Fraport Traffic Figures - March 2009
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 15 /PRNewswire/ --
- Aircraft Movements Improve Slightly
- FRA's Flight Punctuality Hits Record 86.8 Percent
The global economic crisis continues to have a firm grip on
international air transportation. However, Frankfurt Airport's (FRA)
percentage change in passenger figures in March compared to February 2009 did
not worsen. In February 2009 FRA experienced a 9.8 percent year-on year drop
in passenger traffic, taking into account the leap-year effect; in March 2009
FRA served 9.2 percent fewer passengers. A total of 4.03 million passengers
used FRA in the reporting month. Aircraft movements slipped by 3.2 percent to
38,913 takeoffs and landings. In February 2009 movements dropped by 6.1
percent, even after adjusting for the leap-year effect. With 152,784 metric
tons of airfreight and airmail in March 2009, FRA experienced a 21.2 percent
year-on-year decline in cargo. In February 2009 FRA registered a 25.4 percent
fall in cargo traffic.
Cumulative figures for the first quarter of 2009 show that FRA
welcomed 10.9 million passengers, a decline of 10.9 percent compared to the
same period last year. Aircraft movements were down by 6.5 percent during the
same period to 108,754 takeoffs and landings. Cargo volume sank by 23.3
percent to 406,954 metric tons.
Fraport's majority-owned airports continued to report positive
results in March 2009. Antalya Airport on the Turkish Riviera (AYT) saw
passenger traffic rise by 11 percent and Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru by 1.8
percent. On the Black Sea coast, traffic at Varna Airport (VAR) increased by
163 percent and at Burgas Airport (BOJ) by 1.7 percent, due to lower
passenger volumes in the winter season. Thus, these foreign operations
enabled the Fraport Group's airports - including FRA - to register a
correspondingly moderate 6.3 percent dip in passenger traffic. The cumulative
first quarter 2009 figures also reflect the positive influence of Fraport's
foreign airports: AYT reported a passenger surge of 12.8 percent and Lima of
5.4 percent. Passenger traffic at BOJ jumped by 30.5 percent and at VAR by
14.2 percent during the January-to-March 2009 period.
Flight punctuality a FRA (the share of punctual arrivals and
departures) developed positively again in March 2009. Improving by more than
15 percentage points from 71.1 percent in March 2008 to 86.8 percent in the
reporting month, punctuality can be partly attributed to the lower traffic
volume. However, a major contributing factor here is FRA's strong operational
performance achieved through optimization initiatives in partnership with air
traffic control and the airlines.
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Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - March 2009
Change (2) Change (2)
March March 09/ Jan. - March Jan. - March
2009 March 08 2009 09/08
Passengers (1) 4,030,624 -9.2 % 10,918,576 -10.9 %
Airfreight (1)
in metric tons 147,937 -21.5 % 392,792 -23.5 %
Airmail
in metric tons 6,739 -9.7 % 19,682 -13.9 %
Aircraft
Movements (3) 38,913 -3.2 % 108,754 -6.5 %
MTOWs
in metric tons 2,248,186 -4.5 % 6,300,247 -6.7 %
Punctuality
share of punctual
arrivals
and departures in
percent 86.8 82.7
(1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)
(2) Change over previous year
(3) Excluding military flights
Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for March 2009
Cargo in Aircraft
metric Movements
Airports Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change absolute Change
absolute in% (+ in % in %
airmail)
Frankfurt 4,030,081 -9.2 152,784 -21.2 38,913 -3.2
(FRA)
Antalya
(AYT)(2) 425,499 11.0 n.a. n.a. 3,412 10.6
Burgas (BOJ) 3,561 163.0 0 -100.0 382 31.7
Lima (LIM)(3) 709,494 1.8 14,270 -19.7 8,782 6.4
Varna (VAR) 23,147 1.7 4 -8.7 471 -16.2
Fraport Group 5,191,782 -6.3 167,058 -21.2 51,960 -0.8
(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
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