Flughafen Frankfurt - Hahn GmbH

A dynamic 24-hour service to international passengers and cargo

Frankfurt-Hahn, the first low-cost-airport in Germany, has established its “no-frills”-image successfully all over the world and is regarded as a prototype for many other airports worldwide. Frankfurt-Hahn is said to have inspired many international airports, especially in Asia, with its unique low-cost business model. Frankfurt-Hahn is also seen as a good example for the economical utilisation of former military facilities.

The growth rates of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport continue irresistibly. The traffic-volume growth rates continue in the double-digit range. With more than three million passengers, Germany's only truly low-cost airport exceeded the result for the same period in the previous year by 12 per cent. The development in pure airfreight transshipment proceeded on an especially heartening course: with more than 101.195 tonnes, i.e. 53 per cent growth more compared to 2004, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport continues to position itself firmly as Germany's fourth largest freight airport (after Frankfurt, Cologne, and Munich). Including road feeder traffic, a total of 228.920 tonnes were handled during the whole of 2005, which means a growth of 20 per cent compared with the previous year. Evidence of Frankfurt-Hahn's strong position in the world's cargo market is provided by its several scheduled international cargo airline clients as well as the new arrival of Quantas Freight and the continuous increase in cargo flights by Aeroflot - Russia's largest airline- which has stationed four DC-10 freighters at its European hub Frankfurt-Hahn. The 24-hour operation and flexibility, especially in the allocation of slots are one of the key advantages for the cargo airlines operating at Frankfurt-Hahn.

With these figures, especially the region around the airport can profit from such a development. On the one hand it gains access to the European commercial centres and on the other hand chances are opening up that have never been there before – for the retail industry and services as well as for the incoming tourism. For the medium and long-term the tourism in the Hunsrück, Mosel, Nahe and Rhine regions will profit with a strong increase. Hotels and restaurants near the airport already benefit today.

This development is being accompanied by numerous construction activities that will enhance the airport’s infrastructure such as the new airport access road, the enlargement of the terminal, new apron areas, a new bus terminal (all of them completed in 2005), and the current most important project: the runway extension. Official approval for the €40 million runway extension from 3,045 to 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) was ratified for the beginning of 2005. The completion of the runway extension is anticipated by mid 2006. The economic deployment of cargo planes over long distances will become possible only with the lengthened runway. For the region, this project is a substantial economic impulse, as it secures existing jobs and will create more new jobs. In addition, more freighter positions for wide-bodied aircrafts are being built and put into operation directly in front of the cargo handling facilities. This will further improve the overall turn-around time for freighter aircraft, including a faster release of inbound shipments to the agents.

On July 21, 2005 Terminals 1 and 2 were connected to one large terminal with an additional intermediate area of 3,500 square metres. The enlarged terminal now comprises a total area of 13,500 square metres and can accommodate up to 6 million passengers. In the new area, an additional 1,800 square metres of retail area for establishing new stores has taken shape. On top of that, three new departure gates and 1,100 square metres of operations and traffic areas were being built. The total cost of the intermediate building came to €3.9 million, which means that a total sum of €21 million has now been expended on the complete terminal since the construction of the first terminal in 1999. On average, at other German locations the costs at a similar scale would be more than €100 million.

Immediately adjoining the PH parking garage (short-term parking area near the terminal), a large bus station was built covering roughly 4,850 square metres with approx. 15 parking spaces for buses as well as a walkway to the terminal. Construction has already been underway since early May 2005. The new partially sheltered bus station was opened in October 2005. Since increasing numbers of passengers also means more people arriving by bus, this building project is needed to prevent traffic jams at the terminals. At present, buses are running more than 100 trips a day to all-important cities in the vicinity.

A further guarantee for the continuing success of the economic position of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is the commitment of the shareholders Fraport AG (65 per cent) and the states of Hesse and Rhineland Palatinate (each 17.5 per cent), which promote the region especially in international competition. In January 2005, the state of Hesse became a new partner in the Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH. At the same time, share capital was increased by €20 million. This creates the financial basis for making major investments in the airport and thus enables the operating company to realise profitability in the near future.

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