Frankfurt posts record passenger traffic in 2004

Emily Pacey

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Continental Europe's biggest airport confirms that it handled over 50m passengers in 2004

Frankfurt airport closed the year with a record-breaking 51.1m passengers, up by 5.7% on 2003.
      
The airport's performance was boosted by growth in intercontinental traffic, particularly connections to North America, the Middle East and east Asia. In the Asian market, destinations in India and China experienced the strongest growth.
       
The five other airports in the Fraport AG group also reported strong passenger growth in 2004. In Germany, traffic at Frankfurt-Hahn airport rose by 13.6% to 2.8m passengers. Outside Germany, Antalya airport in Turkey achieved the group's biggest increase, rising by 27.4% to 12.4m passengers.
       
Airport authority Fraport called the latest figures ?a milestone? in the airport's history. Earlier this month the group said it expected 60m passengers a year at Frankfurt by 2010.