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Facts on Fraport and Frankfurt Airport
Overview of Frankfurt Airport
Fraport AG owns and manages Frankfurt Airport, Germany’s busiest commercial airport. The airport operates on about 21 square kilometers of land. Fraport AG provides facilities to air- lines and other tenants as well as a wide range of airport ser- vices. Additional services are provided by airport concessionaires. FRA – the international three-letter airport code for Frankfurt Airport – stands for more than just an aviation hub. The airport resembles a bustling city in which a multitude of services and amenities for travelers are available, including entertainment
and exclusive shopping throughout the terminals as well as conference and other business facilities.
History of Frankfurt Airport
1924: Südwestdeutsche Luftverkehrs AG, the forerunner of VAG, FAG, and today’s Fraport AG, is founded.
1936: Flight operations begin at the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Airport and Airship Base, today’s FRA.
1945: The U.S. Rhein-Main Air Base is built.
1948: The Berlin Airlift, the largest humanitarian airlift in history, begins.
1949: A system of parallel runways is completed.
1954: VAG changes its name to Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG (FAG).
1972: Terminal 1 opens with an integrated train station.
1984: Runway 18 West begins operating.
1994: Terminal 2 and the SkyLine elevated shuttle train are inaugurated.
1997: – Inauguration of CargoCity South – Inbetriebnahme Flugsteig D