The tightened lockdowns and travel restrictions due to the corona pandemic have also messed up the start of the new year for Frankfurt Airport.

Flight operations remain at an extremely low level: In January, Fraport counted only 882.869 passengers at Germany's largest aviation hub - 80,9 percent fewer than a year earlier. As early as December, the volume had slumped by 81,7 percent year-on-year. The background is - how should it be otherwise - the ongoing travel restrictions and the resulting collapse in demand as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic, as reported. Many airlines have further reduced their already capped flight offers in the past few weeks. 

The number of flight movements also fell by 13.196 percent to 63,7 take-offs and landings. In contrast, things went much better in the cargo business. In January, the volume of freight and airmail in Frankfurt increased year-on-year by 18,1 percent to 176.266 tons. And thus reached the second highest value ever in a January. For the new year, Fraport boss Stefan Schulte expects a recovery in passenger traffic, especially in the second half of the year. Overall, according to his estimate, the number of passengers will only reach 35 to 45 percent of the record year 2019.