Fraport Traffic Figures - May 2009: Traffic Continues to Pick Up Slightly

FRA's Punctuality Remains at Record Level

FRANKFURT, Germany, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Frankfurt Airport's
(FRA) traffic development during the past three months - especially compared
to figures at the beginning of the year - continues to provide optimism. In
particular, the decline in aircraft movements as well as airfreight and
airmail continued to slow slightly.
Aircraft movements dropped only 4.4 percent year-on-year to 40,666
takeoffs and landings. With 146,259 metric tons in May 2009, FRA's airfreight
slowdown narrowed to 17.1 percent. At 2.37 million metric tons, maximum
takeoff weights (MTOWs) were only 4.8 percent below the comparable month last
year. FRA served a total of 4.4 million passengers last month, down 6.3
percent year-on-year.
Traffic decline rates also shrank over the entire January-to-May 2009
period. A total of 19.6 million passengers resulted in a cumulative loss of
8.6 percent. Airfreight throughput reached 674,258 metric tons, down 22.5
percent for the first five months of the year. With 187,770 takeoffs and
landings, aircraft movements dropped 6.0 percent below the previous year's
level. Punctuality of takeoffs and landings reached an average level of 83.7
percent for the January-to-May 2009 period. This was partially due to
optimization of operational procedures carried out in cooperation with the
airlines and air traffic control.
Fraport's majority-owned airports registered differing traffic figures
for the reporting month. Passenger traffic at Peru's Lima Airport (LIM)
advanced by 4.2 percent to 703,322 year-on-year, while the travel season was
restrained at Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) and the Bulgarian airports of
Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR). AYT registered 844,919 passengers, a decline of
10.6 percent compared to May 2008. On the Black Sea coast, BOJ received
80,252 passengers (down 20.7 percent) and VAR 84,733 passengers (down 17.2
percent).
The Group's airports welcomed a total of about 6.2 million passengers in
May 2009, down 6.2 percent year-on-year.
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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - May 2009

May Change (2) Change (2)

2009 May 09/ Jan. - May Jan. - May
May 08 2009 09/08

Passengers (1) 4,443,433 -6.3 % 19,620,210 -8.6 %

Airfreight (1) 146,259 -17.1 % 674,258 -22.5 %
in metric tons

Airmail 6,545 -10.3 % 32,733 -12.7 %
in metric tons

Aircraft Movements 40,666 -4.4 % 187,770 -6.0 %
(3)

MTOWs 2,366,953 -4.8 % 10,916,525 -6.0 %
in metric tons

Punctuality 84.3 83.7
share of punctual
arrivals
and departures in
percent

(1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

(2) Change over previous year

(3) Excluding military flights

Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for May 2009

Airports Cargo in Aircraft
metric Movements
Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change Change
(+ absolute
absolute in % airmail) in % in %

Frankfurt(FRA) 4,443,108 -6.3 150,384 -17.3 40,666 -4.4
Antalya(AYT)(2) 844,919 -10.6 n.a. n.a. 6,054 -10.4
Burgas (BOJ) 80,252 -20.7 388 27.7 930 -21.0
Lima (LIM)(3) 703,322 4.2 14,523 -10.1 8,580 5.2
Varna (VAR) 84,733 -17.2 6 -14.9 1,099 -18.7
Fraport Group 6,156,334 -6.2 165,301 -16.6 57,329 -4.3

(1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)

(2) Terminal 1 + domestic terminal

(3) Figures provided by LIM

For Further information, Please Contact:

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press
Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM)
60547 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax: +49-69-690-60548;
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com

SOURCE Fraport AG

For Further information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services
Worldwide, Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press, Press Office
(Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM), 60547 Frankfurt am Main,
Federal Republic of Germany, Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; Fax: +49-69-690-60548;,
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com