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Fraport Traffic Figures - January 2008: Passeng...
Fraport Traffic Figures - January 2008: Passeng....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n\n\n\nFRANKFURT, Germany, February 13 /PRNewswire/ --\n\n- Group Traffic Development Gets Positive Start into the New Year\n\n Frankfurt Airport (FRA)(LSE: FRG) reported a good start to the 2008\nyear, with passenger traffic surging ahead by 3.7 percent. A total of\n3,957,951 passengers used the FRA international air transportation hub last\nmonth - more than in any previous January. The airport also achieved monthly\nrecords in airfreight, aircraft movements, and accumulated maximum takeoff\nweights (MTOWs) at the beginning of the year.\n\n\n\n Reaching 156,020 metric tons, airfreight throughput grew by\n4.6 percent in January 2008. FRA also enjoyed a 2.8 percent gain in airmail\ntonnage to 8,100 metric tons. The number of aircraft movements climbed by 0.7\npercent to 38,115 takeoffs and landings. MTOWs increased by 1.7 percent to\n2,214,143 metric tons.\n\n\n\n A 4.6 percent rise in European traffic proved to be the major\nforce driving growth in FRA's passenger figures. Migration of Cologne/Bonn\nair services to the rail network resulted in the expansion of other flight\nofferings. Moreover, special rates initiated by the traditional scheduled\nairlines in response to competition from low-cost carriers further stimulated\ndemand.\n\n\n\n At the same time, intercontinental traffic experienced 3.6\npercent growth. Jumping by 43.5 percent, South America achieved the strongest\ngrowth rate in the intercontinental sector, thanks to numerous new flight\nconnections. Results were also noticeable from the 5.4 percent increase in\nflight offerings to the North American market.\n\n\n\n The Fraport Group's six majority-owned airports (Frankfurt,\nFrankfurt-Hahn, Antalya, Lima, Burgas and Varna) served a total of 5,190,131\npassengers in January 2008 - 3.9 percent more than in the same month last\nyear. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru welcomed 674,368 passengers (up 22.6\npercent). Traffic at Burgas Airport (BOJ) rose by 323.2 percent to 6,538\npassengers, while Varna Airport (VAR) - Fraport's second airport in Bulgaria\n- reported a three percent gain to 15,351 passengers. Fraport's terminals at\nAntalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey saw traffic dip by nine percent to 310,512\npassengers. Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) recorded 225,726 passengers (down 16.2\npercent).\n\n\n\n Total cargo (airfreight and airmail) tonnage at Fraport's\nmajority-owned air...