GERMANY. Frankfurt Airport has recorded its strongest traffic month since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, serving just under 4.6 million passengers in May. While this a surge of +267.4% against the corresponding month of last year, the number is down by -26.4% compared to May 2019.
Airport operator Fraport credited the rise in demand for holiday flights for driving this upward trend at Germany’s busiest travel hub.
Fraport also revealed that the airports in its international portfolio all achieved passenger traffic gains of more than +90% year-on-year in May.
In South America, combined traffic at the Fraport-operated Brazilian airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre climbed to 936,571 passengers in the month (+91.8% and +96.1% respectively), while Peru’s Lima Airport recorded over 1.5 million passengers (+98.7%).
All of the airports operated by Fraport in Europe more than doubled passenger traffic in May. These include Slovenia’s Ljubljana Airport, Turkey’s Antalya Airport and the Bulgarian airports of Burgas and Varna.
At Fraport’s 14 Greek regional airports, traffic advanced to a total of just under 3 million passengers in May, pushing it close to reaching pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels (down just -4.4% versus May 2019).
