Fraport Traffic Figures - October 2005: "Golden October" Results in New Monthly Record at Frankfurt Airport / Double-digit Growth in Airfreight at FRA

FRANKFURT (Germany) 11th November (PROTEXT/ots) - October2005 could be described as a month of records for FrankfurtAirport (FRA), Germany's largest airport. Both passengertraffic and aircraft movements, as well as mean takeoff weights(MTOWs) - important for calculating airport charges - hit levelsnever before reached in any previous October. In the airfreightcategory, FRA even achieved a new historic monthly peak figure.

FRA welcomed 4,834,516 passengers in October 2005, a 0.4percent increase compared to the corresponding month last year.With the amount of airfreight loaded and unloaded at FRA growingby 10.6 percent to 180,857 metric tons, airfreight boomed in thereport month.

Above all, Asian traffic proved to be the driving force forgrowth in airfreight tonnage. In the passenger category, FRAenjoyed higher passenger figures, especially on routes to andfrom South Africa, the Middle East, as well as Northern andEastern Europe.

The phased closing of FRA's so-called overnight domesticairmail hub (at the beginning of the Summer Timetable 2005) ledto a 20.3 percent drop in overall airmail tonnage to 7,987metric tons. Aircraft movements at FRA climbed by two percentto 43,233 takeoffs and landings. MTOWs, which experienced thesame rate of growth, increased to 2,507,389 metric tons inOctober 2005.

Looking at the first ten months of the year, the followingpicture of FRA emerges: The number of passengers grew by 2.2percent compared to the 2004 record year, and airfreight tonnagejumped 7.9 percent. Airmail tonnage declined by 16.8 percent.Aircraft movements increased by 3.1 percent, while MTOWs greweven faster by 4.1 percent.

The Fraport Group's six airports welcomed a total of6,804,339 passengers in the reporting month, down 12.6 percent.Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) registered an 8.5 percent increasein traffic to 280,548 passengers. At Hanover Airport (HAJ),October 2005 traffic grew by 6.8 percent to 627,704 passengers.Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) served 54,390 passengers, up 9.3percent. The passenger terminal in Antalya, Turkey (in whichFraport is a significant owner) continues to be under-utilizeddue to competition from a new neighboring terminal. Therefore,Antalya Airport (AYT) saw traffic drop by 68.2 percent to518,946 passengers in October 2005. At Lima Airport (LIM) inPeru, traffic rose by 9.9 percent to 489,304 passengers versusthe same month last year.

Combined, the Fraport Group's airports handled a record229,260 metric tons of cargo (airfreight and airmail), a 10percent increase compared to the previous year's figure. Thenumber of takeoffs and landings for the Group climbed by 6.1percent to 64,658 in October 2005. Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - October 2005

October

Change(2) Jan. - Oct. Change(2)

2005

Oct. 05/

2005

Jan. - Oct.

Oct. 04

05/04 Passengers(1) 4,834,516

0.4 %

44,605,533

2.2 % Airfreight(1)

180,857

10.6 %

1,548,016

7.9 % inmetric tons Airmail

7,987 -20.3 %

79,376

-16.8 % inmetric tons Aircraft

43,233

2.0 %

412,986

3.1 %Movements(3) MTOWs(3)

2,507,389

2.0 %

23,749,573

4.1 % inmetric tons Punctuality

73.1

77.0 share ofpunctual arrivals and departures in percent (1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit, incl.general aviation) (2) Change over previous year (3) Excludingmilitary flights Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for October 2005 Airports

Passen-

Change Cargo

ChangeAircraft

Change

gers(1)

in % in metric

in %Movements

in %

absolute

tons

absolute

(incl.

airmail) Frankfurt

4,833,447

0.4

186,148

9.143,233

2.0 (FRA) Antalya(2)

518,946 -68.2

n.a.

n.a.3,375

-64.8 (AYT) Frankfurt-Hahn(3)280,548

8.5

23,105

20.83,454

18.9 (HHN) Hanover (HAJ)

627,704

6.8

1,372

0.16,755

2.3 Lima (LIM)

489,304

9.9

18,627

7.56,457

6.7 Saarbrücken (SCN) 54,390

9.3

8

-1.31,384

3.1 Fraport Group 6,804,339 -12.6

229,260

10.064,658

-6.1 (1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures +transit) (2) Only passengers of the Fraport managed terminal. (3)Frankfurt-Hahn: includes cargo transported by truck

For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG, Robert A.Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press, Press Office (Dept.UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM) 60547 Frankfurt am Main,Federal Republic of Germany Tel.: +49 69.690.78547; Fax: +49.69.690.60548; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet:www.fraport.de

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