GERMANY. Frankfurt Airport served 4.1 million passengers in January, an increase of +11.1% year-on-year but still -12.6% below January 2019 levels, parent company Fraport has reported.
The German Airports Association (ADV) has blamed high aviation fees and a lack of competitiveness in the aviation market for the sluggish recovery in passenger traffic in Germany compared to the rest of Europe.
Most airports in Fraport’s international portfolio turned in positive traffic performances in January. The number of passengers at Ljubljana Airport in Slovenia increased by +29.8% year-on-year to 75,196. Volumes at the Brazilian airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre were down by -6.3% to 1.1 million overall.
Traffic at Lima Airport in Peru surged by +21.4% to around 2 million passengers. Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports welcomed 640,461 passengers in total, an increase of +7.4%. In Bulgaria, the Twin Star airports of Burgas and Varna combined registered 85,231 passengers, down by -12%.
Passenger traffic at Antalya Airport on the Turkish Riviera rose by +4.4% to around 950,421 million. Total passenger traffic at the airports actively managed by Fraport grew by +9.5% year-on-year to around 8.9 million in January. ✈
