FRANKFURT, Germany, December 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Frankfurt Airport achieves passenger growth despite pilot strike - Group Airports in Fraport's international portfolio report mixed results
FRA/gk - With some 4.1 million passengers served in November 2016, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) saw passenger traffic increase by 4.9 percent compared to the previous year, despite the Lufthansa pilot strike affecting some 345,000 passengers and almost 2,600 aircraft movements. This increase, however, was largely attributable to a base effect resulting from the cabin crew strikes in November last year. Without the two special effects, Frankfurt Airport would have achieved passenger growth of around 2 percent.
Impacted by the strike and an unfavorable timing of weekends and weekdays in November 2016, cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) contracted by 2.1 percent year-on-year to 191,461 metric tons. Aircraft movements increased slightly by 0.7 percent to a total of 33,556 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) reached approximately 2.18 million metric tons, thus remaining almost unchanged from the previous year (up 0.2 percent).
Airports in Fraport AG's international portfolio reported mixed results in November 2016. A total of 99,082 passengers used Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia's capital city - an increase of 5.5 percent year-on-year. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru continued to report growth of 7.6 percent to some 1.5 million passengers. Combined, the two Twin Star airports of Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast welcomed 33,280 passengers in the reporting month. While this represents a decline of 18.2 percent, it must be taken into account that BOJ is closed during November and December 2016 due to renovation works on the runway system. A total of 871,390 passengers used Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey, down 17.5 percent. Traffic at Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, markedly increased by 19.5 percent to 952,235 passengers. In northern Germany, Hanover Airport (HAJ) saw passenger numbers decrease by 8.1 percent to 350,954 passengers in the reporting month. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in China, by contrast, reported an increase in passenger traffic of 14.2 percent to just under 3.0 million passengers.
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Fraport Traffic Figures November 2016 Fraport Group Airports[1] Cargo (Freight November 2016 Fraport Passengers & Mail) Movements share in% Month DELTA% Month DELTA% Month DELTA% Fully-consolidated airports Frankfurt, FRA Germany 100.00 4,136,111 4.9 188,233 -1.6 33,556 0.7 Ljubljana, LJU Slovenia 100.00 99,082 5.5 929 8.4 2,354 -10.4 LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 1,547,413 7.6 28,180 -2.7 14,572 2.7 Burgas, BOJ Bulgaria(cubed)* 60.00 n. v. n. v. n. v. VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 33,280 13.7 1,777 >100 529 37.0 At equity consolidated airports[2] AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 871,390 -17.5 n.a. n.a. 6,483 -20.3 St. Petersburg, LED Russia 35.50 952,235 19.5 n.a. n.a. 10,831 16.9 HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 350,954 -8.1 1,724 3.5 5,274 -8.7 XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 2,994,771 14.2 22,162 16.6 23,895 11.7 Fraport Group Airports[1] Cargo (Freight & Year to Date (YTD) 2016 Fraport Passengers Mail) Movements share in% YTD DELTA% YTD DELTA% YTD DELTA% Fully-consolidated airports Frankfurt, FRA Germany 100.00 56,528,292 -0.7 1,927,835 1.2 428,944 -1.2 Ljubljana, LJU Slovenia 100.00 1,309,496 -3.6 9,417 2.7 30,260 -1.8 LIM Lima, Peru[2] 70.01 17,258,002 10.3 257,672 -5.1 161,813 6.6 Burgas, BOJ Bulgaria[cubed]* 60.00 2,878,702 22.5 10,877 -3.9 20,871 15.9 VAR Varna, Bulgaria 60.00 1,653,351 20.8 1,920 >100 14,289 23.5 At equity consolidated airports[2] AYT Antalya, Turkey 51.00 18,363,824 -31.6 n.a. n.a. 119,733 -27.9 St. Petersburg, LED Russia 35.50 12,283,000 -3.3 n.a. n.a. 122,017 -5.3 HAJ Hanover, Germany 30.00 5,096,077 -1.0 17,138 8.2 70,970 0.6 XIY Xi'an, China 24.50 33,958,255 11.9 210,102 10.0 265,601 8.6 Frankfurt Airport[3] November 2016 Month DELTA% YTD 2016 DELTA% Passengers 4,136,484 4.9 56,532,764 -0.7 Cargo (freight & mail) 191,461 -2.1 1,963,841 1.3 Aircraft movements 33,556 0.7 428,944 -1.2 MTOW (in metric tons)[4] 2,176,532 0.2 27,453,529 0.5 PAX/PAX-flight[5] 134.6 3.4 141.4 0.3 Seat load factor (%) 75.0 77.0 Punctuality rate (%) 82.7 79.9 Frankfurt Airport Regional Split PAX share Month PAX share YTD month DELTA% YTD DELTA% Continental 60.6% 5.2 62.4% -0.7 Germany 12.5% 7.5 11.5% 0.8 Europe (without Germany) 48.1% 4.7 50.9% -1.0 Western Europe 40.2% 5.0 42.5% -0.9 Eastern Europe 7.9% 2.9 8.5% -1.6 Intercontinental 39.4% 4.5 37.6% -0.6 Africa 4.5% 3.5 3.8% -6.4 Middle East 6.4% 12.2 5.6% 3.7 North America 12.2% 3.8 13.4% 0.0 Central & South America 4.3% 7.5 3.7% 4.2 Far East 11.9% 0.9 11.1% -2.9 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 cubed* Airport Burgas BOJ is closed in November and December 2016 due to extensive construction works
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