- Frankfurt Airport handled 6,063,992 passengers in September 2026, up 2.7pc
- The figure remains 5.3pc below pre-pandemic levels
- The rolling annual total reached 62,104,865 passengers
- Lufthansa strikes disrupted nearly 700,000 travellers earlier in the year
- Airfreight and airmail throughput rose by 2.5pc to 174,773 metric tons
Fraport has reported that Frankfurt Airport handled 6,063,992 passengers in September 2026, registering a 2.7pc increase compared to the same month last year. The figure remains 5.3pc below pre-pandemic levels. The rolling annual total reached 62,104,865 passengers, down 0.2pc.
The positive momentum during the month was supported by robust leisure travel demand as summer school vacations extended late into September in several German states. The accumulated total for the first nine months of 2026 reached 47.5m passengers, keeping overall year-to-date traffic down 0.2pc year-on-year. Geopolitical tensions and repeated Lufthansa strikes heavily suppressed numbers earlier in the year with strikes alone disrupting nearly 700,000 travellers.
Take-offs and landings fell by 3.5pc to 40,539 movements in September. This reduction was primarily driven by a 25.2pc decline in domestic flights largely due to route cancellations targeting domestic hubs including Stuttgart and Bremen. Airfreight and airmail throughput at Frankfurt Airport rose by 2.5pc year-on-year to 174,773 metric tons in September.
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