Fraport Traffic Figures – September 2022: Passenger Growth Continues Noticeably Compared to Last Year

During the January-to-September 2022 period, some 35.9 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport. This represented an increase of 127.3 percent compared to the same period in 2021, but a decline of 33.7 percent versus 2019.

Cargo traffic in Frankfurt continued to decrease by 14.1 percent year-on-year in September 2022. Factors contributing to this development included the overall economic slowdown, airspace restrictions related to the war in Ukraine, and the extensive anti-Covid measures in China. In contrast, aircraft movements climbed by 21.5 percent year-on-year to 34,171 takeoffs and landings in the reporting month. Accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) grew by 23.3 percent year-on-year to about 2.2 million metric tons.

The airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also continued to benefit from the ongoing recovery in passenger demand. Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport (LJU) welcomed 118,787 passengers in September 2022. Traffic at Fraport’s two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) advanced to a total of 1.0 million passengers. Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) registered about 1.7 million passengers. Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports saw overall traffic grow to 4.8 million passengers in the reporting month – again clearly surpassing the 2019 pre-crisis levels by 7.3 percent. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the Fraport Twin Star airports of Burgas (BOJ) and Varna (VAR) also achieved traffic gains, serving a total of 423,186 passengers. Traffic at Antalya Airport (AYT) on the Turkish Riviera reached about 4.4 million passengers in September 2022.

¹ Editorial note: For enhanced statistical comparison, our reporting of the Fraport Traffic Figures includes (until further notice) a comparison between the current traffic figures and the corresponding 2019 base-year figures, in addition to the regular year-on-year reporting.