Frankfurt Airport records ongoing passenger growth

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has started off the year with continuing passenger growth. In the reporting month of January 2016, Germany’s largest aviation hub served about 4.2 million passengers, representing growth of 2.2% year-on-year – an increase of 76,000 passengers compared to the previous January record month from 2012. Among Fraport AG’s Group airports, Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) reported 73,567 passengers, a modest gain of 0.6%. With 1.5 million passengers in January 2016, Lima Airport (LIM) in the capital of Peru posted noticeable growth of 10.3%. On Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) significantly increased off-season low traffic by 18.5% year-on-year to 41,158 passengers. Serving 689,365 passengers, Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey dipped slightly by 0.4%. St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport (LED) experienced a 10.0% drop to 785,192 passengers. In contrast, Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany received 295,565 passengers – a gain of 2.0%. China’s Xi’an Airport (XIY) greeted 2.8 million passengers, reporting strong double-digit growth of 17.1%.