Fraport Traffic Figures - October 2018

Growth Continues

Frankfurt Airport and Fraport's Group airports worldwide report rising passenger numbers

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- FRA/gk-rap – In October 2018, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed almost 6.4 million passengers – an increase of 5.2 percent year-on-year. Thus, traffic grew at a slightly more moderate rate compared to the previous months of the year. From January to October 2018, FRA experienced accumulated growth of 8.0 percent.

Aircraft movements increased at a slightly disproportionately higher rate, climbing by 6.3 percent year-on-year to 46,551 takeoffs and landings. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) contracted marginally by 1.0 percent to about 193,374 metric tons, reflecting lower demand in global trade. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) rose by 4.1 percent to around 2.8 million metric tons.

Across the Group, airports in Fraport's international portfolio reported continued passenger growth. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia's capital city posted a 5.1 percent increase to 161,446 passengers. Fraport's Brazilian airports in Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) achieved combined growth of 5.2 percent to nearly 1.3 million passengers. The 14 Greek regional airports advanced by 6.1 percent overall, to almost 2.5 million passengers. The busiest airports in Fraport's Greek portfolio included Thessaloniki (SKG) with 586,683 passengers (up 6.1 percent), Rhodes (RHO) with 540,117 passengers (down 2.7 percent), and Kos (KGS) with 279,198 passengers (up 12.4 percent).

Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) grew moderately by 3.3 percent to 1.9 million passengers in the reporting month. At the Fraport Twin Star airport's in Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, combined traffic soared by 26.2 percent to 154,661 passengers. Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey recorded the strongest growth in Fraport's international portfolio, with traffic rising by 29.2 percent to 3.7 million passengers. In October 2018, AYT reached 30 million passengers for the first time. As a result, the airport on the Turkish Riviera will hit a new all-time high for the full year. Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, posted a 15.2 percent traffic gain to just over 1.5 million passengers. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in China welcomed nearly 4 million passengers, up 6.8 percent.

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Fraport Traffic Figures
October 2018
Fraport Group Airports1				October 2018						Year to Date (YTD) 2018
			Fraport	Passengers		Cargo*		Movements		Passengers		Cargo		Movements
Fully-consolidated airports			share (%)	Month	Δ %	Month	Δ %	Month	Δ %	YTD	Δ %	YTD	Δ %	YTD	Δ %
FRA	Frankfurt	Germany	100.00	6,372,171	5.2	190,825	-0.7	46,551	6.3	59,340,874	8.0	1,801,159	-1.0	432,599	7.8
LJU	Ljubljana	Slovenia	100.00	161,446	5.1	1,178	-18.7	3,290	-0.9	1,585,798	9.3	10,219	0.6	30,572	4.2
Fraport Brasil2			100.00	1,273,562	5.2	7,105	22.1	12,034	8.3	12,121,056	5.7	69,950	46.3	115,307	6.1
FOR	Fortaleza	Brazil	100.00	549,760	8.6	4,489	16.7	5,119	14.8	5,307,945	8.2	36,999	22.6	47,588	10.1
POA	Porto Alegre	Brazil	100.00	723,802	2.8	2,616	32.7	6,915	4.0	6,813,111	3.9	32,951	87.0	67,719	3.4
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A+B			73.40	2,493,900	6.1	720	44.8	20,879	8.5	28,439,475	8.6	6,810	18.3	229,425	7.6
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece A			73.40	1,310,497	5.3	554	41.9	10,683	5.2	15,544,758	7.3	5,093	14.7	121,303	6.0
CFU	Kerkyra (Corfu)	Greece	73.40	256,257	15.5	8	n.a.	2,114	16.0	3,315,711	15.5	160	> 100.0	25,515	18.2
CHQ	Chania (Crete)	Greece	73.40	268,798	-7.1	40	-5.0	1,882	-2.5	2,891,802	-1.8	392	-6.4	18,488	-1.6
EFL	Kefalonia	Greece	73.40	38,204	27.6	0	n.a.	439	43.0	754,719	20.8	1	-63.4	6,941	21.1
KVA	Kavala	Greece	73.40	22,490	11.6	11	-4.9	282	-3.4	393,847	31.4	76	-24.5	3,932	17.7
PVK	Aktion/Preveza	Greece	73.40	37,085	-5.6	0	n.a.	371	-7.0	582,604	2.5	0	n.a.	5,280	2.7
SKG	Thessaloniki	Greece	73.40	586,683	6.1	495	47.1	4,679	1.3	5,810,504	5.2	4,459	13.8	48,181	0.9
ZTH	Zakynthos	Greece	73.40	100,980	10.5	0	n.a.	916	16.7	1,795,571	8.6	5	> 100.0	12,966	6.9
Fraport Regional Airports of Greece B			73.40	1,183,403	7.0	166	55.5	10,196	12.2	12,894,717	10.3	1,716	30.2	108,122	9.6
JMK	Mykonos	Greece	73.40	78,600	19.5	6	n.a.	818	11.0	1,376,880	14.8	88	> 100.0	16,915	8.2
JSI	Skiathos	Greece	73.40	9,070	3.6	0	n.a.	162	4.5	435,594	3.2	0	n.a.	4,065	-2.7
JTR	Santorini (Thira)	Greece	73.40	209,907	19.3	17	n.a.	2,055	30.4	2,156,722	16.8	154	> 100.0	19,472	19.6
KGS	Kos	Greece	73.40	279,198	12.4	26	> 100.0	2,146	15.1	2,624,238	15.1	251	85.0	19,524	17.3
MJT	Mytilene (Lesvos)	Greece	73.40	36,380	20.3	33	8.5	550	34.5	421,296	8.2	322	1.4	5,135	4.2
RHO	Rhodes	Greece	73.40	540,117	-2.7	62	31.9	3,923	-1.3	5,442,055	5.4	672	25.7	37,440	4.7
SMI	Samos	Greece	73.40	30,131	36.1	21	-12.1	542	45.7	437,932	12.4	229	-9.1	5,571	7.1
LIM	Lima	Peru²	70.01	1,930,578	3.3	27,401	-7.2	16,443	-0.6	18,459,584	7.8	232,954	1.7	161,011	4.2
Fraport Twin Star			60.00	154,661	26.2	519	-63.8	1,409	4.4	5,415,215	12.8	6,767	-47.4	39,408	10.4
BOJ	Burgas	Bulgaria	60.00	54,028	96.1	507	-64.1	517	43.2	3,254,129	9.9	6,668	-47.4	22,853	8.2
VAR	Varna	Bulgaria	60.00	100,633	6.0	12	-38.5	892	-9.8	2,161,086	17.3	99	-51.0	16,555	13.5
At equity consolidated airports²
AYT	Antalya	Turkey	51.00	3,749,279	29.2	n.a.	n.a.	21,353	22.5	30,203,388	22.6	n.a.	n.a.	173,362	20.2
LED	St. Petersburg	Russia	25.00	1,547,328	15.2	n.a.	n.a.	14,240	6.4	15,562,894	11.5	n.a.	n.a.	140,128	7.9
XIY	Xi'an	China	24.50	3,973,051	6.8	29,459	35.6	28,704	2.8	37,468,309	7.4	247,317	16.6	274,880	3.3

 

 

Frankfurt Airport3
October 2018	Month	Δ %	YTD 2018	Δ %
Passengers	6,372,641	5.2	59,344,506	8.0
Cargo (freight & mail)	193,374	-1.0	1,833,676	-0.8
Aircraft movements	46,551	6.3	432,599	7.8
MTOW (in metric tons)4	2,824,940	4.1	26,636,291	5.2
PAX/PAX-flight5	145.9	-1.2	146.4	0.0
Seat load factor (%)	79.9		80.0
Punctuality rate (%)	74.1		68.2
Frankfurt Airport	PAX share	Δ %6	PAX share	Δ %6
Regional Split	Month		YTD
Continental	66.2	7.4	64.7	11.5
Germany	11.4	5.5	10.8	4.8
Europe (excl. GER)	54.7	7.7	53.9	12.9
Western Europe	46.0	6.8	44.8	12.5
Eastern Europe	8.8	13.1	9.1	15.1
Intercontinental	33.8	1.2	35.3	2.2
Africa	4.6	11.7	4.3	11.4
Middle East	4.7	-6.6	5.1	0.8
North America	12.0	1.7	12.7	2.8
Central & South Amer.	2.9	2.9	3.2	1.3
Far East	9.6	-0.4	10.0	-0.9
Australia	0.0	n.a.	0.0	n.a.

 

Definitions: 1 According to ACI definition: Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted once), Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep excluding transit, in metric tons), Movements: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep); 2 Preliminary figures; 3 Commercial and non-commercial traffic: Passengers (arr+dep+transit counted once, incl. general aviation), Cargo (arr+dep+transit counted once, in metric tons), Movements (arr+dep); 4 Inbound traffic only; 5  Scheduled and charter traffic; 6 absolute change vs. previous year in % ; *Cargo = Freight + mail

 

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