Frankfurt-Flughafen is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the ''

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Süd'' and is subdivided into the ''Stadtbezirke'' Unterwald and Flughafen. Frankfurt-Flughafen contains the whole airport ground of Frankfurt Airport after which the district is named. With only 218 inhabitants it is the least populated (and least densely populated) district but with 71,500 people employed at about 500 airport companies (2010) it is also the district with the most employees. Due to its statistical anomalies, it also enjoys the highest per capita income in the city. In relation to the area Frankfurt-Flughafen is the second largest district after

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. It is entirely surrounded by the

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. Frankfurt-Flughafen does not lack

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: Within the district are two train stations ( Frankfurt Airport regional station and

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), several hotels, a hospital, places of worship for all

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, many restaurants (including Europe's largest McDonald's) and shops.

Economy

Einweihung der Condor Zentrale in Gateway Gardens (7138403399)

Several companies have their head office or offices within the area, e.g. Fraport (the airport operator),

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, Condor Flugdienst, Condor and the Star Alliance. The airport ground and the surrounding area of Frankfurt Airport offer a large variety of on-airport businesses as well as airport-related businesses, like office space, hotels, shopping areas, conference rooms and car parks. The development of an airport city has significantly increased in recent years.

Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts offers 1,008 guest rooms adjacent to Terminal 1 and a Convention center, conference center for up to 200 delegates.

Frankfurt Airport Centers

The Frankfurt Airport Center 1 (FAC 1) near Terminal 1 offers office and conference facilities, the newer FAC 2 is located within Terminal 2 and offers office space for airlines.

Airport City Mall

The Airport City Mall is located on the landside of Terminal 1, departure hall B. It offers national and international retailers and label stores, a supermarket and several restaurants.

The Squaire

The Squaire is an office building with a total floor area of . It is directly connected to Terminal 1 through a connecting corridor for pedestrians. The accounting firm KPMG, Lufthansa and two Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels (Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport with 334 rooms and Hilton Frankfurt Airport with 249 rooms) occupy space in The Squaire.

Main Airport Center

The Main Airport Center, named after the Main (river), Main river, is an office building with ten floors and about of office space. It is located at the edge of the Frankfurt City Forrest near Terminal 2.

Gateway Gardens

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." Fraport. 6. Retrieved on 28 May 2011. close to Terminal 2, is a former housing area for the United States Air Force personnel based at the Rhein-Main Air Base. Prior to its redevelopment, the land of Gateway Gardens housed residences of families stationed at a U.S. military base. Like the air base, the housing area was closed in 2005. Since then the area is being developed into a business location for airport-related companies. Lufthansa moved its Airline meal, airline catering subsidiary LSG Sky Chefs to Gateway Gardens, Condor Flugdienst and SunExpress Deutschland are headquartered here. DB Schenker, the logistics company of Deutsche Bahn, is currently building a high-rise building. In January 2010 Condor held a groundbreaking for Gateway Gardens. Ralf Teckentrup, the CEO of Condor, said that the new headquarters would place the airline's operations closer to Frankfurt Airport. 380 ground employees were to work in the building, and pre-flight briefings for about 2,000 flight attendants will be held in the building. Groß & Partner and OFB Projektentwicklung developed the seven-floor facility.CONDOR FLUGDIENST GMBH
." Gateway Gardens. Retrieved on 28 May 2011. The building is situated between the park and the central plaza, in the "Quartier Mondo" area of Gateway Gardens. It houses Condor's corporate headquarters, a training and education center with a flight simulator, and the airline's flight operations facility. of the facility includes small units rented to other tenants and a café and restaurant on the building's first floor. The building opened in the spring of 2012.Construction of Condor’s new headquarters begin
" ''Aviation World''. Fraport. January 2011. 15. Retrieved on May 28, 2011. File:AirportFrankfurt fromair 2010-09-19.jpg, Frankfurt Airport from the air (2010) File:Zeichen 310 - Ortstafel Flughafen, Frankfurt am Main, 2007.jpg, Welcome sign to the district File:The Squaire, Frankfurt am Main-1060.jpg, Office building The Squaire File:Frankfurter (Main) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 3- S-Bahn Rhein-Main 420 227-8 18.10.2009.jpg, Frankfurt Airport regional station

References

External links

Frankfurt-Flughafen at Frankfurt.de
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