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GERMANY. Above-average growth in intercontinental (long-haul) passenger traffic buoyed Frankfurt Airport in January. The German hub reported a +1.3% rise in overall traffic year-on-year in January to over 4 million – with intercontinental volumes up by +2.4%.
Long-haul traffic accounted for 42.2% of the airport’s total traffic in January. European traffic (not including domestic) climbed by +0.7% and accounted for 46.4% of volumes.
Group airports, in which parent company Fraport holds an equity stake, reported a strong start to the New Year.
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Lima Airport handled 1,367,608 passengers and reported growth of +8.4% year-on-year. Combined, the Fraport Twinstar airports of Varna and Burgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast received a total of 34,718 passengers in January 2015 – representing a +27.2% surge in traffic.
Antalya Airport served 692,138 passengers, a gain of +12.9%. At St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, January traffic rose by +4.4% to 872,813 passengers. In northern Germany, Hanover Airport achieved a +3.8% jump in passenger traffic while in China, Xi’an Airport traffic rose by +7.6% to 2.4 million passengers in January. Only Ljubljana Airport registered a downturn, with traffic slipping by -2.9% to 73,096 passengers in the month.
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