

described what must be built and what is allowed to
be built. Everything, what we are doing with regard
to the changed requirements, must happen within
these pre-defined data. Since years, we are planning
the Terminal 3 in a first building phase with two
departure gate piers. We are shortly before closing
the planning for the rough brickwork. The passengers
and the airlines are becoming ever more demanding,
because of which the new terminal will be built as a
very high value project.
And for the new demand for low cost flyers?
We have, with the planning approval of the supervisory
agency, already the approval of the construction of a
third and a fourth departure gate pier. We do expect
that within the context of the expected positive
development of the passenger numbers, possibly
we will already reach the capacity limit of 68 million
passengers at Frankfurt in the next 2 – 3 years. For
this reason, there exists the consideration, but not
yet a decision, to advance the construction of a third
pier for low cost use. Because the Terminal 3 will only
go into business in 2023.
What does differentiate this departure gate pier
from the other piers?
Because low cost airlines have significantly lower
respectively other requirements as to the functionality
of a terminal, such a pier could be constructed
significantly less complexly and with lower costs – but
naturally within the framework of the data stated in
the plan design decision by the supervisory agency.
When would you have to decide this and to realize
this?
We are also examining other options, but we want
to make a decision soon. When the expected
passenger numbers will occur, then also this pier
must be built significantly sooner than 2023 with a
check-in function especially for it. This can be done
at relatively reasonable costs because we could save
in this expansion building as relates to complexity,
especially as regards the technical equipment of the
building.
Are these additional costs contained in the so far
known budget for the Terminal 3?
No, the so far named and published around 3 billion
Euro always related to the Terminal 3 with only two
first piers. A third pier would be added to this with
around 100 to 200 million Euro, but it would naturally
also increase the terminal capacity accordingly. A
simple non-complex building can be erected relatively
quickly, it doesn’t cost much and it will nevertheless
look like very fashionable.
How is your engagement in the Turkish Antalya
developing, where you have lately made a loss after
a dramatic decrease of the passenger numbers?
Also after the referendum in Turkey our expectation
for this year has not been changed. It cannot be
excluded that, as relates to the European tourists,
this year a further decrease versus the previous year
could incur. But the present decrease in March by
around 10 % is first of all due to the later beginning
of the Easter holidays this year. This first top at the
air passenger numbers has this year been deferred to
April. The other important tourist group from Russia
regularly comes with great numbers only several
months later in the main season. We expect, that the
traffic volume from Russia after lifting the sanctions
and after the return of charter flights will again
increase significantly. Overall, we therefore expect an
increase by around 3 to around 22 million passengers,
and thus we could again write a black zero with our
results at Antalya.
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