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 % ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Airlines Provide 4,140 Weekly Connections to 270 Destinations in 104 Countries Frankfurt Main (ots) - In the scheduled passenger segment alone, Frankfurt Airport's Winter Timetable 2001 - which goes into effect on October 28 - features 4,140 direct connections per week. This is only 10 flights less than last year's corresponding timetable, although there had been ...
Frankfurt (ots) - On the occasion of today's press conference on airport expansion, Dr. Wilhelm Bender, Executive Board Chairman of Fraport AG, said that the airport operator expects sales revenues in the current business year to reach a similar level as in 2000. Bender also told journalists: "We already indicated in the spring that Fraport AG's EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) ...
Frankfurt (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport's (FRA) - has received confirmation that the regional planning procedure (Raumordnungsverfahren or ROV) on FRA's expansion program is moving ahead as scheduled. On October 23 the Darmstadt regional administrative district confirmed that, after thorough ...
Frankfurt Main, Germany (ots) - Cathay Pacific Airways has again extended its freight-handling contract with Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide for another three years at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Since 1993, the Asian airline has been a major customer of Fraport's freight handling department, part of the Aviation Ground Services and Logistics division. ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - The Tradeport Hong Kong consortium - which includes the Pantares alliance partners Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and Schiphol Group - today held its ground-breaking ceremony for construction of a cargo logistics center at Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. The HK$500 million (about 70 million euro) facility ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - At the upcoming IATA (International Air Transport Association) flight scheduling conference in Singapore, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - Germany's largest airport - will be able to offer the airlines of the world greater coordinated aircraft capacity. In the spring of 2002, the airport's official coordinated aircraft capacity for awarding the ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - September 2001 Change Jan. - Sept. Change (2) (2) Sept. 01/ 2001 Jan. - Sept. Sept. 00 01/00 passengers in millions 4.4 -7.2 % 38.1 1.4 % airfreight in thousands of metric tonnes 120.6 ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - According to Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - the global air cargo industry has to deal with a temporary crisis but not structural change. During the opening ceremony of the 12th International Frankfurt Air Freight Days conference tonight at the Frankfurt Airport Sheraton Hotel, Fraport AG's Executive Board Chairman Wilhelm Bender ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - which already has very high security standards - has implemented further security measures as a result of the latest developments in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. Expanded security controls, which have long been required for U.S.-bound passengers and their hand luggage, will immediately take effect for all flights of British carriers operating at FRA. In the ...
Frankfurt (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - has not been as heavily affected by the devastating terror attacks in the U.S.A., as many market participants had feared. After the company's figures developed in keeping with the expected trend until September 10, passenger figures at FRA temporarily ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - the Landeszentralbank Hessen (State of Hesse central bank) and Germany's Bundesbank are presenting an exhibition titled "The Euro - Our Money": running from September 19 to January 13 at ...
Frankfurt/Germany (ots) - To enhance the already high security standards in place at Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - the owner and manager of FRA - maintains close relations with the responsible government agencies and security experts of airlines and other organizations. In particular, Fraport AG cooperates with the German Federal Border Police (Bundesgrenzschutz), Hessian ...