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Founded in 1924 under the name Südwestdeutsche Luftverkehrs AG, the company initially operated Frankfurt Airport at the Rebstock site. With the 1936 opening of Flug- and Luftschiff-hafen Rhein-Main adjacent to the Frankfurter Kreuz autobahn intersection, the core of what is today’s Frankfurt Airport (airport code: FRA) started oper-ations.
Frankfurt Airport (German: Flughafen Frankfurt Main [ˈfluːkhaːfn̩ ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ˈmaɪn]) (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF), is Germany's main international airport by passenger numbers, located in Frankfurt, Germany's fifth-largest city.
Terminal 3, with its clear structure and intuitive way-finding, makes it easy for passengers to head straight to wherever they want or need to go. A wide variety of services also contributes to ensuring a pleasant stay. Here too, the airport’s operator Fraport consistently lives up to its motto: “Gute Reise! We make it happen.”
- Planning Terminal 3
- A Modular Construction
- Functionality and Design
- Connecting The Transport Network
- Building The Future
Fraport AGbegan planning the airport’s expansion more than two decades ago, in 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, a standard-setting mediation process was implemented in the Rhine-Main Region around Frankfurt to foster a public dialogue on the construction plans that were taking shape. In June 2000, the expansion was politically approved, and Fraport AG’...
The plans called for Terminal 3 to be built in several independent phases. This would provide flexibility when modifying it to meet any new requirements that might arise. The first phase is focusing on the main building with arrival and departure levels, a security check area, an automated baggage conveyor system, and extensive retail and lounge ar...
The new main terminal building, together with Piers G, H and J, will have a total footprint of 149,000m². Christoph Mäckler’s architectural vision calls for Terminal 3 to be a place where passengers and visitors can spend time in a modern feel-good ambiance. Despite its large size, it will always be easy for travellers to get wherever they need to ...
Being located in the south of Frankfurt Airport, the new Terminal 3 is separated from the two existing terminals in the north by two runways. This posed challenges for linking them. The solution found was to supplement the existing Sky Line train with an additional driverless people-mover system connecting the north and the south. The new people mo...
By building Terminal 3 and expanding Frankfurt Airport – one of Europe’s foremost traffic hubs – Fraport AG is ensuring the long-term viability, competitiveness and economic potential of its home-base airport in Frankfurt while meeting future requirements and challenges in the aviation industry.
The first phase, comprising the main terminal building and Piers H and J, began in 2015 and will presumably go into operation in 2026. The second phase, consisting of Pier G, was already structurally completed in April 2022. The current plans also call for it to be inaugurated in 2026.
Jan 1, 2014 · This article examines the new business environment for air-ports and proceeds to investigate the past and present of re-gional expansion conflicts at Frankfurt Airport, Germany.
As at December 31, 2022, the organizational structure of the Fraport Group was as follows: A detailed description of the structure and operation of the management and control body is presented in the “Joint Statement on Corporate Governance”.
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