Fraport : Receives Building Permit for Pier G

16.08.2018

ANR 21/2018

FRA/ce - Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has received the required permit for the construction of Pier G from the building inspectorate of the city of Frankfurt. Pier G was originally envisaged to be built after completion of the first construction phase of FRA's new Terminal 3. By building the new pier earlier than planned, Fraport is responding to increased passenger growth. Slated to become operational in the summer season of 2021, Pier G will initially expand FRA's capacity by four to five million passengers.

'We're very pleased to have obtained the green light for building Pier G,' stated a Fraport spokesperson. 'Given the prolonged permit process, however, we're now analyzing how to arrange Pier G's construction schedule to optimally meet the ongoing strong traffic growth. Our goal is still to offer additional state-of-the-art handling capacities as soon as possible to relieve our existing Terminals 1 and 2. The plan is to award the contract for the construction of Pier G to a general contractor by early 2019.'

The new pier will be built as a fully functional, state-of-the-art passenger handling facility and later integrated into FRA's new premium Terminal 3. Pier G will excel with lean processes that enable passengers to get to their flights quickly and easily by the shortest possible paths.

Construction of Pier G will be carried out by a general contractor. The respective contract will be awarded by early 2019 on the basis of an EU-wide invitation to tender. Fraport Ausbau Süd GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Fraport AG, will take responsibility for monitoring and coordinating the construction project.

Facts & Figures on Terminal 3:

	1st construction phase: main terminal building with Piers H and J	2nd construction phase: Pier G
Planned start of operation	2023 winter schedule	2021 summer schedule
Annual passenger capacity	14 million	4-5 million (6-7 million, when fully completed)
Footprint	Approx. 90,000m²	Approx. 59,000m²
Total floor area of all stories	Approx. 306,000m²	approx. 55,000m² (97,000m², when fully completed)
Retail and food & beverage space	Approx. 9,700m²	Approx. 1,960m²
Lounge areas	Approx. 6,200m²	None
Adjacent parking positions	24 + 1 nearby parking position	9 (14 + 2 nearby parking positions, when fully completed)
Gates	Pier H: 15 (10 + 5 bus gates) Pier J: 23 (14 + 9 bus gates)	13 (24, when fully completed)
Check-in counters and luggage drop-off points	About 76	11 (19, when fully completed)
Baggage carousels	10	3 (5, when fully completed)
Indoor parking spaces at the terminal	Starting in 2023: total of 8,500	From 2021: approx. 2,200

A print-quality photo is available here

Pier G

Pier G

Artist rendering of Pier G as the third pier (on the right) of FRA's new Terminal 3