced by 3.2 percent in March 2014 to 201,806
million metric tons. Thus, after three years, FRA?s monthly cargo
figure has once again exceeded the 200,000 metric ton mark. Aircraft
movements climbed by 2.4 percent to 38,104 takeoffs and landings.
Accumulated MTOWs at Frankfurt Airport also grew by 2.6 percent to
some 2.3 million metric tons.

As for Fraport's Group airports, most of the international
portfolio registered growth in the first quarter of 2014. Peru's
Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed about 3.7 million passengers in the first
three months of 2014, a gain of 4.2 percent year-on-year. Together,
Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) airports on the Bulgarian Black Sea
coast reported 90,164 passengers in the first quarter (up 1.9
percent). Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera had about 2.3
million passengers from January to March 2014, an increase of 2.3
percent. With almost 2.5 million passengers in the first three months
of 2014, Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, recorded
noticeable double-digit growth of 15 percent. Serving about 6.5
million passengers in the first quarter of 2014, Xi'an Airport (XIY)
in northwestern China also registered strong growth of 9.9 percent.
In Germany's state of Lower Saxony, Hanover Airport (HAJ) experienced
a four percent dip in quarterly traffic to 925,450 passengers.

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