Passenger growth trend continues at Frankfurt Airport

In February 2017, more than four million passengers passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – exceeding the previous February record achieved in 2016 by some 38,500 passengers (up 1.0%). Thus, the passenger growth trend experienced during the last three months at FRA also continued in the reporting month, despite the special effect resulting from the additional leap day in February 2016. Fraport’s international airport portfolio reported the following traffic performance in February 2017.
Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia achieved a noticeable 15.4% rise in traffic to 89,995 passengers. At Lima Airport (LIM) in the Peruvian capital, traffic advanced by 5.9% to almost 1.6 million passengers. The Fraport Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, combined, welcomed 37,614 passengers, up 7.9% year-on-year. With 601,202 air travelers, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera registered a decline of 9.4% year-on-year. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany also saw traffic drop by 6.7% to 285,906 passengers. Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, reported a noticeable 26.4% jump in traffic to 887,703 passengers. In China, Xi’an Airport (XIY) recorded a strong 10.4% surge in traffic to 3.2 million passengers in the reporting month.