Summer Timetable 2001 at Frankfurt/Main Airport: 110 Scheduled Airlines Provide 4,400 Direct Connections per Week to 280 Destinations in 110 Countries

26.03.2001, 15:54

Frankfurt, Germany (PROTEXT) - With the start of the SummerTimetable 2001 on March 25, some 110 scheduled airlines atFrankfurt-Main Airport (airport code = FRA) will be offering4,400 direct flight connections per week -- a 2.3-percentincrease over last year's summer schedule -- to 280 airportdestinations in 110 countries worldwide. Of these 4,400 weeklyconnections, there will be 2,600 European services, 970intercontinental and 830 domestic. The corresponding total seatcapacity being offered weekly from Frankfurt-Main Airport bythese scheduled airlines will also increase from 674,000 (SummerTimetable 2000) to 686,000. New passenger destinations in theSummer Timetable 2001 will include: Erfurt in the German federalstate of Thuringia (served by Air Berlin); and Phoenix, Arizona,(served by Lufthansa) and Salt Lake City, Utah (served by DeltaAir Lines), both in the continental U.S. In addition to thesescheduled services, numerous charter airlines also fly fromFrankfurt/Main Airport to numerous international holidaydestinations. Cargo-only Services Expand: For the Summer Timetable 2001, cargo-only aircraft will beproviding 270 scheduled connections per week from Frankfurt/MainAirport, an eight-percent increase over last year's correspondingtimetable. Some 13 cargo carriers will be offering thesescheduled services to 65 destinations in 40 countries around theglobe. At FRA, passenger aircraft will again account for about 60percent of the total airfreight shipments during the SummerTimetable 2001. For More Information, Please Contact: Fraport AG Attn: Robert A. Payne - Manager International Press 60547 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel.: +49 69 690 -78547 (with voice mailbox) or -70554 Fax: +49 69 690 -60548 or -59632 E-Mail: r.payne@fraport.de Internet: www.fraport.de (click on "Press Center")

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