Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served some 6.1 million passengers in August 2024, a 3.7 percent increase on the same month last year. Supported by summer school vacations in Hesse and neighboring German states, FRA surpassed the 200,000 passenger mark on a total of 13 days across the month. By comparison, the 200,000 figure was exceeded on only five days in August 2023. Travel demand was particularly high for European holiday destinations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. Meanwhile, intercontinental traffic at Germany’s largest aviation gateway saw particularly strong growth for China (up 48.5 percent year-on-year), India (up 36.5 percent), and Singapore (up 14.5 percent). Traffic to and from the Middle East, in contrast, fell by 25.8 percent year-on-year, driven by the tense security situation in the region.

Compared with pre-Covid levels, FRA’s passenger numbers last month remained around 12.1 percent lower than in August 2019.

Cargo throughput, including both airfreight and airmail, surged by 10.1 percent year-on-year to 172,718 metric tons in August 2024. The number of aircraft movements edged up by 1.1 percent to 40,359 takeoffs and landings, while maximum takeoff weights (or MTOWs) climbed by 2.6 percent year-on-year to approximately 2.5 million metric tons.

Most airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also recorded passenger growth last month. Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) registered a 13.8 percent increase to 166,593 passengers. In contrast, the two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) experienced significant declines, with combined figures falling by 49.5 percent year-on-year to 600,187 passengers. The drop was mainly due to the suspension of flight operations at POA since May 3 as a result of the heavy flooding in the Port Alegre region. Currently, a contingency schedule is in place for POA, with only a limited number of domestic flights being operated from a nearby military base. Elsewhere in Latin America, some 2.2 million passengers traveled via Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) in August 2024, a notable increase of 11.4 percent compared to the same month last year. Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports reported passenger growth of 6.1 percent year-on-year, with a total of 6.5 million travelers. In Bulgaria, the Fraport Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) saw a 4.1 percent year-on-year decline in combined traffic, to 801,868 passengers. On the Turkish Riviera, however, traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) increased slightly by 0.2 percent year-on-year to around 5.8 million passengers.

Total passenger numbers at all airports actively managed by Fraport rose by 1.0 percent year-on-year to about 22.2 million passengers in August 2024.