Flight operations begin on October 10 at the new pier, allowing Germany’s biggest hub to serve up to six million additional passengers per year – thus a total of approximately 65 million passengers per year. This €700 million terminal complex will be exclusively used by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and its Star Alliance partners, including flights coming from Manama. In particular, Pier A-Plus provides more docking positions for serving widebody aircraft like the Airbus A380 superjumbo and the Boeing B747 family.
“The new Pier A-Plus represents a quantum leap in Fraport’s strategy to secure the competitiveness and future capabilities of Frankfurt Airport,” Fraport executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte. Fraport AG is among the leading groups of companies in the international airport business and operates Frankfurt airport, said.
“We’ve created additional space for up to six million passengers per year. This extra capacity will allow us to meet traffic growth expected in the coming years and to strengthen our role as one of the world’s leading aviation hubs. This terminal expansion also sets new standards for the travel experience of our passengers and for terminal management. Our guests from around the world will benefit from advanced handling facilities and a wide range of shops and restaurants. Easier transferring between short-haul and long-haul flights will result in enhanced comfort of our customers.”
“I am convinced that Pier A-Plus will be well appreciated by our guests. Five new lounges and the latest technology set new standards. With Pier A-Plus, our FRA home base is again at the forefront among Europe’s major hub airports. This is good news for the German aviation industry and the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, which particularly benefits from the Germany’s biggest airport,” Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s executive board chairman Christoph Franz, said.
“The opening of the new pier marks a further milestone for Frankfurt Airport and secures long-term development opportunities in an extremely competitive growth market. Frankfurt Airport serves not only as our gateway to the world, but also is a renowned international calling card for the City of Frankfurt and the rest of the State of Hesse. Our airport is, by far, the largest employment complex at a single location in all of Germany — and serves as the job motor of the entire region and as heart of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main transportation hub,” Volker Bouffier, the prime minister of the German federal state of Hesse, said.
“The inauguration of the new Pier A-Plus represents another important chapter of the Frankfurt hub and its users. I am convinced that the system partnership existing between Fraport and Lufthansa will continue writing this success story that also benefits the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region,” Florian Rentsch, Hesse’s minister of economics and transportation, said.