Frankfurt Airport airfreight throughput rose by 4.4 per cent to 513,331 tonnes from January to March 2008. Airmail slipped, by one per cent to 22,846 tonnes. In the first quarter of 2008, the Fraport Group’s majority-owned airports (Frankfurt, Frankfurt-Hahn, Antalya, Lima, Buras and Varna) handled 615,915 tonnes of cargo, up 7.3 per cent year-on-year. Th e number of aircraft movements climbed by 2.8 per cent to 160,423 takeoff s and landings.
In March 2008, airfreight rose by two per cent to 188,557 tonnes, hitting a new record for the month of March. Th e number of aircraft movements declined by 0.3 percent to 116,288 takeoff s and landings, while the accumulated maximum takeoff weights (MTOWs) increased by 1.7 per cent to 6,749,557 tonnes.