Frankfurt — Germany's Frankfurt Airport, a European aviation hub, has seen a rise in passengers in the month of September, operator Fraport reported on Monday.
Frankfurt airport welcomed more than 5.8 million passengers in September, a 1.2% increase from the same month last year, the operator said.
Domestic traffic grew by 1.3% and European traffic improved by 2.6%.
Meanwhile, intercontinental traffic was down 1.1%, mainly due to the Middle East conflict, which led to a decline of 27.8% in this region.
The company reported continued dynamic growth to America and the Far East, with China recording 30.4% growth, Singapore 19.9% and India 11.7%.
However the current monthly figure is still 12.9% below the pre-pandemic passenger levels, Fraport said.
Fraport's cargo volume grew by 3.5% in the month from last year to 169,478 tons.
The number of flight movements rose by 0.4% to 39,802 take-offs and landings, while the total maximum take-off weight increased 0.4% to around 2.5 million tons.
Total passenger numbers at all airports actively managed by Fraport edged up 0.7% in September year-on-year to about 19.4 million passengers, with growth in most airports in the international portfolio.
Slovenia's Ljubljana Airport registered a 11.0% increase, while the two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza and Porto Alegre experienced significant declines, with combined figures falling by 44.1%.
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.
Cumulative traffic over the first nine months of the year increased 4.9%.
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