Frankfurt-Flughafen is a quarter of

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

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. It is part of the ''

Ortsbezirk A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 in ...

Süd'' and is subdivided into the ''Stadtbezirke'' Unterwald and Flughafen. Frankfurt-Flughafen contains the whole airport ground of

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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

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in the city. Frankfurt-Flughafen is the second largest district by area after Sachsenhausen. It is entirely surrounded by the

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. Frankfurt-Flughafen does not lack

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: Within the district are two

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s ( Frankfurt Airport regional station and

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), several hotels, a hospital,

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for all

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, many restaurants (including Europe's largest

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) and shops.

Economy

Several companies have their head office or offices within the area, e.g.

Fraport Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, commonly known as Fraport, is a German transport company which operates Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world. In the ...

(the airport operator),

Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), trading as the Lufthansa Group, is a German aviation group. Its major and founding subsidiary airline Lufthansa German Airlines, branded as Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. It ranks List of largest airlin ...

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and the

Star Alliance Star Alliance is an airline alliance headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded on 14 May 1997, it was the world's first global airline alliance. Star Alliance has 25 member airlines that operate a combined fleet of over 5,000 aircraft, servi ...

. 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 Airport City (also known as an Aerotropolis) is a model for urban development that focuses on improving the livability of the areas within and immediately surrounding the airport in support of a variety of economic activities. An Airport City is ...

has significantly increased in recent years.

Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center

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offers 1,008 guest rooms adjacent to Terminal 1 and a

conference center A convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typica ...

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

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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

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, Lufthansa and two

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(Hilton Garden Inn Frankfurt Airport with 334 rooms and

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with 249 rooms) occupy space in The Squaire.

Main Airport Center

The Main Airport Center, named after the

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, 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

Gateway Gardens, across the ''

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. 6. Retrieved on 28 May 2011. close to Terminal 2, is a former housing area for the

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personnel based at the

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. 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

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subsidiary

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to Gateway Gardens,

Condor Flugdienst Condor, legally incorporated as Condor Flugdienst GmbH, is a Germany, German airline based in Neu Isenburg, Hesse. It was established in 1955 with Frankfurt Airport as its main base. Condor offers scheduled and air charter, charter flights and ...

and SunExpress Deutschland are headquartered here.

DB Schenker Schenker AG (trading as DB Schenker) is a subsidiary of Danish logistics company DSV. The company was previously owned by German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which acquired the subsidiary back in 2002. It comprises divisions for air, land, sea fr ...

, the logistics company of

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, 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

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, 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''.

. 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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