Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 4.6 million passengers in November 2023 – an increase of 12.2% year-on-year. Compared to pre-crisis levels, passenger numbers in the reporting month were still 9.4% lower than in November 2019.
Cargo traffic in Frankfurt (comprising airfreight and airmail) rebounded in November 2023, growing by 6.0% year-on-year to 174,258 metric tonnes. At the same time, FRA’s flight volume also continued to increase, with aircraft movements up 8.5% year-on-year to 35,310 take-offs and landings. Accumulated maximum take-off weights (or MTOWs) surged by 10.7% year-on-year to about 2.2 million metric tonnes.
The majority of airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also reported continuous passenger growth. At Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU), traffic improved significantly in November 2023, rising by 37.3% year-on-year to 91,786 passengers. In contrast, the two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) registered a 12.5% overall decline year-on-year to around 1.0 million passengers. Meanwhile, Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru saw passenger numbers climb by 9.9% year-on-year to around 1.9 million travellers. Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports welcomed a total of 784,981 passengers in the reporting month – 13.0% more than in November 2022. In Bulgaria, combined traffic at the two coastal airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) slightly decreased by 2.9% year-on-year to 83,347 passengers. Continuing its growth trend, Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera served some 1.5 million passengers in November 2023, up 3.9% year-on-year.
Across the airports actively managed by Fraport, passenger numbers advanced by 7.5% year-on-year to a total of about 9.9 million travellers in November 2023.
