Cargo throughput continued to decline. It was down 18.8 percent compared to January 2022, once again due to the overall economic slowdown and the suspension of flights to Russia. January 2023 was also particularly affected by the Chinese New Year celebrations, which began earlier than last year and has always resulted in declining cargo volumes.
FRA’s aircraft movements increased by 20.6 percent to 29,710 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 15.4 percent to about 1.9 million metric tons (in both cases compared with January 2022).
Almost all airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also continue to grow. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia saw 57,912 passengers in January 2023 (up 54.0 percent). Passenger numbers at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports in Brazil dropped slightly to 1.1 million (down 3.0 percent). Some 1.6 million passengers traveled via Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) in January (up 27.1 percent). At Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports, the number of passengers grew to 596,129 (up 61.1 percent). The Bulgarian coastal airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) saw a combined growth to 96,833 million passengers (up 65.7 percent). Passenger figures at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera increased to 910,597 (up 38.2 percent).
1Editorial note: You can now use the digital TrafficSheet to view Fraport’s traffic data for the last ten years and analyze the various data yourself.
Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, Fraport AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange, MDAX) is one of the world leading players in the global airport business. Fraport’s portfolio of companies spans four continents with activities at 29 airports worldwide. In pre-pandemic 2019, more than 182 million passengers used airports actively managed by Fraport. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Fraport’s Group airports welcomed only about 146 million passengers in 2022. Fraport AG generated revenue of €2.1 billion and profit of some €92 million in fiscal year 2021 (Dec. 31).
Fraport’s home-base Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is strategically located in the heart of Europe at the junction of vital intermodal road, rail and air networks. The surrounding Frankfurt Rhine-Main-Neckar region serves as an economic powerhouse and logistics hub for Europe and the world. In 2019, FRA welcomed more than 70.5 million passengers and handled 2.1 million metric tons of cargo. Only 48.9 million passengers travelled through FRA in 2022, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cargo volumes reached 2.0 million metric tons in 2022. Based on the latest ranking for 2022, FRA ranks first for freight in Europe.
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