Passenger numbers up in February for German airport operator Fraport

DPA

Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 2:21 AM 1 min read

Passenger numbers edged up in February for all the airports operated by Germany's Fraport Group compared to the same month of the previous year, while traffic fell slightly at the group's main airport, Frankfurt, the company said on Thursday.

In February, Frankfurt airport welcomed 3.9 million travellers, down 0.1% from the same period a year ago. In February 2024, the extra leap day additionally boosted traffic volumes, but the positive leap-year effect was offset by strikes on several days during the month.

Cargo throughput - airfreight plus airmail - in Frankfurt declined 0.9% year-on-year. Aircraft movements totalled 30,182 take-offs and landings, the same as the previous year.

Accumulated maximum take-off weights (MTOWs) slightly contracted by 0.8% year-on-year to around 1.9 million metric tons.

Fraport's group airports worldwide recorded a total volume of 8.4 million passengers, a growth of 0.2% from the prior year.

Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport served 81,191 passengers in February, down 5.8% year-on-year.

In South America, the two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre saw combined traffic slide by 4% to 891,998 passengers.

In contrast, traffic at Peru's Lima Airport grew 5.5% to roughly 2 million passengers.

A total of 660,389 passengers used Fraport's 14 Greek regional airports in February 2025, up 3.7%.