Busiest August ever at Frankfurt airport

Nicole Mezzasalma

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Intercontinental traffic drives passenger growth

German airports group Fraport has reported that Frankfurt airport had its busiest August ever in terms of traffic, handling more than 5.1m passengers in the period, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%. Intercontinental traffic helped to drive passenger growth with a 2.8% rise compared to August 2006. Travellers to and from the United Arab Emirates (up 11.5% from last August) and the Caribbean (up 5.6%) registered the highest increases.

Fraport added that group-wide passenger traffic in August exceeded 8m. The combined figures from Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Antalya, Lima International, Burgas and Varna airports surged by 4.3% compared to the previous year. The company’s terminal in Antalya came just short of the 1m passenger mark, up 5.2%. Lima also reported strong growth of 26.3%, serving over 700,000 travellers in the interval.