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Frankfurt Airport with new air connections

In October 2011, the operating company of Frankfurt Airport, Fraport AG, commissioned a global innovation in infrastructure construction, comprising two taxiway connections with a total of five bridge structures, where landed aircrafts taxi to the two airport terminals. - crossing a highway and the railroad tracks of Deutsche Bahn!

After completion of the building project, aircraft movements in parallel are possible in Frankfurt. Thus, the airport will be able to cope much better with the continuously increasing demand of passengers and the transport company. According to current forecasts,...

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