Some 5.7 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in October 2023, representing a 14.9 percent increase compared to the same month last year. However, passenger figures for October 2023 were still about 12 percent below the levels seen in October 2019 before the pandemic.
Cargo volumes (airfreight + airmail) in Frankfurt slightly decreased by 2.0 percent year-on-year to 173,173 metric tons. In contrast, aircraft movements climbed by 14.3 percent year-on-year to 40,720 takeoffs and landings – the highest value for a single month since October 2019. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (or MTOWs) rose by 11.3 percent year-on-year to around 2.5 million metric tons.
Most of the airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also continued to grow in October 2023. Traffic at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) surged by 27.8 percent year-on-year to 118,878 passengers in the reporting month. The two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) recorded a decline of 8.2 percent to a total of 972,956 passengers. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru served some 1.9 million passengers, up 6.4 percent. Combined traffic at Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports increased by 10.3 percent to 3.1 million passengers in October. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) welcomed 167,293 passengers overall (down 2.7 percent). Traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera continued to advance by 9.8 percent year-on-year to around 4.4 million passengers in October 2023.
1 The Fraport Traffic Figures for the last ten years are now available in our digital TrafficSheet. You can use this tool to compare various data by different categories.
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 28 airports worldwide. In pre-pandemic 2019, more than 182 million passengers used airports actively managed by Fraport. Impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Fraport’s Group airports welcomed only about 146 million passengers in 2022. Fraport AG generated revenue of €3.2 billion and profit of some €167 million in fiscal year 2022 (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 2021, FRA ranks first for cargo in Europe.
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