17.07.2001 – 08:15

Fraport AG

Traffic Grows at Frankfurt Airport Despite Pilot Strike

Frankfurt/M. (ots)

Larger Aircraft Result in Capacity Growth; Number of Passengers Per
Aircraft Movement Increases

In the first half of 2001, almost 24 million
passengers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - 2.6 percent or 600,000 more
passengers than in the same six-month period last year.  While an
increase of almost six percent was still registered during the first
quarter of 2001, in the second quarter growth weakened noticeably,
particularly because of the Lufthansa pilot strike.

"We expect that we will reach a clearly higher level of passenger
growth for all of 2001, than could be achieved in the first half of
the year," said Dr. Wilhelm Bender, Chairman of  Fraport AG's
Executive Board.

Due to the weakening global economy, above all, FRA's airfreight
tonnage dropped 0.7 percent in the first half of 2001. The strong
growth in the first quarter of 2001 was followed by a marked decline
in the second quarter.  Nevertheless, Frankfurt Airport remains the
number one air cargo gateway in all of Europe.

Although the number of aircraft movements at FRA grew only
slightly by about 1 percent over the first half of 2000, the average
number of passengers per flight increased by 1.7 percent.  The
Maximum Takeoff Weights (MTOWs) increased   by 3.8 percent during the
same period.  This means a higher share of large aircraft at FRA and,
thus, a capacity increase per aircraft movement. MTOWs are important
for the calculation of take-off and landing charges.

Fraport AG will issue its financial results for the first half of
2001 on August 23.

Fraport
   Traffic Figures for the First Half 2001, Frankfurt Airport

Passengers        Airfreight           Airmail
                    in millions in    '000s metric tons   in '000s
                                                          metric tons

1st Half 2001      24.0                 744                69
   1st Quarter        11.0                 381                36
   2nd Quarter        13.0                 364                33

1st Half 2000      23.4                 749                67
   1st Quarter        10.4                 359                35
   2nd Quarter        13.0                 390                33

Change
   Half Year  01 / 
   Half Year  00      2.6 %               -0.7 %              3.0 %

Change 
   1st Q 01 / 
   1st Q 00           5.8 %                6.1%               2.9 %

Change
   2nd Q 01 / 
   2nd Q 00           0.0 %               -6.7 %              0.0 %

Aircraft Movements    Max. Takeoff Weight (MTOW)
                     in '000s              in '000s metric tons

1st Half 2001          226                12,679
   1st Quarter            110                 6,128
   2nd Quarter            116                 6,551

1st Half 2000          224                12,210
   1st Quarter            108                 5,758
   2nd Quarter            116                 6,452

Change
   Half Year  01 / 
   Half Year  00          0.9 %               3.8 %

Change 
   1st Q 01 / 
   1st Q 00               1.9 %               6.4 %

Change
   2nd Q 01 / 
   2nd Q 00               0.0 %               1.5 %

Contact:

Fraport AG
Presse und Publikationen (VSP)
60547 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon: *49 69 6 90 - 7 05 55
Telefax: *49 69 6 90 - 5 50 71