Frankfurt Airport pax down 6%, cargo down 2% in Dec-2012; handles 57.5 million pax in 2012

Germany's Frankfurt Airport passenger numbers down 6% - traffic highlights:

• Dec-2012:
  
  • Passenger Numbers: 4.0 million, -6.3% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: -13.2%;
    • Europe: -10.1%;
      
      • West Europe: -10.1%;
      • East Europe: -10.0%;
    • Intercontinental: +0.4%;
      • Africa: -1.3%;
      • Middle East: -2.1%;
      • North America: -2.2%;
      • Central South America: +11.4%;
      • Far East: +1.0%;
      • Australia: +3.9%;
  • Cargo volume: 174,590 tons, -1.5%;
  • Aircraft movements: 34,425, -10.2%;
• 2012:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 57.5 million, +1.9%;
  • Cargo volume: 2.1 million tons;
    
    • Freight: 2.0 million tons, -6.9%;
    • Mail: 80,380 tons, -2.35;
  • Aircraft movements: 482,242, -1.0%.