Tags: Frankfurt Airport

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) signs extended cargo handling and trucking contract with Oman Air in France

4th June 2025

Michael Duggen, Head of Cargo at Oman Air (fourth from left) and the airline’s Claudius Pereira, Senior Manager Cargo Service Delivery (third from left) with WFS’ Assaad Sfeir, Key Account Director ‑ Group Commercial, John Batten, CEO EMEAA, Laurent Bernard, Vice President France, and Monia EL MALLAS, Cargo Sales Director – France.   Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has signed a contract […]

300% expansion of e-commerce handling facility: FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services wins new contract with EDT – eDirect Transport

3rd June 2025

Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), a subsidiary of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has won a contract with EDT – eDirect Transport, a global logistics platform specializing in cross-border e-commerce between China and Europe. Under this agreement, FCS will provide comprehensive E-commerce & Freight Forwarder Handling (EFFH) services at Frankfurt Airport. This latest development […]

WFS expands global Emirates partnership with new cargo handling contract at Frankfurt Airport

16th April 2025

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has been awarded a new five-year cargo handling contract with the cargo arm of the world’s largest international airline, Emirates SkyCargo at Frankfurt Airport. This strategic win strengthens SATS’ and WFS’ long-standing partnership with Emirates, with the group now providing specialised gateway services at 21 stations across the airline’s […]

Worldwide Flight Services and Kuehne+Nagel partner in Frankfurt to accelerate cost-efficient import cargo clearances

20th March 2025

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a SATS company, has launched a pilot project with global logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel to accelerate import cargo clearances at Frankfurt Airport. Developed by WFS’ specialist E-commerce & Freight Forwarder Handling (EFFH) team and Kuehne+Nagel Frankfurt, the project aims to optimize operations team and warehouse capacity to reduce waiting times and unnecessary […]

Fraport and EnBW Conclude long-term Power Purchase Agreement for non-subsidized He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

10th December 2021

85 megawatts of green offshore wind energy will improve Fraport’s carbon footprint at Frankfurt Airport Fraport AG, the publicly listed operator of Frankfurt Airport, and EnBW, the energy provider headquartered in Karlsruhe, have concluded a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for the supply of electricity generated by offshore wind turbines. The long-term contract guarantees Fraport […]

Fraport takes over security management at Frankfurt Airport

11th May 2021

Fraport AG and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI) sign contract for the transfer of security management tasks – Fraport to be responsible for the organization, management and performance of airport security checks – Federal Police will continue to supervise screening – Security remains overriding priority – BMI and Fraport to […]

Frankfurt Flights Back As London City Airport Recovery Momentum Builds

23rd July 2020

Key business route returning to the central London airport from 6th September Twice-daily flights between the two global financial centres Lufthansa latest major airline to resume London City flights as demand from passengers continues  London City Airport and Lufthansa have announced that flights between central London and Frankfurt will resume at the start of September. […]

‘H-Aero’ Floats Through the Check-In Halls Surveying Frankfurt Airport

5th November 2019

The H-Aero is a small, helium-filled hybrid aerial vehicle. From October 28 to 31, passengers at Frankfurt Airport were able to see it floating almost silently through Halls D and E in Terminal 2. Fraport AG joined forces with the start-up Hybrid-Airplane Technologies GmbH to carry out test flights assessing whether the aerial vehicle could […]

Frankfurt Airport Opens Seven New Security Control Lanes in Extension Hall A

25th July 2019

Construction of purpose-built extension hall at Terminal 1 completed within just six months – Checkpoint equipped with latest-generation security technology to reduce waiting times for passengers. The German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and airport operator Fraport AG have opened a new aviation security checkpoint at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). Featuring seven control lanes, the additional checkpoint has […]

Fraport to Deploy FlightAware Predictive Technology at Frankfurt Airport

11th July 2019

Fraport AG will begin using real-time predictive runway arrival times, so called ‘ELDTs’ (Estimated Landing Times) delivered via FlightAware’s Firehose feed as an additional data source in the further optimization of airport operations at their home base of Frankfurt Airport. Fraport is one of the leading managers in the global airport business with activities at […]