Strikes negatively impact FRA's passenger volume – Most of
Fraport's Group airports worldwide report traffic growth
FRANKFURT, Germany,
Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- FRA/gk-rap – In November
2019, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed almost 5.1 million
passengers – representing a 3.4 percent decrease compared to the
same month last year. The thinned-out winter flight schedule and
the two-day strike by Lufthansa cabin staff had a negative impact
on passenger numbers. Without the strike effect, FRA's passenger
traffic would have declined only slightly by 1.1 percent
year-on-year. Intercontinental traffic to and from Frankfurt continued to grow robustly by 2.1
percent. In contrast, European traffic fell markedly by 6.5 percent
due to airline bankruptcies and other factors. Aircraft movements
shrank by 5.8 percent to 38,790 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated
maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) also contracted by 4.0 percent to
around 2.4 million metric tons. Reflecting the ongoing slowdown of
the global economy, cargo throughput (comprising airfreight and
airmail) dropped by 5.0 percent to 186,670 metric tons.
Fraport's executive board chairman, Dr. Stefan Schulte, commented: "Following solid
traffic growth this year so far, we experienced a noticeable
decline in November, primarily due to strikes. As a result, we
expect full-year passenger traffic at Frankfurt to grow at a slightly slower pace
than our previous forecast of about two to three percent. Despite
slightly slower traffic growth, we are maintaining our financial
outlook for the full year 2019 – backed by the positive financial
performance achieved to date in Frankfurt and with our international
business."
Across the Group, the airports in Fraport's international
portfolio largely performed well in November
2019. Affected by the bankruptcy of home-carrier Adria
Airways and other factors, Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport (LJU) reported a
27.0 percent decline in traffic to 85,787 passengers. Also the two
Brazilian airports of Fortaleza
(FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) saw
combined traffic slip by 2.2 percent to just over 1.3 million
passengers. This was primarily due to the bankruptcy of Avianca
Brasil and to Azul airlines reducing its flight offerings.
Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) recorded
a 6.9 percent jump in traffic to some 1.9 million passengers.
With 727,043 passengers overall, Fraport's 14 Greek regional
airports maintained last year's level (up 0.1 percent).
Bulgaria's Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) airports
registered a total of 83,764 passengers – growing by 22.7 percent,
albeit on the basis of a low traffic November month in the previous
year.
Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey
welcomed almost 1.4 million passengers, representing a gain of 11.8
percent year-on-year. Traffic at St.
Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia registered a 6.8 percent increase to
about 1.4 million passengers. At Xi'an Airport (XIY) in
China, traffic climbed 4.9 percent
to nearly 3.8 million passengers.
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Fraport Traffic
Figures
November 2019
Fraport Group
Airports1
|
|
November
2019
|
|
|
|
Year to Date (YTD)
2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
5,065,346
|
-3.4
|
183,564
|
-5.4
|
38,790
|
-5.8
|
65,687,774
|
1.7
|
1,923,482
|
-3.6
|
477,277
|
0.7
|
LJU
|
Ljubljana
|
Slovenia
|
100.00
|
85,787
|
-27.0
|
880
|
-20.4
|
1,551
|
-38.2
|
1,635,865
|
-4.0
|
10,336
|
-8.7
|
29,713
|
-10.2
|
Fraport
Brasil
|
100.00
|
1,306,639
|
-2.2
|
8,730
|
0.3
|
11,572
|
0.4
|
14,052,510
|
4.2
|
77,429
|
-1.6
|
124,516
|
-1.8
|
FOR
|
Fortaleza
|
Brazil
|
100.00
|
597,998
|
0.5
|
5,279
|
8.9
|
5,002
|
1.1
|
6,516,728
|
9.9
|
43,189
|
3.2
|
54,086
|
3.0
|
POA
|
Porto
Alegre
|
Brazil
|
100.00
|
708,641
|
-4.4
|
3,451
|
-10.4
|
6,570
|
-0.1
|
7,535,782
|
-0.3
|
34,240
|
-7.0
|
70,430
|
-5.2
|
LIM
|
Lima
|
Peru
|
80.01
|
1,932,980
|
6.9
|
24,751
|
-4.1
|
16,353
|
4.7
|
21,591,755
|
6.5
|
245,605
|
-5.1
|
180,855
|
2.4
|
Fraport Regional
Airports of Greece A+B
|
73.40
|
727,043
|
0.1
|
583
|
-14.2
|
7,282
|
-3.1
|
29,455,348
|
1.0
|
6,929
|
-7.5
|
238,625
|
0.7
|
Fraport Regional
Airports of Greece A
|
73.40
|
529,518
|
0.6
|
467
|
-14.1
|
4,767
|
-1.4
|
16,149,358
|
0.5
|
5,255
|
-6.8
|
126,496
|
0.3
|
CFU
|
Kerkyra
(Corfu)
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
26,812
|
8.0
|
5
|
-35.0
|
435
|
9.3
|
3,253,376
|
-2.6
|
171
|
2.2
|
24,994
|
-3.6
|
CHQ
|
Chania
(Crete)
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
61,960
|
4.9
|
15
|
-46.7
|
582
|
3.2
|
2,927,742
|
-0.8
|
364
|
-13.5
|
20,000
|
5.0
|
EFL
|
Kefalonia
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
3,902
|
10.2
|
0
|
n.a.
|
124
|
14.8
|
770,632
|
1.6
|
0
|
-35.6
|
7,244
|
2.7
|
KVA
|
Kavala
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
5,858
|
-4.0
|
10
|
-0.2
|
122
|
16.2
|
317,918
|
-20.5
|
89
|
4.0
|
3,347
|
-17.1
|
PVK
|
Aktion/Preveza
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
516
|
-31.6
|
0
|
n.a.
|
66
|
13.8
|
625,423
|
7.2
|
0
|
n.a.
|
5,536
|
3.7
|
SKG
|
Thessaloniki
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
427,212
|
-0.4
|
437
|
-11.9
|
3,338
|
-4.6
|
6,447,029
|
3.3
|
4,626
|
-6.7
|
52,279
|
1.2
|
ZTH
|
Zakynthos
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
3,258
|
5.8
|
0
|
-100.0
|
100
|
0.0
|
1,807,238
|
0.5
|
4
|
-37.4
|
13,096
|
0.3
|
Fraport Regional
Airports of Greece B
|
73.40
|
197,525
|
-1.2
|
116
|
-14.6
|
2,515
|
-6.1
|
13,305,990
|
1.6
|
1,674
|
-9.6
|
112,129
|
1.2
|
JMK
|
Mykonos
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
8,729
|
-23.3
|
1
|
-51.4
|
139
|
-31.2
|
1,512,911
|
9.0
|
86
|
-5.1
|
18,653
|
8.9
|
JSI
|
Skiathos
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
1,345
|
8.6
|
0
|
n.a.
|
48
|
-4.0
|
445,131
|
1.9
|
0
|
n.a.
|
4,135
|
0.8
|
JTR
|
Santorini
(Thira)
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
54,142
|
-5.6
|
10
|
-26.9
|
542
|
8.8
|
2,268,658
|
2.5
|
163
|
-2.7
|
20,874
|
4.5
|
KGS
|
Kos
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
22,577
|
1.3
|
23
|
6.5
|
385
|
-5.2
|
2,657,678
|
0.4
|
301
|
10.4
|
19,452
|
-2.4
|
MJT
|
Mytilene
(Lesvos)
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
27,972
|
1.2
|
22
|
-29.5
|
460
|
-9.3
|
468,365
|
4.3
|
324
|
-8.5
|
6,113
|
8.4
|
RHO
|
Rhodes
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
69,883
|
2.7
|
40
|
-14.7
|
659
|
-5.9
|
5,485,852
|
-0.4
|
587
|
-18.3
|
36,926
|
-3.2
|
SMI
|
Samos
|
Greece
|
73.40
|
12,877
|
7.8
|
20
|
0.4
|
282
|
-10.8
|
467,395
|
3.9
|
213
|
-14.5
|
5,976
|
1.5
|
Fraport Twin
Star
|
60.00
|
83,764
|
22.7
|
256
|
-70.1
|
782
|
-2.5
|
4,877,761
|
-11.0
|
4,589
|
-39.8
|
34,590
|
-14.0
|
BOJ
|
Burgas
|
Bulgaria
|
60.00
|
10,248
|
1.5
|
249
|
-70.1
|
155
|
-25.5
|
2,873,451
|
-12.0
|
4,472
|
-40.4
|
19,799
|
-14.1
|
VAR
|
Varna
|
Bulgaria
|
60.00
|
73,516
|
26.4
|
7
|
-72.9
|
627
|
5.6
|
2,004,310
|
-9.7
|
117
|
-6.7
|
14,791
|
-13.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At equity
consolidated airports
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AYT
|
Antalya
|
Turkey
|
51.00
|
1,361,162
|
11.8
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
9,042
|
5.0
|
34,611,733
|
10.2
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
200,217
|
10.0
|
LED
|
St.
Petersburg
|
Russia
|
25.00
|
1,374,406
|
6.8
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
12,426
|
-1.1
|
18,235,493
|
8.2
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
155,910
|
2.1
|
XIY
|
Xi'an
|
China
|
24.50
|
3,759,716
|
4.9
|
39,516
|
20.7
|
28,202
|
3.5
|
43,451,225
|
5.8
|
339,481
|
21.2
|
316,494
|
4.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frankfurt
Airport2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November
2019
|
Month
|
Δ %
|
YTD 2019
|
Δ %
|
Passengers
|
5,065,742
|
-3.4
|
65,692,298
|
1.7
|
Cargo (freight &
mail)
|
186,670
|
-5.0
|
1,958,092
|
-3.6
|
Aircraft
movements
|
38,790
|
-5.8
|
477,277
|
0.7
|
MTOW (in metric
tons)3
|
2,431,725
|
-4.0
|
29,501,853
|
1.1
|
PAX/PAX-flight4
|
141.1
|
3.1
|
147.1
|
1.0
|
Seat load factor
(%)
|
76.7
|
|
79.8
|
|
Punctuality rate
(%)
|
82.5
|
|
72.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frankfurt
Airport
|
PAX share
|
Δ
%5
|
PAX share
|
Δ
%5
|
Regional
Split
|
Month
|
|
YTD
|
|
Continental
|
61.7
|
-6.5
|
64.0
|
0.8
|
Germany
|
11.7
|
-10.3
|
10.4
|
-3.4
|
Europe (excl.
GER)
|
50.0
|
-5.6
|
53.6
|
1.6
|
Western
Europe
|
40.9
|
-6.4
|
44.4
|
1.4
|
Eastern
Europe
|
9.1
|
-1.6
|
9.2
|
3.1
|
Intercontinental
|
38.3
|
2.1
|
36.0
|
3.4
|
Africa
|
5.3
|
6.2
|
4.7
|
9.5
|
Middle
East
|
5.8
|
4.1
|
5.2
|
2.0
|
North
America
|
12.0
|
3.3
|
12.8
|
3.3
|
Central &
South Amer.
|
4.2
|
3.9
|
3.3
|
3.9
|
Far
East
|
11.0
|
-2.5
|
10.0
|
1.4
|
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: commerical and non-commercial traffic
(arr+dep), preliminary figures; 2 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); 3 Inbound traffic only; 4 Scheduled and
charter traffic; 5 absolute change vs. previous year in % ; *Cargo
= Freight + mail
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