February 2003 - FRA Traffic Figures: Frankfurt Airport Records Slight / Increase in Passenger Figures and Strong Growth in Cargo Tonnage

Frankfurt/Main, Germany 12. 3. 2003 (PROTEXT/ots) - FraportAG recorded about 3.3 million passengers at Frankfurt Airport(FRA) in February 2003, 0.8 percent more than a year ago.Following seven-percent passenger growth in January 2003,February's results reflected the reluctance of passengers tobook flights due to fears of a possible Iraq war. In particular,destinations in North Africa and southern Europe experienceddeclining demand. In contrast, intercontinental passengertraffic contributed strongly to FRA's overall positive trafficresults. Destinations in North America and the Caribbean alsoexperienced noticeable traffic increases, as did the classicalgrowth markets of China and India. In total, Fraport registeredmore than 6.8 million passengers at FRA during the first twomonths of 2003, 3.9 percent more than in the corresponding periodin 2002.

Regarding cargo traffic, the positive trend at FRA continued.Frankfurt Airport handled 122,601 metric tons of airfreight inFebruary 2003, an increase of 6.5 percent. The expansion offlights to the Far East resulted in a noticeable 15.1-percentgrowth in airfreight. Furthermore, the amount of cargotransported via FRA over the Atlantic continued to experiencedouble-digit growth. Airmail traffic dropped slightly inFebruary, declining by 1.4 percent to 10,866 metric tons.

With 35,148 takeoffs and landings, the number of aircraftmovements at FRA increased by 4.3 percent in February. Inparticular, the number of international passenger flightsincreased considerably during the winter season, thus showingabove average growth, especially in comparison to decliningdomestic traffic. With the airlines deploying larger aircraft,Frankfurt Airport's maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) figure grewto over 1.9 million tons, 8.4 percent more than in February2002.

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures for February 2003

February

Change(2) Jan. - Feb.Change(2)

2003

Feb. 03/

2003

Jan. -Feb.

Feb. 02

03/02 Passengers

3,274,976

0.8%

6,802,1863.9% Airfreight

122,601

7.7%

233,4716.5% in metric tons Airmail

10,866

-1.4%

22,431

-4.1% in metric tons Aircraft

35,148

4.3%

72,7184.7% Movements(1) MTOWs(1)

1,930,128

8.4%

3,979,0377.5% in metric tons Punctuality

77.2

71.3 share ofpunctual arrivals and departures in percent (1) Excluding military flights (2) Change over previous year ots Original Text: Fraport AG Internet:http://www.presseportal.de

For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG FrankfurtAirport Services Worldwide Attn: Robert A. Payne - ManagerInternational Press 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel.: +49 69.690.78547 / Fax: +49.69.690.60548 E-mail:r.payne@fraport.de Internet: www.fraport.com

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