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Fraport Traffic Figures - June 2009: Passenger Figures at Frankfurt Airport Continue to Recover
FRANKFURT, Germany
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Aircraft movements dropped by 4.6 percent year-on-year to 40,074 takeoffs and landings. Maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) at FRA fell 4.3 percent. At the same time, FRA handled 148,211 metric tons of airfreight (down 16.5 percent) and 6,432 metric tons of airmail (down 10.4 percent).
Traffic figures for the first half of 2009 were marked by the global economic and financial crisis. A total of 24.2 million passengers used Frankfurt Airport in the January-to-June period, a decline of eight percent compared to the same period last year. Airfreight tonnage tumbled 21.5 percent in the first half of 2009 to 822,469 metric tons and airmail by 12.3 percent to 39,164 metric tons. Aircraft movements were down by 5.7 percent during the same period to 227,844 takeoffs and landings.
Among Fraport's majority-owned airports
The Group's airports welcomed a total of 32.8 million passengers during
the January-to-
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Internet: http://www.fraport.com Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - June 2009 June Change (2) Change (2) 2009 June 09/ Jan. - June Jan. - June June 08 2009 09/08 Passengers (1) 4,536,082 -5.6 % 24,156,292 -8.0 % Airfreight (1) 148,211 -16.5 % 822,469 -21.5 % in metric tons Airmail 6,432 -10.4 % 39,164 -12.3 % in metric tons Aircraft Movements(3) 40,074 -4.6 % 227,844 -5.7 % MTOWs 2,338,445 -4.3 % 13,254,970 -5.7 % in metric tons Punctuality 78.4 82.7 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 June 2009 Airports Cargo in Aircraft metric Movements Passengers(1) Change tons abs. Change absolute Change (+ absolute in % airmail) in % in % Frankfurt(FRA) 4,535,719 -5.6 152,161 -16.7 40,074 -4.6 Antalya (AYT)(2) 1,132,998 -4.2 n.a. n.a. 7,595 -7.2 Burgas (BOJ) 325,585 -12.5 914 988.0 2,707 -8.2c Lima (LIM)(3) 687,337 4.1 17,273 0.9 8,472 6.6 Varna (VAR) 199,988 -21.6 15 24.5 1,848 -18.7 Fraport Group 6,881,627 -5.4 170,363 -14.8 60,696 -4.2 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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