Passenger numbers up in February for German airport operator Fraport
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%.
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