Articles tagged “frankfurt”

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Frankfurt Airport Cuts More Flights in Effort to Ease Summer Disruptions

Frankfurt Airport joined London Heathrow among major European hubs slashing flights to try and ease delays and cancellations just as the peak of summer air travel is about to begin. In a notification to airlines by operator Fraport on Friday, Frankfurt will reduce the number of aircraft movements — a takeoff or landing is considered…

Edward Russell | 3 months ago

Airlines

Frankfurt Airport Boosts Home Delivery of Retail Merchandise

Frankfurt Airport is ahead of many other airports in offering passengers home delivery of retail goods, abandoning its unnecessary mobile app, and unifying its customer databases for savvier marketing.

Sean O'Neill | 10 months ago
Frankfurt Airport Boosts Home Delivery of Retail Merchandise

Airlines

Frankfurt Airport Doubles the Size of Its VIP Lounge to Meet Demand

Frankfurt's first VIP lounge was a victim of its own success, as celebrities and others wishing to stay out of the public eye swarmed it. Similar VIP lounges in Amsterdam, London, and Singapore should take note.

Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Frankfurt Airport Doubles the Size of Its VIP Lounge to Meet Demand

Airlines

Ryanair will Bring More Cheap Fares to Lufthansa’s Frankfurt Hub

Lufthansa Group owns a low cost airline called Eurowings, but it does not have the same ultra low cost base as Ryanair. That probably gives Ryanair an advantage here.

Benjamin Katz and Tom Lavell, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Ryanair will Bring More Cheap Fares to Lufthansa’s Frankfurt Hub

Airlines

Ryanair Revamps Strategy and Expands to Frankfurt, Posing a Challenge to Lufthansa

No longer a quirky upstart, Ryanair is among the most powerful airlines in Europe. But so far it has stuck to its roots and avoided many of Europe's biggest airports. That's about to change, with the airline poised to expand in Frankfurt. How will Lufthansa react?

Christopher Jasper and Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
Ryanair Revamps Strategy and Expands to Frankfurt, Posing a Challenge to Lufthansa

Airlines

With Ambitions to Become Europe’s Largest Hub, Frankfurt Airport Will Spend $113 Million on a Makeover

With Frankfurt's ambitions to be Europe's largest aviation hub, it needs to do all that it can do make its terminals less overwhelming add create new amenities and facilities like it plans to so that passengers consider it a first choice.

Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 6 years ago
With Ambitions to Become Europe’s Largest Hub, Frankfurt Airport Will Spend $113 Million on a Makeover

Business Travel

The Airport City That Wants to Be the New Model for Meetings and Knowledge Sharing

In a world of increasing social and political polarization, airport cities become the new platforms for business discourse among mobile knowledge workers.

Greg Oates, Skift | 6 years ago
The Airport City That Wants to Be the New Model for Meetings and Knowledge Sharing

Airlines

Greece Is Selling Over a Dozen Airports to Germany’s Fraport Operator

This doesn't hold the sting that it once may have as more and more airports are being run by global firms that typically know better than locals do.

Associated Press | 7 years ago
Greece Is Selling Over a Dozen Airports to Germany’s Fraport Operator

Airlines

Frankfurt Airport Officials Say It Needs a Third Runway to Manage Growth

Frankfurt only completed a large update a few short years ago, but it will need this one if it wants to compete with Heathrow, Amsterdam, and, most importantly, Istanbul.

Richard Weiss, Bloomberg | 8 years ago
Frankfurt Airport Officials Say It Needs a Third Runway to Manage Growth

Airlines

Heathrow or Frankfurt airports: Which do you hate more in transit?

When trying to decide which are the world's lousiest airports, there is just so much ammunition and fodder. Fortunately, competition among airports is heating up, and the worst will suffer for it.

Skift | 9 years ago