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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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