Fraport traffic figures for August shows softening air freight market
Fraport has announced a softening of the air freight segment in August 2011; however, in contrast, it also announced record passenger figures.
Although the cumulative air freight volume for January to August 2011 reached the same level as last year, tonnage for the reporting month dropped by 7.0% to 172,415 metric tons (see Ti Dashboard – Air Cargo: Airports).
"One has to take into account that the air freight segment – following the finance and economic crisis of 2010 – has been characterised by very strong growth rates. Thus, Frankfurt Airport’s airfreight volume of 2.23m metric tons in 2010 clearly exceeded the pre-crisis levels during the years 2007 to 2009," said Fraport AG executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte, commenting on the latest traffic results.
During the month of August passenger traffic increased by 2.5% compared to August 2010, serving approximately 5.35m passengers.
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