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Fraport Traffic Figures - First Half 2008: Pass...
Fraport Traffic Figures - First Half 2008: Pass....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\nFRANKFURT, Germany, July 11 /PRNewswire/ --\n\n- June Traffic at FRA on High Previous Year's Level -\n\n Passengers, Airfreight, and Aircraft Movements at Group Airports Stay on\nCourse for Growth\n\n\n\n Frankfurt Airport (FRA) recorded noticeable growth in\nthe first half of 2008. From January through June some 26,265,335 passengers\nused the FRA global air transportation hub - 2.2 percent more than in the\nsame period last year. Airfreight throughput at Germany's largest airport\nreached 1,047,681 metric tons in the first six months of 2008 - representing\na 3.8 percent rise.\n\n\n\n The number of aircraft movements at FRA in the same period\nremained nearly unchanged at 241,646 takeoffs and landings. In contrast,\naccumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) continued to climb strongly by 2\npercent to 14,056,442 metric tons. In view of FRA's capacity constraints,\nthis development again reflected the trend - seen for many months - toward an\nincreasing use of bigger aircraft on the available slots.\n\n\n\n With 4,807,710 passengers served in June 2008 (-0.5 percent),\nactivity reached nearly the high previous year's level. At the same time, FRA\nrecorded its busiest-ever June for airfreight: 177,520 metric tons handled in\nthe reporting month represented a rise of 0.9 percent on the previous June\nrecord in 2007. In keeping with expectations, airmail declined by 4.1 percent\nto 7,178 metric tons.\n\n\n\n The number of aircraft movements at FRA remained steady in\nJune: 41,994 takeoffs and landings represented a slight 0.2 percent\nyear-on-year drop. Nonetheless, accumulated MTOWs continued to climb in June\nto the new historic high of 2,442,379 metric tons, exceeding the previous\nrecord-June in 2007 by 1.1 percent.\n\n\n\n The Fraport Group's six majority-owned airports registered a\ntotal of 36,624,192 passengers in the first two quarters of 2008 - 3.7\npercent more than in the comparable period last year.\n\n\n\n Antalya and Lima airports achieved the highest growth rates:\nPeru's Lima Airport (LIM) welcomed 3,970,741 passengers (up 14.6 percent)\nfrom January to June. Fraport's terminals at Antalya Airport (AYT) served\n3,637,242 passengers, 9.5 percent more than in the same period in 2007. The\nsummer travel surge also\n\n\n\n boosted traffic at the Group's airports in Bulgaria: Burgas\nAirport (BOJ) rose 0.6...