Frankfurt airport achieved growth in cargo volume in 2013
Fraport AG management board sees signs for pleasant development of air cargo traffic in Europe in 2014
On January 15, Fraport AG presented positive traffic figures for the year 2013. From January to December 2013, cargo tonnage climbed by 1.3 per cent to 2.1 million tonnes year-on-year. Passenger traffic rose by 0.9 per cent to about 58 million passengers. The reporting month of December 2013 also made a strong contribution to the successful full-year figures: 178,677 tonnes of cargo were handled (up 2.3 per cent) and 4.1 million passengers were transported (up 2.9 per cent), the company informs.
Aircraft movements declined by two per cent to 472,692 takeoffs and landings compared to last year, due to consolidation measures of the airlines, coupled with higher aircraft capacity utilisation, as well as the deployment of larger planes. Thus, the trend of decoupling of the traffic volume and aircraft movements continued throughout 2013. FRA, however, closed the last month of the year with 34,769 takeoffs and landings, up one per cent compared to December 2012.
Fraport AG’s executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said: “We are pleased to record growth in both our passenger and cargo traffic segments, despite the challenging framework conditions. Although the European aviation industry continues to be in a difficult situation, we are beginning to see early indications of more satisfying growth for 2014. Thus, we expect passenger figures to rise further at Frankfurt Airport.”
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