Frankfurt sets new November passenger high

Fraport AG welcomed 4.3 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport home base during November 2011. This represented an increase of 4.3 per cent, or 178,000 passengers, compared to the same month last year, when 4.122 million had passed through.

Some 52.2 million passengers used FRA during the 11-month January- November period – up six per cent year-on-year.

The airport set a new November record, surpassing the previous peak November of 2007 by approxim-ately 92,000 passengers.

In November aircraft movements increased by three per cent year-on-year, notching up to 40,111 take-offs and landings.

Similarly, accumulated maximum take-off weights grew by 2.1 per cent to 2.36 million tonnes.

With 178,159 tonnes in the reporting month, airfreight throughput fell by 10.2 per cent compared to the historic November high of 2010.

From January to November 2011, airfreight tonnage dropped by 2.5 per cent year-on-year. In contrast, airmail last month rose by 5.1 per cent to 7,720 tonnes year-on-year.

The Fraport Group’s majority-owned airports continued to make a solid contribution to group results. Antalya Airport (AYT) in the Turkish Riviera served more than one million passengers in November – a surge of 15 per cent year-on-year.

Setting a similar pace, Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) recorded about 980,000 passengers and growth of 9.1 per cent in the reporting month. On Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Burgas Airport (BOJ) received some 20,000 passengers in November, while Varna Airport (VAR) remains closed for runway renovation work until the end of February 2012.

By temporarily taking over VAR’s traffic, Burgas saw its passenger growth jump by 228.3 per cent compared to last year.

Passenger traffic at the Fraport Group’s five majority-owned airports (including FRA) exceeded 6.3 million passengers in November – a gain of 6.4 per cent year-on-year.