Airline Tickets from Frankfurt am Main

General Info

Airport Address: Frankfurt Airport, 60547, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Distance and Location: The airport is located 12km (8 miles) southwest of Frankfurt
Airport Website: www.frankfurt-airport.de
Airport E-mail: info@fraport.de
Airport Telephone: (0)69 6900 or (0)1805 372 4636 (within Germany)
Country Code: 49
Time Zone: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October)
Total Number of Terminals: 2
Moving between Terminals: Free Sky Line shuttle trains run between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 (journey time: 2 minutes). Free shuttle buses can also be found by the roadside of each terminal.

Information and Customer Care Desks

Airport infodesks are located in the Arrivals and Departures halls of both terminals. They are staffed 24 hours a day. There are also several touch-screen info-terminals situated throughout both terminals.

Available Facilities and Services

Money withdrawal and Communication facilities: Numerous banks, bureaux de change and ATMs are available in Terminals 1 and 2. A number of major German banks offer a comprehensive range of domestic and international banking services at their branches in the Frankfurt Airport Centre (FAC) opposite Terminal 1. Postal services are available throughout the airport. 3C Communications provide 24-hour credit card phones and faxes, plus Internet access. Deutsche Telekom also provides Internet ports at some gates. Cafe and restaurants: Restaurants, bars and cafés can be found in all terminal areas, many of which are open 24 hour. Shopping facilities: There are over 130 shops at the airport, including duty-free and 24-hour newsagents in Terminal 1. Luggage services: An escort and porter service is available (tel: (0)69 6906 6666). Transport boxes and crates for bulky luggage are available at the FGS airport baggage service in the Arrivals hall B of Terminal 1 and the Arrivals hall E of Terminal 2; reservations should be made in advance (tel: (0)69 6905 1211). Left luggage and lockers are available in both terminals. The lost property office is situated on the first level of Terminal 1 (tel: (0)69 6906 6359). Trolleys are available. Other services: The airport has pharmacies and a 24-hour medical clinic in Terminal 1. There are various children's play areas, baby change rooms and buggy hire at the left-luggage offices in both terminals.

Car Parking Info

Each of the terminals has a multi-storey car park and/or an underground car park providing direct access to the terminal 24 hours a day (tel: (0)69 6907 8887). Passengers should follow the ‘P' signs; P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 serve Terminal 1 parking, while P8 and P9 are for Terminal 2. There are also reserved parking spaces for women drivers in the Terminal 1 parking facilities (P1, P4 and P5) and a secure car park, also at Terminal 1, offered by the Airport Car Service (tel: (0) 69 690 27901; website: www.acs-airport.de).

Driving by car from/to Frankfurt am Main

The airport is directly linked to the A3 (Cologne-Munich) and A5 (Hanover-Basel) motorways, which border the airport's eastern and northern boundaries and meet up at the Frankfurter Kreuz junction for access to the airport on the federal road B43. The A67, serving destinations in the south, connects with the A5.

Public Transportation from/to Frankfurt am Main

By Railway: Frankfurt airport has two passenger railway facilities. The Regional Train Station (platforms 1-3) is located beneath Terminal 1. From here, S-Bahn commuter trains (lines S8 and S9) depart for central Frankfurt and the Hauptbahnhof (central station). Trains also run to Offenbach and Hanau, and to Ruesselsheim, Mainz and Wiesbadn. RegionalExpress (RE) and StadtExpress (SE) trains serve many other destinations. The AIRail Terminal long-distance train station (platforms 4-7) is linked via a connector building to Terminal 1. From here, a number of high-speed trains depart to the central stations of Cologne (journey time: 1 hour) and Stuttgart (journey time: 75 minutes). How to reach: By Taxi: Taxis are readily available outside both terminals (journey time to the city centre: 20 minutes). By Bus: Regular buses stop at the bus station in front of the Terminal 1 Arrivals hall, and at the bus bay in front of the Arrivals/Departures halls of Terminal 2. Bus no.61 serves Frankfurt-Südbahnhof, bus no.900 serves Obertshausen Bahnhof and bus no.73 serves Kelsterbach, while the Darmstadt Airliner runs to Darmstadt. There are also Lufthansa bus lines to Hahn Airport, Heidelberg, Mannheim and Strasbourg, stopping in front of Arrivals Hall B, Terminal 1.

Frankfurt on Main (Frankfurt am Main) deserves to be termed the citadel of German and European economy, as it is placed in an economically powerful Rhine-Main area and is actually a very significant road junction. The city's unique geographic position has made it very attractive for business, creating an enormous potential for economic growth and contributing to the city's status as a major international business center. Nowadays, Frankfurt on Main provides a tremendous share of capital for the world business.

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