NEW: Intercontinental Connections to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Ras al
Khaimah, U.A.E.; Tokyo-Haneda; Plus Three More U.K. Destinations
Fly FRA's Global Network: 107 Passenger Airlines Offer 4,285
Departures per Week to 275 Destinations in 111 Countries - 30
Freighter Airlines Offer 240 Departures per Week to 84 Destinations
in 45 Countries.
FRA/rap> The new Winter Timetable 2011/2012 - which goes into
effect on October 30 in tandem with the time change in Germany -
features expanded flight services from the airlines who are utilizing
the extra capacity available following the recent inauguration of
Frankfurt Airport's (FRA) new Runway Northwest. In the first phase of
FRA?s capacity expansion, the number of planned flights will grow
from an average of 83 to up to 90 takeoffs and landings per hour.
The total number of departures (passenger, cargo, and other) will
increase by 3.7 percent year-on-year to 4,535 per week this winter
season, while total seat capacity via FRA will jump by 7.1 percent to
715,000 seats per week.
In intercontinental traffic, Lufthansa (LH/DLH)) will return to
the pulsating Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro (GIG), with five
flights per week. Lufthansa last served this route from Frankfurt in
2005. Effective January 21, ANA All Nippon Airways (NH/ANA) will be
flying to the new destination of Haneda Airport (HND) in the heart of
metropolitan Tokyo. ANA, which is the launch carrier of Boeing's new
B787 Dreamliner, has chosen FRA-HND as the first intercontinental
route for this new generation jet. Thus, travelers will be able to
choose from four flights daily from Frankfurt to Tokyo (Narita and
Haneda airports) this winter.
New destinations in FRA's Winter Timetable 2011/2012 will include
San Juan (SJU), Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean and Ras al Khaimah
(RKT) in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). SJU will be served twice
weekly by Frankfurt-based Condor, while RAK Airways (RT/RKM) will fly
once a week from FRA to RKT. As of December 1, Emirates (EK/UAE) will
be offering seven flights per week to Dubai. Thus, Frankfurt
passengers will then have a choice of three daily connections to
Dubai. From January 3, United Airlines (UA/UAL) will be flying twice
daily from FRA to New York-Newark (EWR). This will raise the choice
of available connections from FRA to the New York region to eight
flights per day. Replacing its 747-400 service, Singapore Airlines
(SQ/SIA) will deploy the Airbus A380 daily on the Singapore (SIN) to
Frankfurt (FRA) to New York (JFK) route beginning January 15.
Lufthansa will also be offering A380 superjumbo comfort to its
passengers on the Frankfurt to Singapore route as of October 30.
In European traffic, various new routes will be introduced from
Frankfurt to the United Kingdom. Lufthansa will be departing thrice
daily to the oil and engineering center of Aberdeen (ABZ) on the
North Sea coast of Scotland. London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) will be
served twice daily by Lufthansa this winter as well. British Midland
Airways (BD/BMA) will be serving as a new carrier at FRA the
destination of Nottingham/East Midlands (EMA) with 16 connections per
week. To the south of Frankfurt, Air Dolomiti (EN/DLA) will be flying
12 times weekly to the new destination of Bergamo (BGY) in the Milan
region of northern Italy. Lufthansa will add Klagenfurt (KLU),
Austria, to its schedule with two services per week.
In domestic traffic, the most important changes for the winter
season include: Air Berlin?s cancellation of its flights on the
Frankfurt to Hamburg route (which it has been flying up to five times
daily), while Lufthansa will expand its flights from Frankfurt to
Munich by six to a total of 96 connections per week.
Print-quality photos of Frankfurt Airport and Fraport AG are
availale free for downloading via the Internet at www.fraport.com
(Menu: select Press Center > then Photo Service). For TV news and
information broadcasting purposes only, we also offer free footage
material for downloading via http://fraport.cms-gomex.com .
For Further Information, Please Contact:
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
Robert A. Payne, B.A.A. - Senior Mgr. International Press & PR
International Spokesman, Press Office (Dept. UKM-PS), Corporate
Communications, 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel.: +49 69.690.78547; E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de;
Internet: http://www.fraport.com
