Fraport reports increased traveller volumes for February, despite strikes

Some 3.9 million travellers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in February 2024. Despite strikes on several days, the volume was up 12.9% from the corresponding month of 2023. The strikes resulted in the cancellation of about 1,770 flights, preventing roughly 225,000 passengers from traveling via Frankfurt as planned. This shortfall was only partially offset by the special effect of additional traffic on this year’s leap day (February 29). Passenger volumes for February 2024 were still about 15.0% below the corresponding figure for pre-pandemic 2019. 

Cargo volumes in Frankfurt (comprising airfreight and airmail) grew to 153,473 metric tonnes in February 2024, surpassing the level of February 2023 by 4.7%. Aircraft movements also increased to 30,177 take-offs and landings. This constituted a rise of 11.0% over the preceding year. The accumulated maximum take-off weights (MTOWs) grew to roughly 1.9 million metric tonnes or 10.6% more than in February 2023.

Most of the airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also recorded increases in February 2024. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia achieved yet another significant gain: 86,181 passengers used LJU in the month under review (up 32.8%). In contrast, the airports at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) in Brazil together counted about 917,229 passengers, or 3.8% fewer. The passenger volume at Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) climbed to approximately 1.8 million, yielding a substantial gain of 22.5%. Fraport’s 14 regional Greek airports welcomed a total of 636,866 passengers representing a rise of 13.9%. The Twin Star airports at Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) in Bulgaria registered 71,287 travellers (down 17.8%). Meanwhile, the passenger volume at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera increased by 17.9% to about 960,538 travellers.

In the month under review, the overall passenger volume of the airports that are actively managed by Fraport increased by 13.1% to about 8.4 million.