There were 39,959 take-offs and landings at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in May, a year-on-year increase of 7.2 pc
Frankfurt Airport recorded about 5.5 million transiting passengers in May, equivalent to a growth of approximately 6.9 pc compared to the same month of 2023.
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide or Fraport, operates Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world.
In a press statement, Fraport says that demand for vacation destinations in southern Europe in particular was already very high. The latest passenger numbers for the month are still approximately 11.8 pc below the figure for 2019.
It says that cargo volumes rose significantly in the month under review, climbing by 9.9 pc compared to the same month of 2023 to 171,353 metric tonnes.
The number of aircraft movements was up as well. There were 39,959 take-offs and landings at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in May, a year-on-year increase of 7.2 pc.
The statement adds that in the same time period, accumulated maximum take-off weights (MTOWs) rose by 5.4 pc to around 2.5 million metric tonnes. Group airports worldwide mostly reported increases as well.
In terms of airports where Fraport holds stakes, the number of passengers at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) again rose significantly by 20.6 pc to 133,740 in the reporting month. Numbers at the Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) were down by a significant 59.7 pc at 429,144 million. This is mainly because of the closure of the airport in Porto Alegre since May 3 as a result of the heavy flooding in the region.
The statement adds that traffic at Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru’s capital city grew significantly by 18.9 pc to around 2 million passengers in May. The 14 regional airports in Greece welcomed 3.7 million passengers in total, an increase of 11.3 pc.
The Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) in Bulgaria reported 179,531 passengers, down 19.9 pc. Traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera rose significantly by 16.2 pc to around 3.9 million passengers.
Total traffic at the airports actively managed by Fraport grew by 6.3 pc to approximately 15.8 million passengers in the month under review, it says.
