Fraport Traffic Figures – August 2020: Passenger Numbers Remain Low

Aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport declined by 61.9 percent year-on-year to 17,695 takeoffs and landings in August 2020. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) contracted by 60.5 percent to about 1.1 million metric tons. Cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) dipped by only 7.0 percent to 160,937 metric tons year-on-year – despite the ongoing lack of capacity for “belly freight” transported on passenger flights.

Fraport’s Group airports worldwide recorded a slight positive trend in August 2020, boosted by holiday air traffic. Nevertheless, the company’s international airport portfolio also continued to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) welcomed 28,024 passengers in the reporting month, down 86.7 percent year-on-year. In Brazil, the airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) registered a combined traffic drop of 77.1 percent to 300,240 passengers. At Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM), traffic fell by 95.4 percent to 101,866 passengers, as a result of widespread travel restrictions.

Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports served some 2.4 million passengers in August 2020, representing a 55.5 percent decrease compared to the same month last year. The Bulgarian Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) saw combined traffic plunge by 77.1 percent to 287,769 passengers. Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey received about 1.7 million passengers – a decline of 68.8 percent. Traffic at Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, shrank by 31.4 percent to around 1.5 million passengers. Figures continued to recover noticeably at Xi’an Airport (XIY) in China, with about 3.6 million passengers served in August 2020 (down 18.7 percent year-on-year).