FRA welcomes 4.3 million passengers in March 2023 – surge of 45.4%

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) experienced a surge in passenger traffic in March 2023, with 4.3 million passengers traveling through the airport, representing a 45.4% increase compared to the same month in the previous year. However, the impact of a one-day public-service strike on March 27 resulted in a potential loss of 160,000 passengers, which could have increased the year-on-year growth to over 50%. Despite the growth, passenger traffic was still down by 23.5% compared to March 2019, before the pandemic.

In the first quarter of 2023, Frankfurt Airport served around 11.4 million passengers, representing a 56% increase compared to the same period in the previous year, but still 23.3% below the level achieved in the same period of 2019.

Cargo throughput at Frankfurt Airport decreased by 7.1% year-on-year in March 2023, while aircraft movements increased by 19.2% year-on-year to 32,125 take-offs and landings and accumulated maximum take-off weights expanded by 15.8% year-on-year to around 2.0 million metric tonnes.

Additionally, Fraport’s Group airports worldwide also experienced growth in March 2023. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) served 78,581 passengers (up 54.3% year-on-year), while Fraport’s two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) saw combined traffic increase to 1.0 million passengers (up 7.4%). Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru registered some 1.6 million passengers (up 16.8%) and at the 14 Greek regional airports, total traffic rose to 731,014 passengers (up 33.4%). Fraport’s Twin Star airports in Bulgaria reported a traffic gain of 87.9% year-on-year to 103,316 passengers overall, while Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Mediterranean coast saw traffic increase to 1.0 million passengers (up 23.3% year-on-year).