November 2002 - FRA Traffic Figures: Fraport AG Reports Positive Growth for All Traffic Segments in November 2002

Upward Trend Stabilized - Previous Year's Figures AlmostReached

FRANKFURTE (Germany) 13. 12. 2002 (ots/APROTEXT) - FrankfurtAirport's (FRA) November 2002 traffic figures indicate cleargrowth in all segments. Passenger figures increased by 6.7percent over November 2001 to about 3.6 million. Thus, Germany'slargest airport served a total of 45 million passengers for thefirst eleven months (January through November) of 2002 -- only0.8 percent below the same period in 2001. Following the resultsof 9/11, this figure even exceeds previously optimisticexpectations. At the beginning of the year, Fraport AG (the ownerand operator of Frankfurt Airport) was expecting about a three-percent decline in passenger traffic for the 2002 business year.The airport operator is now expecting passenger traffic at yearend to be only slightly below the 2001 figure.

FRA's cargo volume also regained strong growth in November2002. About 142,500 metric tons of airfreight were handled atFRA in November 2002, a seven percent increase. In particular,expansion of services to the Far East led to a 17.2 percent jumpin air cargo tonnage to and from this region. Airfreighttransported over the Atlantic also climbed strongly again.Tonnage grew by 12.1 percent on North American routes, by 16.0percent on Latin American routes, and by 18.3 percent on SouthAmerican routes.

In November 2002, aircraft movements (take-offs and landings)registered the highest growth rate this year to date. In total,Fraport AG recorded 37,700 aircraft movements at FRA, 3.5percent more than in November 2001. The difference betweenaircraft movements and the corresponding Maximum Take-offWeights (MTOWs) has also improved gradually since November 2002.With about two million metric tons, the MTOWs increased by 2.6percent over the same period in 2001. Whether the airlinesdeploy larger-capacity aircraft again, depends on market demandin the coming months.

(Traffic Table)

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures for November 2002November 2002

Change 2 Jan. - Nov. 2002 Change 2

Nov. 02/

Jan.- Nov.

Nov. 0102/01

Passengers

3.6

6.7 %

45.0-0.8 % in millions

Airfreight in thousands of metric tons

142.5

7.0 %

1,388.61.3 %

Airmail in thousands of metric tons

12.9

0.4 %

127.3

-0.1 %

Aircraft Movements 1 in thousands

37.7

3.5 %

422.4

-0.1 %

MTOWs in thousands of metric tons

2,041.7

2.6 % 22,928.3

-3.2 %

Punctuality share of punctual arrivals and departures in percent 80.7

78.6 ots Original Text Service: 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 69690 -78547 (with voice mailbox) Fax: +49 69 690 -60548 E-mail:r.payne@fraport.de Internet: www.fraport.com (click on "PressLounge") 1 Excluding military flights 2 Rate of change based onunrounded numbers

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