Fraport traffic figures – June and first half 2015

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continued to record increased passenger traffic in the first half of 2015.  Welcoming 28.9 million passengers from January to June 2015, FRA achieved strong 4.1% growth compared to the previous year and a new historic half-year passenger record.  Furthermore, the average number of passengers per flight rose to 135.4 – an all-time high at FRA.  Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 3.3% to 14.4 million metric tons, while aircraft movements remained stable (up 0.2%) at 229,582 takeoffs and landings for the same period.  FRA’s cargo throughput (airfreight and airmail) declined by 1.8% to about 1.04 million metric tons. In the reporting month of June 2015 Germany’s largest airport served 5.7 million passengers (up 2.8% year-on-year) – the busiest June in FRA’s history.  Cargo (airfreight and airmail) dropped by 2.5% to 173,984 metric tons.  Accumulated MTOWs rose by 2.4% compared with the same month last year to about 2.6 million metric tons.  Aircraft movements experienced a moderate increase of 0.8% to 42,288 takeoffs and landings at Frankfurt.