Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Lima Airport Partners S.R.L (LAP) - in which Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide holds a 42.75 percent share - is celebrating its first year of managing Lima Airport (airport code = LIM). Despite the short preparation period, the transition to LAP management on February 14, ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Readers of Germany's Business Traveller magazine have voted Frankfurt Airport (international airport code = FRA) as the "Best Airport in Europe" overall. Over 3,000 frequent flyers, readers surveyed by the Munich-based business travel publication, gave top marks to FRA. Amsterdam ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Because of Fraport AG's initial public offering (IPO) in June 2001, the company's 20-member Supervisory Board - which features parity representation of shareholders and employees - will see four personnel changes. Three representatives of the original government shareholders are being replaced. The three new appointments to the group of 10 shareholder positions on the Supervisory Board will ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Frankfurt Airport - owned and managed by Fraport AG - has been named Europe's most efficient and important air cargo hub by the U.K.-based AirCargo News. This is the first time that the bi-weekly trade publication has prepared such a ranking. AirCargo News' jury of editors compared airports in each major region. Decisive factors in the ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - The Airport Conference Center (ACC) at Frankfurt Airport (airport code = FRA) reported a 10 percent increase in the number of guests and events during 2001, thus strengthening FRA's position as a well-established conference and meeting venue. Operated by Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Frankfurt Airport's duty free shops offer the best prices for alcohol - overall, 16.5 percent below the average prices for alcohol at eleven major airports around the globe - according to a recent independent study conducted by the U.K.-based market research firm IMPACT. The neutral ...
Frankfurt (ots) - The collapse in international aviation after September 11 also affected Germany's largest airport, but the decline in traffic figures was lower than first feared. Frankfurt Airport (airport code = FRA) welcomed about 48.6 million passengers in 2001, only 1.6 percent less than in the previous year. Handling almost 1.5 million metric tons in 2001, ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will be taking full ownership of Amsterdam-based ICTS Europe Holding B.V. Fraport's CIVAS GmbH subsidiary of Neu-Isenburg, Germany, took a 45-percent share in ICTS Europe at the beginning of this year. One year later on January 1, 2002, Fraport AG itself intends to acquire the remaining ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - The Supervisory Board of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide announced last Friday the creation of two general manager positions to be responsible for the overall direction of the company's two largest business divisions, Traffic and Retail (VTM) and Aviation Ground Services and Logistics (BVD). Effective January 1, 2002, ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - November Change (2) Jan.-Nov. Change (2) 2001 Nov. 01/ 2001 Jan.-Nov. Nov. 00 01/00 Passengers in millions 3.4 -10.9 % 45.4 -1.2 % Airfreight in thousands of metric tons 133.2 -8.6 % 1,370.6 -5.7 % ...
Cologne, Germany (ots) - Eurotunnel operators are going to attach still more importance to safety. The first part of the freight trains carrying "piggyback" lorries between Great Britain and France is being provided with water mist fire extinguishing technology from Fogtec Brandschutz. The eight trains, each 800 ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - The Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development has approved Fraport AG's request to increase airport charges at Frankfurt by an average of 3.2 percent effective January 1, 2002. An increase of 2.1 percent on the 2001 volume of charges was needed to cover current operating costs. The balance of 1.1 ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - At the IATA flight scheduling conference, airline slot applications for German airports for the 2002 summer timetable showed a considerable concentration on Germany's major hub-airports Frankfurt and Munich. This is obviously a result of the airlines' economic consolidation measures. Claus Ulrich, the Flight Scheduling Coordinator of ...
Basel (ots) - "Controlled flight into terrain" is one of aviation's greatest fears of all. Initial indications surrounding the loss of Crossair flight LX 3597 last Saturday seem to suggest an accident of this kind. Just four days later, a similar incident occurred in Nigeria involving a Boeing 747 freighter. In view of the danger, systems have been specially developed over the years to warn the pilots in good time if ...
Basel (ots) - An ecumenical memorial service will be held in Basel Cathedral on Thursday, November 29 for those who died in the loss of Crossair flight LX 3597 last Saturday. The service will begin at 14:00, and will be open to the public. Swiss Deputy President Kaspar Villiger will attend, as will representatives from government, diplomatic emissaries from various countries and representatives of the churches, Crossair and Swissair. The service will be transmitted ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Contrary to a report published in "Handelsblatt", Fraport AG continues to participate as planned in the construction of the new International Passenger Terminal 3 (ITP3) at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide holds a direct 30-percent share in PIATCO, the ITP3 project company. In ...
Focus on state-of-the-art transport technology Basel (ots) - One could almost say 'The AlpTransit starts in Basle', because the two trade shows, which are returning to the Messe Basel exhibition centre after a three-year break, will be showing precisely the technology required for the new transport links. ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Responding to the events of September 2001 and the aviation market's demand for increased safety and security measures, Fraport AG and ICTS announce that they have started negotiations for Fraport to acquire the remaining 55 percent of ICTS Europe's shares. Earlier this year, Fraport had already purchased 45 percent of ICTS' shares. ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - October 2001 Change (2) Jan. - Oct. Change (2) Oct. 01/ Oct. 00 2001 Jan.- Oct. 01/00 Passengers in millions 3.9 -13.9 % 42.0 -0.3 % Airfreight in thousands of metric tons 133.5 -11.7 % 1,237.4 -5.4 % Airmail in thousands of metric tons ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Twenty-five years ago today, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and the Air Transportation Authority of the Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) started an era of close cooperation that continues today. Initially, Fraport AG advised the Emirate on the Persian Gulf about the development of its Sharjah and Khor ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is now indirectly involved in providing security services at the Euro Tunnel that links England with continental Europe. The Dutch-based security company ICTS Europe B.V. - which is 45-percent owned by Fraport's CIVAS GmbH (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) subsidiary - will ensure security at the British end of the Euro Tunnel in the future, under a ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - In cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) has implemented class-differentiated security control points as a service enhancement for first and business class passengers. Frankfurt Airport is the first airport in Germany to offer this ...
Kloten (ots) - easyJet plc, the fast-growing low cost airline, today announced maiden preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2001. Highlights of the full year's performance include: - Profit before tax up 82% to £40.1m (2000: £22.1m) - Revenues up 35% to £356.9m (2000: £263.7m) - Passenger numbers up 26% to 7.1m (2000: 5.6m) - Load factor up 2.2 percentage points to 83% (2000: 80.8%) ...