Frankfurt Airport's Winter Timetable 2002/03: Upward Trend - More Airlines And Destinations In Scheduled Passenger Traffic

Frankfurt, Germany (ots/PROTEXT) 22. 10. 2002 -

Global Network: 106 Scheduled Passenger Airlines Link FRAwith 274 Destinations in 104 Countries

Frankfurt Airport's Winter Timetable 2002/03, which goes intoeffect on October 27, will offer a choice of 4,206 directconnections per week for scheduled passenger services. Some 106scheduled passenger airlines - six more than for thecorresponding timetable last year - will link Frankfurt Airport(FRA) with 274 destinations (up from 273) in 104 countries (upfrom 103). Thus, the timetable offering has again reached alevel similar to what it was before the events of 9/11.

Frankfurt's top European routes will be London-Heathrow with134 weekly connections, Paris-Charles de Gaulle with 121, andBerlin-Tegel with 110. The most frequented Asian routes will beSingapore with 31 connections per week, Bangkok with 26, andTokyo with 21. In North America, Los Angeles will be the toproute with 35 connections per week, followed by Chicago and NewYork-JFK with 28 connections each.

Regarding scheduled cargo services with freighter aircraft,FRA's Winter Timetable 2002/03 will offer 248 planned directconnections per week. The new timetable will feature 11 airlineslinking FRA with 64 destinations in 39 countries - includingCairo (Egypt) as a new cargo destination.

The importance of Frankfurt as a hub in international airtransportation is underscored by the fact that intercontinentalflights have grown noticeably in the timetable, in contrast toEuropean and especially domestic flights.

ots Original Text Service: Fraport AG Internet:http://www.presseportal.de

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Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Attn: RobertA. Payne - Manager International Press 60547 Frankfurt am Main,Germany Tel.: +49 69 690 -78547 / Fax: +49 69 690 -60548 E-Mail: r.payne@fraport.de Internet: www.fraport.com

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