Fraport Traffic Figures - December 2005: Frankfurt Airport Achieves Record Year in 2005 - Peak December Figures for Passenger and Airfreight Traffic

Frankfurt 12. 1. 2006 (PROTEXT/ots) - Fraport AG (FRA)completed 2005 with a new record figure for passenger traffic.A total of 52,219,412 passengers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA),an increase of 2.2 percent on the 2004 record year. Airfreightalso grew robustly at the FRA international aviation hub, jumping8.1 percent to 1,892,100 metric tons - another new peak figure. Aircraft movements at FRA climbed 2.7 percent last year to atotal of 490,147 takeoffs and landings. Maximum takeoff weights(MTOWs) - which are important for calculating landing fees -even grew by 3.4 percent and achieved a new annual peak figureof 28,160,324 metric tons. As expected, airmail declined in2005 to 99,437 metric tons. This 15.6 percent drop in tonnageresulted from the phased closing of FRA's overnight domestic-airmail hub.

The best December traffic results in FRA's history alsocontributed to the overall success of 2005. Frankfurt Airportserved 3,682,908 passengers during the Christmas month ofDecember. Compared to the already strong December 2004, thisrepresented a further increase of 1.5 percent, whereby theDecember growth was generated by international traffic. Inparticular, European traffic was in the forefront, with EasternEurope alone climbing by 10 percent. In intercontinentaltraffic, the Middle East region stood out once again as adynamic growth market, recording double-digit growth for nearlyall destinations in this region.

For the first time in two years, FRA registered a slightdecline in aircraft movements (down 1.1 percent to 37,433takeoffs and landings ) as well as in MTOWs (down 1.4 percent to2,164,912 metric tons) due to a thinning out of the flightschedule after Christmas. However, weather-relatedcancellations were within the normal seasonal range.

Like the passenger category, airfreight also achieved a newDecember peak figure of 170,269 metric tons - representing anincrease of 8.6 percent. FRA's jump in airfreight tonnage wasdriven by the 20 percent increase in intercontinental traffic toand from Asia. Strong North Atlantic business resulted in a twopercent increase again.

The Fraport Group's other airports in Germany also enjoyed asuccessful year in 2005. Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) served3,075,561 passengers, an increase of 11.9 percent. During thesame period, Hanover Airport (HAJ) registered 5,637,382passengers and 7.4 percent growth. Saarbrücken Airport's (SCN)traffic grew 5.7 percent to 486,230 passengers.

While annual figures for Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru climbed11.6 percent to 5,662,288 passengers last year, Antalya Airport(AYT) in Turkey registered 5,058,012 passengers at Fraport'sTerminal 1, a decline of 59.2 percent. AYT has been impactedsince the beginning of last spring by the opening of a secondcompeting passenger terminal.

The Fraport Group's six airports welcomed a total of72,138,885 passengers in 2005. Due to the traffic developmentin Antalya, this resulted in a drop of 6.4 percent compared to2004. In 2006, a new arrangement for sharing passenger trafficis planned at Antalya Airport. This should result again ingreater utilization of Fraport's terminal there. All airportsin the Group reported unabated growth in cargo tonnage in 2005,reaching 2,385,560 metric tons, a jump of 7.6 percent.

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures - December 2005 & Year2005

Dec.

Change(2) Jan. - Dec.Change(2)

2005

Dec. 05/

2005

Jan. -Dec.

Dec. 0405/04 Passengers(1)

3,682,908 1.5 %

52,219,4122.2 % Airfreight(1)

170,269 8.6 %

1,892,1008.1 % in metric tons Airmail

11,295 -9.3 %

99,437

-15.6 % in metric tons Aircraft

37,433 -1.1 %

490,1472.7 % Movements(3) MTOWs(3)

2,164,912 -1.4 %

28,160,3243.4 % in metric tons Punctuality

69.7

76.6 share ofpunctual arrivals and departures in percent (1) Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit) (2) Changeover previous year (3) Excluding military flights Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for 2005 Airports

Passengers(1) Change Cargo

Change AircraftChange

Absolute

in % in metric in % Movementsin %

tons (incl.

absolute

airmail) Frankfurt (FRA) 52,219,412

2.2 1,963,142 6.7 490,1472.7 Antalya(2) (AYT) 5,058,012 -59.2

n.a.

n.a. 32,929-55.5 Frankfurt-Hahn(3) 3,075,561

11.9

228,923 19.8

37,28318.4 (HHN) Hanover (HAJ)

5,637,382

7.4

16,379 3.9

88,9364.1 Lima (LIM)

5,662,288

11.6

177,062 3.2

73,2841.3 Saarbrücken (SCN) 486,230

5.7

55 25.1

14,2023.2 Fraport Group

72,138,885

-6.4 2,385,560 7.6 736,781-2.4 (1) Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures +transit) (2) International passengers and movements only (3) Hahncargo (incl. cargo transported by truck)

For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG, Robert A.Payne, B.A.A. - Manager International Press, Press Office (Dept.UKM-PS), Corporate Communications (UKM), 60547 Frankfurtam Main, Federal Republic of Germany; Tel.: +49 69.690.78547;Fax: +49.69.690.60548; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet:http://www.fraport.de

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