Frankfurt Airport's Winter Timetable 2001: 101 Scheduled Passenger Airlines Provide 4,140 Weekly Connections to 270 Destinations in 104 Countries

Frankfurt Main, Germany (PROTEXT/ots) - In the scheduledpassenger segment alone, Frankfurt Airport's Winter Timetable2001 - which goes into effect on October 28 - features 4,140direct connections per week. This is only 10 flights less thanlast year's corresponding timetable, although there had beenindications up to last week that some Lufthansa flights would becancelled as a result of the September 11 incident. For the Winter Timetable 2001, the total seat capacity beingoffered is 630,000 seats per week. Some 101 scheduled passengerairlines link FRA with 270 destinations in 104 countries aroundthe globe. New carriers in the timetable include: AsianaAirlines, Montenegro Airlines and TAM. Several new nonstop passenger destinations have also beenadded to this year's winter timetable: Bangalore (India), Denver(U.S.A.), Gdansk (Poland), Grenada (Caribbean), Jakarta(Indonesia), La Romana (Dominican Republic), Marseille (France),Phoenix (U.S.A.), Salvadore de Bahia (Brazil), Sharm el Sheikh(Egypt), and Taipei (Taiwan). The top-ranked destinations interms of weekly flight connections are Paris-Charles de Gaulle(118 weekly connections), London-Heathrow (113) and Berlin-Tegel(107). Other destinations with particularly frequent connectionsinclude Bangkok (28 weekly connections) and Singapore (25) inAsia and New York-JFK (28) and Chicago (28) in the United States. With 260 weekly connections, the number of scheduled directcargo-only services has also remained relatively unchangedcompared to last year's corresponding timetable. The majority(225) of these scheduled cargo services link FRA with airportsoverseas. Overall, the cargo timetable features 12 airlinesoffering regular airfreight services to 64 destinations in 40countries. New cargo destinations are Auckland (New Zealand),Honolulu (U.S.A.) and Manchester (U.K.). ots Original TextService: Fraport AG Internet: http://www.presseportal.de ForMore Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Frankfurt AirportServices Worldwide Attn: Robert A. Payne - Manager InternationalPress 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel.: +49 69 690 -78547(with voice mailbox) Fax: +49 69 690 -60548 E-Mail:r.payne@fraport.de Internet: www.fraport.de (click on "PressLounge")

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