Fraport Group airport, St Petersburg Airport (LED) in Russia, generated noticeable double-digit growth of 12.8% in both June 2014 (1.6 million passengers) as well as the first half of the year (6.4 million passengers). Welcoming 13.7 million passengers from January to June 2014, Xi’an Airport (XIY) in central China (another under the Fraport Group umbrella) reported a 10.6% jump in traffic.

 

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed 27.8 million passengers in the first six months of 2014 – up 2.4% year-on-year – a new historic half-year passenger record.

 

“This growth is developing within the expected range,” said Fraport AG’s executive board Chairman Dr Stefan Schulte. “Further gains in efficiency, the ongoing replacement of older planes with new-generation quieter aircraft, as well as the stability and reliability of Frankfurt’s flight timetable contributed to this satisfying development at Frankfurt Airport.”

 

With 5.6 million passengers served in June 2014 (up 3.3% year-on-year), FRA recorded its busiest June in the history of the airport. Fraport AG’s international Group airports also reported a gain in passenger traffic.

 

Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) received 7.4 million passengers (up 4.1%) in the first six months of 2014 and 1.2 million passengers (up 2.1%) in June 2014. On the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, the airports in Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) together had 1.1 million passengers in the first half (up 6.7%) and 756,187 passengers (up 8%) in June 2014.

 

On the Turkish Riviera, Antalya Airport (AYT) saw traffic rise by 6.5% in the first six months of the year to 11 million passengers and by 8.3% in June 2014 to 3.8 million passengers.

 

In the reporting month, XIY greeted 2.4 million passengers, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year. Only Fraport’s minority-owned airport in Hanover (HAJ), Germany, experienced declining passenger figures, with 2.3 million in the first half (down 2.3%) and 497,555 in June 2014 (down 3.7%).