Frankfurt Airport News

Lufthansa Cargo Says Night Flight Ban Would Hurt

June 3, 2009

Lufthansa's cargo business could lose tens of millions of euros a year if a German court rules for a night flight ban at Frankfurt airport, a Cargo management board member said.
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Fraport 2009 Profit Could Fall 15 Percent

May 13, 2009

Fraport expects 2009 operating profit to fall by 15 percent from a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday after reporting first-quarter results that were in line with expectations.
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Fraport CEO Says Business Downturn Easing

May 4, 2009

Fraport has seen business at its main airport in Frankfurt recover further in April, unfettered by an outbreak of swine flu that has sparked global fears of a pandemic, its chief executive said on Monday.
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Fraport Appoints Schulte As CEO

March 20, 2009

Fraport named Stefan Schulte, deputy chief executive, to replace CEO Wilhelm Bender from September 1, the company said on Friday.
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German Airports See Bleak 2009

March 19, 2009

Germany's airports expect passenger numbers to decline in 2009 by more than the 3 percent estimated by industry association ADV as businesses and consumers spend less on travel amid the global economic crisis.
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Fraport May Cut Work Hours At Frankfurt Cargo - Report

February 28, 2009

Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport said it is considering cutting work hours at its cargo dispatch unit, Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper quoted a spokesman as saying on Saturday.
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Heathrow Most Tedious Airport, US Rudest - Poll

February 13, 2009

Flying into London's Heathrow or New York's JFK airports? Then steel yourself for the world's longest wait for passport clearance and luggage and, in the US, some of the rudest passport staff, a global survey shows.
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Fraport Sees Passenger, Cargo Remaining Weak

February 12, 2009

Fraport expects passenger numbers and cargo volumes to keep shrinking in coming months as the global economic crisis continues to stunt business travel and consumer spending, its CEO said.
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Frankfurt Airport Traffic Down 6 Percent In January

February 3, 2009

Fraport's January passenger numbers at its main Frankfurt Airport slid by around 6 percent in January, according to Annegret Reinhardt-Lehmann, spokeswoman for Fraport's marketing division.
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Warning Strike Hits Some Lufthansa Flights

January 28, 2009

Warning strikes by the UFO cabin crew union disrupted some flights by Lufthansa in Frankfurt and Berlin early on Wednesday, the airline and the union said.
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