Fraport Traffic Figures – January 2022: Passenger Traffic Grows Despite Ongoing Effects of the Pandemic

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 2.2 million passengers in January 2022 – a gain of 150.4 percent compared to January 2021 when demand was hit hard by travel restrictions.

The recovery in passenger demand slowed due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Nevertheless, FRA’s traffic performance in January 2022 benefited from passengers traveling home after the holidays and from rising intercontinental traffic, particularly to the U.S. Compared to pre-pandemic figures, Frankfurt’s passenger traffic rebounded in January 2022 to almost half the level recorded in the reference month of January 2019 (down 52.5 percent).1

FRA’s cargo throughput (comprising airfreight and airmail) declined slightly in the reporting month by 0.9 percent year-on-year to 174,753 metric tons (compared to January 2019: up 7.0 percent). Aircraft movements, in contrast, grew strongly by 86.7 percent year-on-year to 24,639 takeoffs and landings. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) rose by 56.8 percent year-on-year to about 1.7 million metric tons. 

Fraport’s Group airports worldwide continued to report a positive passenger trend in January 2022. Most of the Group airports achieved significant passenger gains, with some exceeding 100 percent growth year-on-year – albeit compared to the strongly reduced traffic levels in January 2021. Only China’s Xi’an Airport (XIY) registered a decline, with traffic falling by 92.3 percent year-on-year to about 173,139 passengers due to strict lockdown measures.

Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) received 37,604 passengers in January 2022. In Brazil, combined traffic at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports rose to 1,127,867 passengers. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru served some 1.3 million passengers in the reporting month. The 14 Greek regional airports saw total traffic climb to 371,090 passengers. With a total of 58,449 passengers, the Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast also registered a traffic increase. Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera recorded 658,821 passengers. At St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia, traffic grew to almost 1.4 million passengers in January 2022.

Compared to pre-pandemic January 2019, the airports in Fraport’s international portfolio still had lower passenger figures in the reporting month – with the only exception being Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg (January 2019 versus January 2022: up 10.5 percent).

Editorial note: For enhanced statistical comparison, our reporting of the Fraport Traffic Figures includes (until further notice) a comparison between the current traffic figures and the corresponding 2019 base-year figures, in addition to the regular year-on-year reporting.

Über Fraport AG – Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, Fraport AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange, MDAX) is one of the leading players in the global airport business. Fraport’s portfolio of companies spans four continents with activities at 31 airports worldwide. In pre-pandemic 2019, more than 182 million passengers used airports in which Fraport has at least a 50 percent stake. Impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Fraport’s majority-owned Group airports welcomed only about 86 million passengers in 2021. In fiscal year 2019 (Dec. 31), Fraport AG generated revenue of €3.7 billion and profit of some €454 million. In fiscal 2020, revenue reached €1.7 billion, while profit decreased to minus €690.4 million.

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 24.8 million passengers traveled through FRA in 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Cargo volumes reached an all-time record of some 2.3 million metric tons in 2021.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

Fraport AG – Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Flughafen Frankfurt am Main
60547 Frankfurt
Telefon: +49 (69) 690-0
Telefax: +49 (69) 078001
http://www.frankfurt-airport.de

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E-Mail: y.chen@fraport.de
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