At Fraport – the company that owns and operates Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany‘s largest airport – we look at things a bit differently. When our employees talk about “their“ airport, they do so with open enthusiasm. Frankfurt is one of the world‘s ten biggest airports and can boast impressive figures: more than 52 million passengers per year, 2 million metric tonnes of cargo, and employment for 68,000 people. But what makes this airport really fly is not just pride in the size achieved.

Things start to get really exciting when new ideas come into play – and are implemented consistently. Examples include FRA‘s integrated long-distance train station for Inter-CityExpress (ICE) services, which provides passengers with direct access to the airport via rail. This is convenient and protects the environment. Talking about environmental protection, Fraport has repeatedly been honoured for its excellence in environmental management. With an eye on the future, the company focuses on a comprehensive strategy of sustainable development and accepts its corporate responsibility toward employees, society, and the environment.

What does this vision look like? Airports serve as vital nodes in the network of the globalised economy. They ensure growth and new jobs. Therefore, Frankfurt Airport will decisively influence the further development of the Frankfurt /Rhine-Main region. FRA’s expansion will create 100,000 new jobs on and off the airport. Furthermore, something cmpletely new could emerge here - something that transforms global mobility into a new form of urban life. In this vision, the polycentric Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region – with its lrger and smaller cities, with its small communities and green areas – is growing tgether into an attractive global location for business, science and technology, and culture. And Frankfurt Airport is emerging as the natural centre of this dynamism.

Indeed, the future looks very exciting. The new century has only just begun. And Germany‘s most important airport will play an increasingly active role in shaping the future.