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 ...
Berlin/Brand, Germany (ots) - CargoLifter AG has entered a new chapter in the history of its "Lighter-than-Air" technology: the CL 75 AC has been taken out of the hangar for the first time. On the morning of October 12, 2001, at about 7:30, the 61-meter-diameter balloon - floating at a height of about 15 meters ...
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 ...
Munich/Grasbrunn (ots) - Good prospects for growth for 2001/2002 following substantial increase in earnings in past fiscal year - Group will profit from growth in the document management market IXOS SOFTWARE AG (NASDAQ: "XOSY", NEUER MARKT: "XOS", German Securities Code Number (WKN) 506150), a leading global provider of solutions for eBusiness document ...
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 ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - August July August Change (2) 2001 2001 2000 Aug.'01/ Aug.'00 Passengers 4.8 4.9 4.7 2.4 % in millions Airfreight 116.9 121.9 132.3 -11.6 % in thousands of metric tons ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG's Executive Board Chairman, Dr. Wilhelm Bender, described today's construction launch of the new Lufthansa administration building at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) as important support for FRA's planned expansion. "This clear signal from our main customer here at Frankfurt is a ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - With a new monthly passenger record and increased flight punctuality at Frankfurt Airport (airport code = FRA), Fraport AG -- the owner and manager of FRA -- has again scored positive points in its ongoing drive to make Germany's largest airport even more attractive for travelers. In ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Thanks to the cooperative efforts of all involved, Frankfurt Airport (airport code = FRA) has been able to handle necessary additional U.S. military transport flights temporarily during July and August - without any major disturbances. Fraport AG's Executive Board Chairman Dr. Wilhelm Bender explained how the experience of these weeks has ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - The PIATCO (Philippine International Air Terminals Co., Inc.) project company - in which Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is a shareholder -- and an international banking consortium have agreed on a long-term financing arrangement for the new International Passenger ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - For the first time, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide today presented an interim report for the first six months of the current business year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, Consolidated revenues increased five percent to Euro 756.9 million from January ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, Germany's leading airport manager, and ECE, Europe's leading shopping center specialist, have formed a new joint-venture company aimed at further developing the attractiveness of shopping, gastronomy and services offered at Frankfurt ...
Neuwied/Germany (ots) - The founder, Julius Lüscher, could not possibly have imagined on 7th July 1851 as he registered the business "dealing in material goods" in Frankfurt that he was laying the foundation stone for such a large business enterprise. 150 years later, the Lohmann Group, which developed out of ...
Sydney (ots) - The Connect Consortium - comprising ABN AMRO Bank, Challenger, Egis, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, and Schiphol Group - delivered an "indicative bid" today to the Government of Australia for the 100 percent privatization of Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (KSA). Sydney Airport is the country's main hub for both Australian Airlines/Star Alliance and for Qantas/OneWorld. In 2000, KSA ...