Fraport's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany recorded a 3.3 percent rise in passenger traffic during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2012 to 44.1 million passengers and reported a 1 percent rise in passenger traffic during September to 5.36 million passengers.
In Q1-Q3 2012, Frankfurt Airport's cargo traffic declined 8.4% to 1.56 million tonnes, with September's cargo traffic dropping 2.2 percent to 178,876 tonnes, when compared to the same period in 2011.
The airport recorded a 0.1 percent rise in aircraft movements over the first nine months of 2012 to 366,544 takeoffs and landings, while aircraft movements declined 0.7 percent during September to 42,214.
Frankfurt Airport's maximum takeoff weights (MTOW) declined 0.3 percent to 22 million tonnes throughout January to September, while for the duration of September the airport reported a 0.5 percent decline in MTOW to 2.5 million tonnes.
During the Q1-Q3 2012 period, Fraport-operated airports including Frankfurt, Lima, Antalya, Burgas and Varna collectively reported a 3.4 percent rise in passenger traffic to 78.16 million passengers when compared to the same period in 2011.
Passenger traffic at Fraport's Lima Airport (LIM) increased 11.8 percent to 9.8 million passengers during Q1-Q3.
Turkey's Antalya Airport (AYT) handled 20.71 million passengers in the first nine months of 2012, reporting a 0.1 percent decline over the corresponding period the previous year.
Bulgaria's Burgas (BOJ) Airport reported a 7.5 percent rise in passenger traffic to 2.32 million, while passenger traffic at Varna (VAR) Airport declined 1.2 percent to 1.14 million.
Image: Aircraft movements at Frankfurt Airport declined 0.7% to 42,214 takeoffs and landings in September 2012.
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