Mixed fortunes for Fraport’s airports in November

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 4.6 million passengers in November, a slight 1% increase on the same month a year ago.

Compared to pre-crisis levels, passenger traffic at FRA was still about 8.4%  below the figure seen in November 2019.

Cargo throughput in Frankfurt grew by 2.4% year-on-year to 178,355 tonnes in the month under review. In contrast, the number of aircraft movements decreased by 1.4% to 34,828 takeoffs and landings.

Outside of Germany, particularly those Fraport Group airports serving as major aviation gateways, recorded strong passenger growth.

Traffic at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU), however, slipped by 2.1% year-on-year to 89,868 passengers in November. The two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA), combined, continued to experience a noticeable decline in passenger numbers, down by 12.6% to 952,944 travellers.

The decrease was mainly due to the shutdown of operations at Porto Alegre between May 3 and October 20 following the severe flooding in that region.

Operations at POA have been gradually ramping up since October 21. Elsewhere in South America, Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) saw traffic surge by 10.1% to around 2.1 million passengers.

While Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports also experienced a noticeable 11.6% increase in demand, serving a total of 876,317 passengers in November.

However, the Bulgarian Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) registered 71,015 passengers overall, down 14.8% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, passenger traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera advanced by 16.3% to about 1.7 million passengers.

After November’s traffic totals, passenger numbers across all airports actively managed by Fraport rose by 4.2% year-on-year to approximately 10.4 million in November 2024.