Frankfurt Airport sees 1.6% rise in September passengers despite fewer flights

Frankfurt Airport handled about 6.1 million passengers in September, a 1.6 percent increase over the same month last year, while flight movements fell 3.5 percent to roughly 40,500.

Cargo throughput rose 2.5 percent to nearly 175,000 tonnes, and international traffic at the airport’s Lima hub grew 10.5 percent, with traffic at its 14 Greek sites up 4.2 percent, while traffic at the Antalya site fell 1.7 percent.