FRANKFURT, Germany,
March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Featuring 104 passenger airlines offering direct flights to 297
destinations in 104 countries per week, Frankfurt Airport's (FRA)
new Summer Timetable 2015 will begin on Sunday, March 29, in tandem with the changeover
to daylight saving time in Germany. On intercontinental routes, FRA
boasts direct connections to 141 destinations, thus underscoring
its importance as a leading international hub in global aviation.
The total number of seats available at FRA will increase by 2.4
percent to 820,000 seats per week - and even by 3.0 percent to
290,000 seats per week in the important intercontinental
segment.
In particular, destinations in the U.S are becoming increasingly
popular. FRA-based leisure carrier Condor will add two new U.S.
destinations to its network in the 2015 summer schedule. From
June 18, Condor will be offering a
twice-weekly service to Providence
(PVD), the capital of Rhode Island
in the New England state of the U.S. Starting June 19, Condor will also fly twice a week to the
U.S. West Coast city of Portland
(PDX), Oregon. Lufthansa will also
expand its U.S. route network by launching a five-times weekly
service to Tampa (TPA),
Florida, on September 25.
FRA's European route network will be boosted by a total of five
new destinations in the new summer schedule. Lufthansa will be
flying twice daily to Aalborg (AAL) in the north of Denmark and four-times weekly to Bydgoszcz
(BZG), Poland, as well as three
times weekly to Seville (SVQ), in
southern Spain's Andalusia region.
The U.K. carrier BMI Regional will continue its services from
Frankfurt to Karlstad (KSD) -
adding a stopover in Jonköping (JKG), both cities in Sweden. For the first time since 2006,
Lufthansa will fly to Cagliari (CAG) on the Italian island of
Sardinia, beginning May 2.
Three existing routes will see expanded services offered by more
airlines. Miami (MIA) in
Florida will also be served by
American Airlines on a daily basis (from May
15), complementing the Lufthansa daily flight. Two other
existing routes will be bolstered by new Lufthansa services. On
May 2, Lufthansa will launch its
thrice weekly service to Reykjavik
(KEF), the capital city of Iceland, while the popular Turkish resort of
Bodrum (BJV) will also be served by a once-weekly Lufthansa flight,
starting from May 16.
Condor will continue its twice-weekly service from Frankfurt to Windhoek (WDH), Namibia in southern Africa, launched in November 2014. Also Air Namibia's FRA-WDH route
will continue to be served six/seven times per week.
The FRA Summer Timetable 2015 will also see higher frequencies
on a number of popular routes. Lufthansa will raise the number of
flights from five to seven per week to the Indonesian capital of
Jakarta (CGK), via Kuala Lumpur (KUL) in Malaysia. BMI Regional will increase services
to Bristol (BRS) in the U.K. from
11 to 17 times per week. Milan-Linate (LIN) in Italy will be served by Lufthansa six times
daily, up from five. Services to Istanbul will markedly increase compared to
the previous summer timetable - from 66 to 88 flights per week -
with Turkish Airlines offering up to seven daily flights, Lufthansa
three flights per day and Pegasus Airlines up to two daily flights
to the Turkish metropolis.
The trend towards airlines deploying new aircraft types -
larger, more efficient, and noticeably quieter (eg., Airbus A380,
Boeing B747-8, or Airbus A350) - will continue throughout the
summer schedule. An average of 179 passenger seats per flight will
be available via FR, two more compared to the 2014 summer schedule.
Despite the 2.4 percent increase in total seats being offered, the
number of flight departures scheduled per week via FRA will rise
only moderately by 1.2 percent - reflecting the deployment of
larger aircraft.
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Fraport AG - which ranks among the
world's leading companies in the global
airport business - offers a
full range of integrated airport management services and boasts
subsidiaries and investments on five continents. In 2014, the
Fraport Group generated sales of
€2.4 billion and profit of about
€252 million. Last year more than 108.5
million passengers used airports around the world in which Fraport
has more than a 50 percent stake.
At its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home
base, Fraport welcomed about 60 million
passengers and handled some 2.2 million metric tons of cargo
(airfreight and airmail) in 2014. For the current winter timetable,
FRA is served by 98 passenger airlines flying to some 250
destinations in 105 countries worldwide. More than half
of FRA's destinations are intercontinental (beyond Europe) - underscoring
Frankfurt's role as a leading hub
in the global air transportation system. In Europe, Frankfurt Airport ranks first in terms
of cargo tonnage and is the third-busiest for passenger
traffic. With about 55 percent of all passengers using
Frankfurt as a connecting hub, FRA
also has the highest transfer rate among the major European
hubs.
Frankfurt Airport City has become
Germany's largest job complex at a
single location, employing more than 78,000 people at some 500
companies and organizations on site. Major new real
estate developments - such as The Squaire,
the Gateway Gardens business park, and the Mönchhof Logistics
Park - are creating an exciting new
dimension and range of services at the evolving Frankfurt Airport
City of the 21st century.
Almost half of Germany's
population lives within a 200-kilometer radius of the FRA
intermodal travel hub - the largest airport catchment area in
Europe. FRA Airport City also
serves as a magnet for other companies located throughout the
economically vital Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar region. Thanks to
synergies associated with the region's dynamic industries,
networked expertise, and outstanding intermodal transportation
infrastructure, FRA's world route network enables Hesse's and
Germany's export-oriented
businesses to flourish in global growth
markets.
Frankfurt Airport meets the increasing needs of the
export-oriented economies of the State of Hesse as well as
Germany as a whole, for optimal
connections to growth markets around the globe. Likewise, FRA is a
strategic gateway for companies wanting to access the huge European
marketplace. Thus, Frankfurt Airport - which is strategically
located in the heart of Europe -
is one of the most important hubs in the global logistics
chain.
Fraport AG
Robert A. Payne
International Spokesman
Press Office, Corp.Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49-69-690-78547
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
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