Fraport Traffic Figures - September 2004: Traffic Growth at Frankfurt Airport Continues - Base-year Effects Dissipate

Frankfurt/Main, Germany 14.10.2004 (PROTEXT/ots) - Double-digit Increase for Cargo - Passenger Figures Up 3.1 Percent -Third Quarter Record

Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany's busiest airport, againregistered noticeable traffic growth in September 2004. FromJuly to September 2004, FRA even achieved the best results forpassenger traffic, airfreight tonnage, and aircraft movements ofany third quarter in the airport's history.

Frankfurt Airport recorded double-digit cargo growth in thereporting month, with total airfreight tonnage climbing 14.9percent to 147,711 metric tons. This represents the third-bestmonthly cargo result in FRA's history. Routes to and from SouthAmerica experienced particularly robust growth rates of about 60percent. The strong North American and Far East cargo marketsrecorded increases of 12.6 and 14.6 percent respectively.

In the reporting month, passenger traffic at FrankfurtAirport rose 3.1 percent over September 2003 to 4,834,572. Thisyear-on-year growth represents normal market growth, because thestatistical base-year effects (Iraq war, SARS, etc.) seen in theprevious months of 2004 have dissipated. Following relativelyweak activity in the August travel season, tourist traffic tosouthern Europe picked up slightly in September 2004. Incontrast, business travel activity on domestic and Europeanroutes was stagnant. However, this failed to dent strong overallpassenger growth, primarily due to a continued rise in bothbusiness and tourist travel activity in the intercontinentalsector.

Frankfurt Airport also registered noticeable growth inaircraft movements. Some 41,433 take-offs and landings inSeptember 2004 represented an increase of 4.5 percent compared tothe same month last year. This increase was mainly due to a risein intercontinental traffic as well as East European traffic.Both the Middle East and the Far East saw double-figure growthrates. Flights to and from Africa and South America also showedgood growth. Service reductions in FRA's overnight domesticairmail network continued to impact overall airmail tonnage,which dropped by 4.4 percent to 9,348 metric tons.

Analogous to the individual monthly results, FrankfurtAirport recorded excellent traffic results for the nine-monthperiod from January to September 2004, when FRA welcomed morethan 38.8 million passengers - a 6.4 percent increase comparedto the first three quarters of 2003. Air cargo tonnage climbedjust under 13 percent to almost 1.3 million metric tons, whileairmail tonnage declined 7 percent to 85,371 metric tons.Aircraft movements grew by 3.6 percent.

The Fraport Group's airports together served 7,690,499passengers in September 2004, 5.5 percent more than in September2003. Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey recorded 1,580,417passengers, up 12.9 percent. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peruregistered 408,155 passengers, up 9.0 percent. With 251,509passengers in the reporting month, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN)saw renewed strong growth of 8.6 percent. Hanover Airport (HAJ)received 561,371 passengers, up 4.0 percent. Saarbrücken Airport(SCN) had 55,429 passengers, down 1.5 percent.

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - September 2004

Sept.

Change (2) Jan.-Sept.

Change(2)

2004

Sept. 04/

2004

Jan.-Sept.

Sept. 03

04/03 Passengers (1) 4,834,572

3.1 %

38,819,415

6.4 % Airfreight (1)

147,711

14.9 %

1,271,332

12.9 %in metric tons Airmail

9,348

-4.4 %

85,371

-7.0 %in metric tons Aircraft

41,433

4.5 %

358,067

3.6 %Movements (3) MTOWs (3)

2,395,310

8.2 %

20,365,738

6.7 %in metric tons Punctuality

78.3

78.1 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 September 2004 Airports

Passen-

Change Air-

Change Air-Change

gers(1)

in %

freight

in %

craftin %

absolute

in

Move-

metric

ments

tons

absolute

(incl.

Airmail) Frankfurt

4,833,618

3.1

154,208

13.2

41,4334.5 (FRA) Antalya(2) 1,580,417 12.9

n.a.

n.a.

9,20816.3 (AYT) Frankfurt-

251,509

8.6

17,746

20.3

2,886-6.5 Hahn(3) (HHN) Hanover

561,371

4.0

1,325

-3.1

8,1931.3 (HAJ) Lima (LIM)

408,155

9.0

18,037

2.6

5,966-0.9 Saarbrücken

55,429 -1.5

3 -86.4

1,363-4.7 (SCN) Fraport

7,690,499

5.5

191,319

12.6

69,0494.3 Group (1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures +transit) (2) International passengers and movements only (3) Hahncargo (incl. cargo transported by truck)

For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG FrankfurtAirport Services Worldwide Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - ManagerInternational Press/PR Press Office (UKM-PS), CorporateCommunications (UKM) 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel.: +49.69.690.78547; Fax: +49.69.690.60548; E-mail:r.payne@fraport.de

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