At Frankfurt airport, the Foundation stone for the third passenger has been placed Terminal. Around 25 million passengers to be handled. Up to four billion euros operator Fraport is investing.
Fraport-Chef Stefan Schulte (2. v. l.), and Thomas Schäfer, Finance Minister of Hesse (3. from left to right) lay the Foundation
A first phase of construction is to relieve, as from 2021, the two existing Terminals in the past year, nearly 70 million passengers have traveled. In the year 2023, then according to the plans, an additional capacity of 21 million passengers. For the listed companies Fraport is a huge project and for Europe, one of the largest private infrastructure investments ever.
Protests of opponents
But not all of the airport’s expansion plans are like. While on the site, an official ceremony with around 700 guests from business and politics took place, held expansion opponents in the Terminal 1, a vigil. Fear of additional burdens in the Region due to exhaust gases and noise. Now around 700,000 take-offs and landings every year, Frankfurt, settled.
The first gate of the new terminal, a pure low-cost airlines-the gate should be operational in 2021 taken
It is therefore no wonder that the Protest of the citizens continues initiatives from the airport environs noise and area consumption, while Terminal 3, which will finally allow for many flights. Since the opening of the runway Northwest in October 2011, the people demonstrate in a weekly cycle.
From an entrepreneurial point of view, making the Expansion of sense. Frankfurt’s Airport is bursting from the seams. Congestion in the two Terminals and the runways are part of everyday life at the largest German airport.
cgn/yy (afp, dpa)