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FRA/rap> New historic peak figures characterized Frankfurt Airport's (FRA) traffic development in May 2008:  The 4.7 million passenger mark was exceeded for the first time in a May month.  Airfreight throughput also exceeded the previous May record level of about 170,000 metric tons. 

The number of passengers rose last month by 1.6 percent to 4,742,024.  This underscores the continuing traffic dynamics at FRA, even with last year's high  statistical base figures.  Airfreight even achieved a 3.9 percent surge in traffic to 176,369 metric tons.  Despite a slight 0.6 percent decline in aircraft movements to 42,517 takeoffs and landings, accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) advanced by 1.9 percent to 2,485,644 metric tons.  Thus, FRA continued its trend towards bigger aircraft and a higher seat load factor.

A total of 21,457,625 passengers used Frankfurt Airport  from January to May 2008 – representing a 2.8 percent year-on-year rise.  Airfreight  throughput grew in the same time period by 4.5 percent to 870,160 metric tons, while airmail slipped slightly by 0.8 percent to 37,484  metric tons.  With 199,652 takeoffs and landings during the first five months of the year, aircraft movements reached the same level as in the previous year.  MTOWs, since the beginning of 2008 climbed by 2.2 percent to  11,614,063 metric tons.

The Fraport Group's six majority-owned airports registered a noticeable upward trend in all traffic categories.  In May 2008, total passenger traffic reached nearly seven million – 5.6 percent more than in the same month last year.  Antalya Airport (up 25.6 percent) and Lima Airport (up 11.7 percent) achieved particularly vibrant growth.  From January to May 2008, 28,984,811 passengers used the Fraport Group's airports, an increase of 4.1 percent.

With 208,199 metric tons (up 5.2 percent) in May 2008, the Group's cargo figures also showed markedly positive development.  In particular, tonnage at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport rose by more than 28 percent and at Lima Airport by 12 percent. In the first five months of the year, cargo throughput increased by 6.9 percent to more than one million metric tons.

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