14.09.2001 – 11:15

Fraport AG

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures for August 2001

Frankfurt/Main (ots)

August    July      August    Change (2)
                           2001      2001      2000      Aug.'01/
                                                         Aug.'00

Passengers                4.8       4.9       4.7       2.4 %
   in millions

Airfreight              116.9     121.9     132.3     -11.6 %
   in thousands 
   of metric tons

Airmail                  11.5      11.2      11.4       1.0 %
   in thousands 
   of metric tons

Aircraft Movements (1)   40.5      41.1      40.6      -0.2 %
   in thousands

MTOWs                 2,293.4   2,319.8   2,277.8       0.7 %
   in thousands 
   of metric tons

Punctuality              81.8      78.7      80.2
   share of puctual 
   arrivals and departures 
   in percent

Passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) increased by 2.4
percent in August 2001, versus the corresponding month last year. 
While there was clearly more European passenger traffic,
intercontinental traffic - especially to and from North America -
registered a slight decline.

In the airfreight sector, August also experienced a strong decline
over the previous year.  Particularly because of noticeable
developments resulting from the global impact of the weak U.S.
economy, there was meanwhile a clear decline in airfreight activity. 
Airfreight tonnage developed postively on South American and
Australian routes.

The weak demand in airfreight traffic was the main reason for a
slight drop in the number of takeoffs and landings (-0.2 percent) at
FRA. The share of delayed flights at FRA, in comparison to the same
month last year, declined  from 19.8 to 18.2 percent. The latest
punctuality statistics from the Association of European Airlines
(AEA) rank Frankfurt ahead of Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Rome, Zürich,
as well as Munich, which all registered greater delay rates.

(1) Excluding military flights
   (2) Rate of change based on unrounded numbers

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