In August 2015, 6.3 million passengers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA), up 3.2 percent year-on-year. On August 2, the Frankfurtinternational hub registered a new historic daily traffic record - with some 217,500 passengers served in a single day. In addition, the number of passengers per flight rose again to 156.3, surpassing the July 2015 figure of 152.4. Correspondingly, aircraft capacity utilization at Frankfurt Airport reached an all-time high of 85.5 percent. The number of aircraft movements increased slightly by 0.2 percent year-on-year to 42,787 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 2 percent to more than 2.7 million metric tons. Cargo (airfreight and airmail) dropped by 4.2 percent to 172,055 metric tons, attributable to the weakness in world trade, especially in the Far East.
Among the Fraport AG's Group airports, Slovenia's capital city airport Ljubljana (LJU) again reported dynamic growth of 10.4 percent to about 180,000 passengers in August 2015. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru, South America, had equally satisfying figures in August 2015, with traffic advancing by 8.5 percent to 1.6 million passengers. Welcoming more than one million passengers, Bulgaria'sTwinstar airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) together registered a 2.9 percent decline. Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) showed a slight decrease of 0.5 percent to 4.5 million passengers. St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia received 1.7 million passengers, down 3.7 percent year-on-year. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany reported positive results for August 2015, with traffic rising by 3.8 percent to about 590,000 passengers. Serving 3.1 million passengers, China's Xi'an Airport (XIY) continued to experience strong traffic growth of 8.9 percent.
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Fraport Traffic Figures
August 2015
Fraport Group
Airports[1]
Cargo
(Freight &
August 2015 Fraport Passengers Mail) Movements
share in % Month DELTA % Month DELTA % Month DELTA %
Fully-consolidated
airports
Frankfurt,
FRA Germany 100.00 6,308,634 3.2 169,094 -4.6 42,787 0.2
Ljubljana,
LJU Slovenia 100.00 179,773 10.4 811 13.3 3,311 6.9
Lima,
LIM Peru[2] 70.01 1,594,398 8.5 27,302 2.3 15,150 9.4
Burgas,
BOJ Bulgaria 60.00 724,282 -3.1 648 >100,0 4,796 -2.9
Varna,
VAR Bulgaria 60.00 344,549 -2.6 9 -38.2 2,473 -4.3
At equity consolidated
airports[2]
Antalya,
AYT Turkey 51.00 4,495,770 -0.5 n.a. n.a. 25,329 -0.2
St.
Petersburg,
LED Russia 35.50 1,688,410 -3.7 n.a. n.a. 14,030 -7.6
Hanover,
HAJ Germany 30.00 589,699 3.8 1,170 30.6 7.322 2.9
Xi'an,
XIY China 24.50 3,126,739 8.9 19,090 25.0 24,632 5.1
Fraport Group
Airports[1]
Cargo
Year to Date (YTD) (Freight &
2015 Fraport Passengers Mail) Movements
share in % YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA % YTD DELTA %
Fully-consolidated
airports
Frankfurt,
FRA Germany 100.00 41,476,597 4.3 1,365,049 -2.4 316,079 0.5
Ljubljana,
LJU Slovenia 100.00 978,070 10.9 6,479 0.7 22,241 2.7
Lima,
LIM Peru[2] 70.01 11,160,489 8.9 182,689 -0.6 108,170 6.2
Burgas,
BOJ Bulgaria 60.00 1,963,712 -8.5 6,863 >100,0 14,459 -7.2
Varna,
VAR Bulgaria 60.00 1,082,037 -1.9 64 41.0 8,905 -3.8
At equity consolidated
airports[2]
Antalya,
AYT Turkey 51.00 19,323,592 -2.0 n.a. n.a. 118,826 -2.7
St.
Petersburg,
LED Russia 35.00 9,455,877 -4.2 n.a. n.a. 95,196 -3.8
Hanover,
HAJ Germany 30.00 3,610,583 5.3 11,285 20.2 50.485.0 -1.5
Xi'an,
XIY China 24.50 21,876,604 13.6 131,836 13.9 176,649 8.8
Frankfurt Airport[3]
DELTA YTD DELTA
August 2015 Month % 2015 %
Passengers 6,308,759 3.2 41,480,679 4.3
Cargo (freight & mail) 172,055 -4.2 1,388,338 -2.2
Aircraft movements 42,787 0.2 316,079 0.5
MTOW (in metric
tons)[4] 2,721,552 2.0 19,870,863 3.2
PAX/PAX-flight[5] 156.3 2.7 140.6 4.0
Seat load factor (%) 85.5 78.2
Punctuality rate (%) 80.8 79.8
Month PAX
Frankfurt Airport DELTA share YTD
Regional Split PAX share month % YTD DELTA%
Continental 61.6% 3.2 62.2% 4.4
Germany 9.5% 4.3 11.1% 6.1
Europe (without
Germany) 52.1% 3.1 51.1% 4.0
Western Europe 43.2% 3.1 42.4% 3.9
Eastern Europe 8.9% 2.6 8.6% 4.6
Intercontinental 38.4% 3.2 37.8% 4.3
Africa 4.1% 0.3 4.0% 3.8
Middle East 5.6% 4.6 5.4% 7.2
North America 14.6% 3.1 13.5% 2.2
Central & South
America 2.9% -0.3 3.5% 1.5
Far East 11.3% 4.6 11.4% 6.7
Australia 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 0.0
[1] According to ACI-definition:
Passengers: commercial traffic only (arr+dep+transit counted once)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep excluding transit, in metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[2] Preliminary figures
[3] Passengers: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once incl. General Aviation)
Cargo: commercial and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep+transit counted once, in metric tons)
Movements: commerical and non-commercial traffic (arr+dep)
[4] Inbound traffic only
[5] Scheduled and charter traffic
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