Tag: Frankfurt

World War II bomb found near Frankfurt Airport successfully defused

A phosphorus bomb from World War II that was discovered on a construction site at Frankfurt Airport was successfully defused, a police spokesman said on Friday. The decades-old bomb was discovered during construction work around the new Terminal 3. Incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus were used on a large scale against Germany during World War […]

Frankfurt paramedics respond as passengers fall ill on Condor flight

A major medical operation took place at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport on Thursday after dozens of passengers reportedly fell ill on a Condor flight from Mauritius. Emergency services were mobilized at the airport after the crew of Condor flight DE2315 informed the Frankfurt control centre that passengers had complained of feeling unwell. After the flight landed […]

Strikes cause passenger growth slow down at Frankfurt Airport

A display in the departure hall at Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport shows several flights as canceled. Lando Hass/dpa The strikes at passenger checkpoints and at German airline Lufthansa have once again slowed the upward trend in passenger growth at Frankfurt Airport. Fraport, the company that runs Germany’s main aviation hub at Frankfurt Airport, reported […]

Frankfurt airport to be closed for departing passengers during strike

Germany’s busiest airport Frankfurt will be closed to departing passengers on Thursday due to a strike by security staff, a spokesman for the operator said on Wednesday, as public transport is set to be crippled due to widespread industrial action. Thursday’s closure at Frankfurt comes as trade union verdi has called on ground staff at […]

Frankfurt airport to be closed for departing passengers during strike

Frankfurt Airport will be closed to departing passengers on Thursday due to a strike by security staff, a spokesman for the operator Fraport said on Wednesday. The operator recommends that passengers contact their airlines and said they should not travel to the airport under any circumstances. The impact on the flight schedule remained initially unclear. […]

New EU body confirms Frankfurt as ‘capital of euro’

The decision in favour of Frankfurt as the seat of the new EU anti-money laundering authority further enhances Germany’s leading financial centre, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel. “This once again establishes the claim that Frankfurt has as a European financial centre,” he said in the central German city. Frankfurt could “now justifiably say that […]

Boeing shares slide in Frankfurt after FAA grounds some MAX 9s

LONDON (Reuters) -Boeing shares listed in Frankfurt fell almost 8% early on Monday after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets. A piece of fuselage tore off the left side of an Alaska Airlines jet on Friday as it climbed following takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing […]

Man Utd midfielder Donny van de Beek joins Eintracht Frankfurt on loan

Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek has joined Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt on loan until the end of the season. The 26-year-old Netherlands international has made just six Premier League starts for United since moving from Ajax for a reported £35million in 2020. His only top-flight appearance this term came as an 88th-minute substitute […]