Passenger numbers rise at Frankfurt Airport and across Fraport’s Group airports worldwide.
FRANKFURT, GERMANY – With ongoing robust traffic growth in May 2018, Frankfurt Airport welcomed some 6.1 million passengers and registered a 9.5 percent increase compared to the previous year. Factors contributing to this growth included the occurrence in May 2018 of several extended holiday weekends, as well as school breaks in some German states. In addition, increased capacity on FRA's European routes spurred passenger growth. During the January-to-May period, Frankfurt Airport achieved accumulated passenger growth of 8.9 percent.
Across the Group, airports in Fraport's international portfolio all recorded strong performance in May 2018. Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in Slovenia's capital city served 167,257 passengers, representing an increase of 14.4 percent. Fraport's two Brazilian airports in Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) reported combined traffic growth of 3.2 percent to about 1.1 million passengers. Traffic at the 14 Greek regional airports surged by 21.0 percent to 3.1 million passengers overall. The busiest of the Greek airports included Rhodes Airport (RHO) with 632,152 passengers (up 19.7 percent), Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) with 609,120 passengers (up 16.8 percent), and Chania Airport (CHQ) with 374,089 passengers (up 13.8 percent). Peru's Lima Airport (LIM) posted 11.9 percent traffic growth to about 1.9 million passengers. At the Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, passenger numbers soared by 39.3 percent to a total of 331,648 passengers. Traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) in Turkey jumped by 36.3 percent to around 3.5 million passengers. Hanover Airport (HAJ) in northern Germany registered a 5.6 percent traffic gain to 574,109 passengers. Pulkovo Airport (LED) in St. Petersburg, Russia, saw traffic advance by 12.9 percent to some 1.6 million passengers. In China, Xi'an Airport (XIY) welcomed about 3.8 million passengers, representing an increase of 9.5 percent.
Fraport Greece Offers Incentives for the Development of New International Routes
Fraport Greece steadfast in its commitment for the support of tourism development, offers an incentive that paves the way for the introduction of new international routes during the winter months.
In just a year of operating in the Greek aviation market, Fraport Greece is fulfilling its objective for the enhancement of traffic by implementing a two-year incentive program starting in the winter of 2018-2019. This program aims to support airlines in introducing new, international routes during the winter season.
Although the current airport charges policy is already a competitive one, Fraport Greece contributes in the extension of the tourist season. More specific, this incentive, for developing new routes during the winter months – makes premise for a 50% discount on airport charges, playing a key role in the prospects of economic growth at the 14 destinations, while strengthening its partnership with airlines.
On the occasion of the announcement of the incentive, Fraport Greece's Executive Director of Commercial and Business Development Mr. George Vilos said: "We are confident that this incentive will assist in the increase of passenger traffic in the winter months as well as to the extension of the tourist season, which is the biggest challenge for both the local communities and us. At Fraport Greece we are making every effort to maintain and develop the upward trend in the 14 Greek airports, demonstrating our belief in the dynamic of the Greek tourist product which we also hope to shield from fluctuations in competitive markets and make it attractive throughout the year. Through specific and targeted actions and synergies, we continue our work contributing to the development of the local and national economy."
Angelos is the news editor for TravelDailyNews Media Network (traveldailynews.gr, traveldailynews.com and traveldailynews.asia). His role includes to monitor the hundrends of news sources of TravelDailyNews Media Network and skim the most important according to our strategy.
He currently studies Communication, Media & Culture in Panteion University of Political & Social Studies of Athens.
