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GERMANY. Frankfurt Airport handled 3.7 million passengers in January, a rise of +3.5% on the same month in 2009, parent group Fraport said today. The increase came despite the weather-related impact on air traffic in the period.
“We are certainly pleased that January confirms the positive trend seen in recent months and that traffic overall is showing fair rates of growth,” said Fraport Executive Board Chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte (pictured). “Our calculations indicate that the severe winter days in January cost us 1.0 to 1.5 percentage points in the passenger sector.”
However, he said it was important to note that in January 2009 passenger traffic slumped by more than -10%. “Thus, we are starting from a low base-year figure and passenger activity is nowhere near the level we recorded before the global economic crisis,” stressed Schulte.
Aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport slipped slightly by -0.5% to 35,278 takeoffs and landings, mainly due to adverse weather conditions.
There was also growth in passenger traffic at the group’s other locations. Fraport Group’s five majority-owned airports handled a total of 5.02 million passengers in January 2010, +6.6% more than in January 2009.
There were strong performances in particular from Lima Airport with 818,176 passengers (up +10.7%) and Antalya Airport with about 513,278 passengers (up +26.6%).
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