Strong international traffic drives February traffic results

GENEVA, 31 March 2010 – Improving traffic results seen in December and January continue into February,

according to ACI PaxFlash and FreightFlash reports. Total global traffic grew +6.8 percent, boosted by a

strong increase of +9 percent in international traffic and domestic growth of +4.8 percent.

Results show consistent growth across all regions, despite the harsh winter conditions in North America and

Europe, and several labour strikes that dampened results in those regions. Continental European hubs were

badly affected by snow and pilot strikes leading to stagnation of international traffic in Paris and Frankfurt

(both +0.1%) and declines in domestic traffic. Winter weather and a series of snow storms also severely

affected domestic traffic in the U.S. (-2.1%) particularly on the East Coast. The D.C. airports reported

declines of -14 percent (IAD) and -18 percent (DCA) while Baltimore lost 12 percent.

International traffic growth of was led by large airports in Hong Kong (+18%), Dubai (+23%), Singapore

(+22%), Bangkok (+24%), Kuala Lumpur (+39%), Istanbul (+19%), Shanghai (+36%), Sao Paolo/GRU

(+28%), Moscow/DME (+36%) and Beijing (+18%). These growth figures are based on international

passengers only.

It is to be kept in mind that figures are compared against February 2009 when international traffic was down

by 12 percent and traffic volumes are still 4 percent from 2008 levels.

ACI World Director Economics Andreas Schimm says, "Obviously, these figures need to be looked at with

caution as the reference month was the worst month in 2009. That being said, the results remain

encouraging. Also, the healthy pattern of international traffic outperforming domestic traffic has returned for

the first time since November 2008. The need and desire for international travel is bouncing back and is

once again set to lead the industry's growth."

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International freight maintained its exceptional growth rate in February. Massive growth as seen in the

Regional Table 3, on the following pages, was in excess of 20-30 percent across all regions with the

exception of Africa where freight did not collapse as drastically as in other regions so therefore has less of a

spike in comparing with 2009 results.

This phenomenal growth trend reflects the strong degree of pent-up demand and the impact of re-emerging

economies, particularly evident in developing nations, relative to the slump in orders, due to full inventories

at the height of the crisis 12 months ago. Schimm adds, "The remarkable rebound provides evidence of the

global economic recovery and should reinforce business confidence."

TABLE 1: SUMMARY WORLDWIDE TRAFFIC RESULTS, FEBRUARY 2010 (% CHANGE)

FEB 2010 over FEB 2009

YTD FEB 2009 Over FEB 2008

Rolling 12 months, Through FEB 2010

PaxFlash

International passenger 9.3 7.5 -1.8

Domestic passenger 4.8 5.0 1.2

Total passenger 6.8 6.1 -0.3

FreightFlash

International freight 30.3 32.0 -1.9

Domestic freight 10.2 11.3 1.6

Total freight 22.5 23.8 -1.1

Notes for editors

1. ACI, the only worldwide association of airports, is a non-profit organisation whose prime purpose is to represent the interests of airports and to promote professional excellence in airport management and operations. ACI has 575 members who operate over 1630 airports in 179 countries and territories. 2. PaxFlash and FreightFlash statistics are based on a significant sample of airports that provide regular monthly reports to ACI. They represent approximately 60% of total passenger traffic and 70% of total freight traffic worldwide. Commentary, tables and charts are based on data submitted by participating airports. 3. Regional results and trend graphics are provided on the following pages.

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TABLE 2: PaxFlash Summary – FEBRUARY 2010 Regions FEB 2010 % YOY

YTD FEB 2010

% YOY YE FEB

2010 % YOY

International Passengers

AFR 4 577 15.0 9 614 14.1 64 483 1.8

ASP 29 037 19.4 59 660 14.8 338 783 2.4

EUR 52 484 4.2 106 504 3.3 834 478 (4.1)

LAC 5 330 6.3 11 320 5.6 58 101 (6.0)

MEA 6 844 20.8 14 130 17.9 85 368 9.7

NAM 7 170 0.9 15 470 0.3 100 360 (4.1)

ACI TOTAL 105 442 9.3 216 698 7.5 1 481 573 (1.8)

Domestic Passengers

AFR 2 537 4.4 5 020 3.8 31 460 (3.8)

ASP 40 751 12.1 82 004 9.9 501 081 8.7

EUR 19 968 3.2 39 431 4.4 276 456 (2.2)

LAC 11 354 15.8 24 215 13.2 141 651 7.8

MEA

NAM 48 071 (2.1) 100 113 (0.0) 703 063 (3.2)

ACI TOTAL 122 681 4.8 250 783 5.0 1 653 711 1.2

Total Passengers

AFR 7 176 10.6 14 761 10.1 96 779 (0.3)

ASP 70 715 14.8 143 687 11.7 852 150 5.9

EUR 72 793 3.9 146 652 3.6 1 115 202 (3.7)

LAC 17 192 12.3 36 687 10.4 205 908 3.2

MEA 7 172 20.2 14 827 17.4 89 378 9.1

NAM 55 298 (1.7) 115 724 (0.1) 804 431 (3.5)

TOTAL 230 347 6.8 472 338 6.1 3 163 850 (0.3)

Traffic table definitions: PASSENGER TRAFFIC: departing + arriving passengers (000s) INTERNATIONAL: traffic performed between the designated airport and an airport in another country/territory DOMESTIC: traffic performed between two airports located in the same country/territory TOTAL: international + domestic passengers + direct transit passengers counted once (when breakdown is available) YOY Year over year same month comparison YTD Year to date, starting January 2009, compared to same period previous year YE Year end, based on rolling 12 month period, compared to same prior 12 month period AFR – Africa EUR – Europe MEA – Middle East ASP – Asia Pacific (including India) LAC – Latin America and Caribbean NAM – North America

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Month by month comparison with same month previous year

World passenger trends

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Total Passenger Regional Trends

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TABLE 3: FreightFlash Summary – FEBRUARY 2010 Regions FEB 2010 % YOY

YTD FEB 2010

% YOY YE FEB

2010 % YOY

International Freight

AFR 58.2 13.1 112.6 6.9 661.6 (7.4)

ASP 1 421.5 35.7 2 956.3 41.1 17 839.7 (0.3)

EUR 892.7 24.2 1 744.6 23.6 10 417.5 (4.9)

LAC 132.6 31.1 257.0 30.1 1 501.6 (6.0)

MEA 317.3 31.0 617.0 29.9 3 575.7 8.6

NAM 393.7 28.6 779.7 27.2 4 554.9 (5.9)

ACI TOTAL 3 216.0 30.3 6 467.1 32.0 38 551.1 (1.9)

Domestic Freight

AFR 3.0 23.9 5.4 19.8 32.4 (2.0)

ASP 466.4 14.0 1 017.7 24.3 6 292.8 11.3

EUR 34.5 1.1 66.5 (1.1) 449.9 (9.6)

LAC 60.0 (2.5) 118.3 (5.4) 850.5 (9.1)

MEA

NAM 874.0 9.5 1 776.4 6.6 11 046.4 (1.9)

ACI TOTAL 1 437.8 10.2 2 984.3 11.3 18 672.0 1.6

Total Freight

AFR 65.0 11.4 125.9 6.1 746.6 (7.1)

ASP 1 887.9 29.6 3 974.2 36.4 24 135.5 2.5

EUR 1 089.1 20.3 2 133.5 20.2 12 868.7 (5.4)

LAC 192.7 18.5 375.4 16.4 2 352.6 (7.2)

MEA 317.4 30.9 617.1 29.9 3 577.0 8.6

NAM 1 297.2 14.5 2 612.1 11.7 15 973.4 (3.3)

ACI TOTAL 4 849.3 22.5 9 838.3 23.8 59 653.7 (1.1)

Traffic table definitions: FREIGHT TRAFFIC: loaded and unloaded freight; data in metric tonnes INTERNATIONAL: traffic performed between the designated airport and an airport in another country/territory DOMESTIC: traffic performed between two airports located in the same country/territory TOTAL: international + domestic freight (when breakdown is available) Note: No domestic freight traffic is reported by airports in the Middle East region. The July responses for domestic freight in Africa were insufficient to determine growth percentages. YOY Year over year same month comparison YTD Year to date, starting January 2009, compared to same period previous year YE Year end, based on rolling 12 month period, compared to same prior 12 month period AFR – Africa EUR – Europe MEA – Middle East ASP – Asia Pacific (including India) LAC – Latin America and Caribbean NAM – North America

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