Tous Actualités
Suivre
Abonner Fraport AG

Fraport AG

April 2002 - FRA Traffic Figures: Recovery in demand stalls in April

Frankfurt, Germany (ots)

Airfreight continued to stabilize
In April 2002, passenger figures at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) did
not continue the clearly improving trend seen in previous months.
Some 3.9 million passengers used Germany's busiest airport last
month, 6.5 percent less than in April 2001.
One reason for standoffish demand for flights and package tours
continued to be the sluggish economic development and the ensuing
consumer caution.  Thus, for example, all classical tourist
destinations in the Mediterranean were running low in April.
Long-distance travel did not improve decisively, either. Destinations
in North America, the Near East and North Africa continued to be
depressed. Only domestic traffic improved noticeably over the
previous months.
However, May 2002 gives rise to some optimism again: Passenger
levels during first two weeks of May 2002 fell only slightly short of
the comparable period in 2001.
In contrast to passenger figures, airfreight activity in April
continued the stabilizing trend seen since the beginning of the year.
FRA handled 120,541 metric tons of cargo in April 2002, only 2.1
percent less than in the same month last year.
Airline capacity reductions at Frankfurt Airport - which set in
during the 2001/2002 winter timetable season in response to declining
demand after September 11 - continued into the first month of the
2002 summer season.  Thus maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) dropped by
7.1 percent from April 2001 to approximately 2 million metric tons.
FRA recorded 37,222 takeoffs and landings (aircraft movements) in
April 2002, down 1.3 percent from the same month last year.  Like in
the previous months, airlines preferred to adjust to slowly
recovering demand by increasing the aircraft load factor rather than
raising flight frequencies and / or using larger aircraft.
Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures for April 2002
April    Change (2)   Jan. - April   Change (2)
          2002     April 02/       2002        Jan. - Apri
                   April 01                    02/01
Passengers
   in millions
3.9      -6.5%         14.4          -5.0%
Airfreight in
   thousands of metric tons
120.5      -2.1%        473.6          -6.0%
Airmail in
   thousands of metric tons
11.4       2.3%         46.9          -0.5%
Aircraft Movements 1
   in thousands
37.2      -1.3%        144.2          -2.1%
MTOWs in
   thousands of metric tons
1,993.3      -7.1%      7,700.7          -6.9%
Punctuality
   share of punctual arrivals
   and departures in percent
82.2                    80.0
(1) Excluding military flights
(2) Rate of change based on unrounded numbers

Contact:

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne
Manager International Press
60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel. +49/69/690-78547 (with voice mailbox)
Fax +49/69/690-60548
mailto:r.payne@fraport.de
Internet: http://www.fraport.com (click on "Press Lounge")

Plus de actualités: Fraport AG
Plus de actualités: Fraport AG
  • 02.05.2002 – 08:55

    New Fraport Shares for Employees

    Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Following its successful initial public offering (IPO) in 2001, Fraport AG is again offering employees the opportunity to receive Fraport shares as partial or complete remuneration under the company's annual success and performance participation program. A third of Fraport's staff has taken advantage of this opportunity, subscribing to 106,058 shares with a nominal value of EURO 10 per share. As a result, Fraport's share will increase to ...

  • 30.04.2002 – 13:38

    Fraport and Airlines Sign First Five-year Agreement on Airport Charges at FRA

    Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and the airlines serving Frankfurt Airport (FRA) today signed a basic agreement defining, for the first time, the level of FRA's airport charges over a longer period. The airport company believes this agreement, which gives both sides planning security over the next five years, is a ...