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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, August 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

July Travel Month Brings New Traffic Records - FRA's Daily Passenger Volume Exceeds 200,000 for the First Time

Fraport AG again registered growth at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base for the July 2012 reporting month. FRA welcomed almost 5.8 million passengers in July 2012, resulting in a 3.7 percent gain year-on-year and a new monthly historic record for a calendar month. FRA also scored a new record for the accumulated maximum takeoff weight (MTOW), which climbed by 0.6 percent to about 2.6 million metric tons in July 2012. Aircraft movements also rose by 1.3 percent year-on-year to 43,269 takeoffs and landings. At the beginning of the month, FRA achieved a new daily passenger record on July 1 when the 200,000 mark was exceeded for the first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport. With summer vacations commencing in the German states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland, FRA served a record 201,380 passengers on this day.

In July 2012, Frankfurt Airport's cargo volume fell by 7.6 percent year-on-year to 180,468 metric tons - which can be attributed, as before, to the overall development of the global economy as well as to the curfew on nighttime scheduled flights at FRA.

Fraport's five majority-owned airports - Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Antalya (AYT), Burgas (BOJ), Varna (VAR) and Lima (LIM) - all posted growth in passenger volumes in the reporting month.

Combined passenger traffic grew by 3.2 percent year-on-year to about 11.8 million passengers.

ANR 26/2012 - August 10,2012

Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Figures -July 2012

   Change [2] Change [2]    July 12/ Jan. - July Jan. - July  July 2012 July 11 2012 2012/2011 Passengers [1] 5,765,807 3.7% 33,191,531 3.4% Airfreight [1] in metric tons 174,542 -7.6% 1,161,221 -9.8%  Airmail [1] in metric tons  5,926 -9.1% 45,116 -0.3% Aircraft Movements 43,269 1.3% 281,631 0.1%  MTOWs in metric tons 2,614,258 0.6% 16,828,339 -0.5% Punctuality share of punctual arrivals and departures in percent 78.1  81.3

1. Total traffic (arrivals + departures + transit)

2. Change over previous year

ANR 26/2012> August 10, 2012

Fraport Group - Traffic Figures for July 2012

   Cargo in  metric  Aircraft  Passengers[1] Change tons abs. Change Movements Change   (+ Airports absolute in % airmail) in % absolute in % Frankfurt (FRA) 5,765,381 3.7 177,624 -7.6 43,269 1,3 Antalya (AYT) 3,817,413 0.2 n.a. n.a. 22,336 -3.9 Burgas (BOJ) 708,887 7.5 187 -64.5 4,737 2.6 Lima (LIM)[2] 1,174,410 6.8 25,440 -1.5 12,801 7.2 Varna (VAR) 329,398 10.1 5 36.4 2,399 0.8 Fraport Group 11,795,489 3.2 203,256 -7.0 85,542 0.8

1. Passengers (commercial traffic: arrivals + departures + transit)

2. Figures provided by LIM

For Further Information, Please Contact:Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services WorldwideRobert A. Payne, B.A.A. - International Spokesman and Head of International Press/PR & External Activities Team, Press Office (UKM-PS), Corporate Communications, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany; Tel.: +49-69-690-78547; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de; Internet: http://www.fraport.com

SOURCE Fraport AG