Passenger traffic rises at Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 6.9 million passengers in the reporting month, up 0.8% compared to July last year.  For the first seven months of the year, passenger traffic at FRA rose by 2.6%.  Aircraft movements in July 2019 climbed by 1.0% to 47,125 takeoffs and landings, while accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) expanded by 2.4% to over 2.9 million metric tons.  FRA’s cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) also grew by 1.5% to 178,652 metric tons.

Across the Group, airports in Fraport’s international portfolio reported differing development in passenger traffic.  Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) achieved a 4.2% jump in traffic to 207,292 passengers.  Fraport’s two Brazilian airports in Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) together received about 1.3 million passengers – a decline of 9.9% year-on-year.  This decline, among other things, can be attributed to the bankruptcy of Avianca Brasil – whereby other carriers temporarily were unable to fully absorb the traffic volume.

With nearly 2.1 million passengers, Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) recorded a further 4.9% rise in traffic.  The 14 Greek airports together welcomed some 5.3 million passengers in July 2019, decreasing 0.8% year-on-year.  This light downturn resulted from the consolidation of flight offers by some airlines serving the Greek market.

On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) together served about 1.2 million passengers.  The resulting 13.2% drop in passengers is a continuation of the consolidation trend seen in previous months, following the rapid passenger growth in figures at the Twin Star airports in recent years.  In contrast, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera reported almost 5.4 million passengers, again recording strong growth of 11.7% in July 2019.  Registering some 2.2 million passengers, Russia’s St. Petersburg Airport (LED) also achieved growth of 4.9%.  Traffic at China’s Xian Airport (XIY) almost reached 4.3 million passengers, a 7.4% gain compared to the same month last year.