Some 3.9 million travellers used Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in February 2024. Despite strikes on several days, the volume was up 12.9 percent from the corresponding month of 2023. The strikes resulted in the cancellation of about 1,770 flights, preventing roughly 225,000 passengers from traveling vi...

Lufthansa said around 120,000 passengers will be affected by strikes this week as cabin staff are set to walk out across key German airports. This week Lufthansa staff will go on strike at Frankfurt and Munich airports on 12 March and 13 March, respectively. Totalling 1,000 flights, Lufthansa ...

Frankfurt Airport's latest traffic figures revealed a 12.2 per cent year-on-year increase for passenger volumes after it served 4.6 million in November. Compared to pre-Covid levels, passenger numbers in the reporting month were still 9.4 per cent lower than in November 2019. The airport's statisti...

Frankfurt Airport’s new winter schedule 2023/24 will come into effect on October 29, 2023. This winter, 82 airlines will serve 242 destinations in 94 countries around the world. Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will therefore continue to remain Germany’s most important international aviation hub wi...

Airport operator Fraport is gradually converting its fleet of vehicles to electric drives. Parallel to this, the charging infrastructure at Germany’s largest air traffic hub is also expanding and evolving. It now still works conventionally, with current flowing from a charging point into vehiclesâ...

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 6 million monthly passengers in July 2023. The figure represents an increase of nearly 20 percent compared to July 2022, but is still 13.1 percent below the pre-crisis level of 2019.1 Cargo traffic also ...

Today, Fraport celebrates the opening of an additional new home for its premium product, Frankfurt Airport VIP Services. The new VIP Terminal is located in arrivals area A, of Terminal 1. The two-level facility with a total of 1,700 square meters in floor space will be mainly used to welcome arrivin...

Lufthansa Group passengers at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) can use 21 state-of-the-art check-in counters at Concourses A and B of Terminal 1. By using the automated bag drop function, passengers are now able to deposit their baggage faster and in a more convenient way, even outside regular check-in h...

Frankfurt Airport welcomes more than 5.1 million passengers – Up 12.2 percent from May 2022 – Most of Fraport’s Group airports worldwide report double-digit growth rates FRA/gk - In May 2023, some 5.1 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – an increase of 12.2 percent year-...

Travelex, a market leading foreign exchange brand, has launched more than 20 new bureaux and partnerships across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Brazil as international aviation continue to rebound post-pandemic. In Europe, two new bureaux have opened at Frankfurt Airport (both landside...

Several new destinations and more seating capacity from Frankfurt Airport: Effective with the start of the summer flight schedule on March 26, 2023, a total of 86 airlines will serve 292 destinations in 92 countries worldwide. Total available seating will increase by 16 percent compared to the s...

Fraport is setting an even more ambitious climate protection target at its home base of Frankfurt Airport (FRA). By 2030, the aim is for a maximum of just 50,000 tonnes of CO2 to be emitted in areas that fall under Fraport’s direct control at Germany’s largest aviation hub. Previously, F...

The Verdi trade union has called on public sector employees at Frankfurt/Main, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, Hanover and Bremen airports to stage a full-day strike on Friday, 17 February 2023. As a result of the strike announcement, the airports in Frankfurt and Munich, among others, are ...

Fraport has assumed responsibility for the organization, management, and performance of the security checkpoints at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The German Federal Police, who were previously tasked with these responsibilities, will continue to hold statutory oversight and supervision roles, as well...

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 48.9 million passengers in 2022 – nearly doubling the figure for 2021 and resulting in an increase of 97.2 percent. At the start of last year, demand was still restrained over concerns about the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. But fro...