14.03.2002 – 11:18

Fraport AG

February 2002: Actual Traffic Figures Confirm Positive Trend at Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots)

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continues
to experience a clear recovery in passenger traffic demand. Some 3.3
million passengers used Germany's largest airport in February 2002.
Although this is a 3.2 percent minus over the same month in 2001, the
traffic drop is shrinking continuously. In November and December
2001, Fraport AG still recorded a decline at FRA of 10.9 percent and
7.9 percent, respectively. In January 2002, there was still a minus
of 6.2 percent. On some days in February, the passenger volume even
exceeded the corresponding month in 2001.

In February 2002, FRA registered 113,810 metric tons of
airfreight. In February 2001, FRA handled about 123,762 metric tons
of airfreight or eight percent more. As in the past, the global
economic downturn made itself felt here. Nevertheless, stabilization
of airfreight traffic is also evident, as the corresponding months of
February 2001 and 2000 -- both with an average eight percent growth
rate -- create a very high basis of comparison.

The number of aircraft movements declined only 0.9 percent to
33,686 in February. However, Maximum Take Off Weights (MTOWs) at FRA
dropped by 6.6 percent, as airlines met the economic situation and
passenger demand by deploying smaller aircraft. This resulted in a
higher seat-load factor,  but the average aircraft size still did not
reach the old level. The cancellation of some cargo flights due to
falling demand also caused the MTOW tonnage to drop more strongly
than the number of aircraft movements.

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures for February 2002

February 2002   Change (2)    Jan. - Feb.   Change (2)
                           Feb. 02/      2002          Jan. - Feb.
                           Feb. 01                     02/01

Passengers        3.3       -3.2 %       6.5         -4.7 %
   in millions

Airfreight
   in thousands of metric tons

113.8       -8.0 %     219.2        -7.7 %

Airmail
   in thousands of metric tons

11.0         0.3 %      23.4        1.2 %

Aircraft Movements (1)
   in thousands

33.7        -0.9 %      69.5        -1.7 %

MTOWs
   in thousands of metric tons

1,781.1      -6.6 %      3,701.6      -6.3 %

Punctuality
   share of punctual arrivals 
   and departures in percent

75.6                     76.9

(1) Excluding military flights
   (2) Rate of change based on unrounded numbers

ots Original Text Service: Fraport AG
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