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On 11 October 2011, the
Hessian Administration Court
ruled that night flights between
11pm and 5am (the so-called
Mediationsnacht) are no longer
allowed at Frankfurt Airport
after the inauguration of the new runway, and
therefore over-rode the approval from the
Hessian government from 2007 which
allowed 17 scheduled flights per night. On 4
April 2012 the German Administrative Court
confirmed the decision of the Hessian
Administration Court, banning night flights
between 11pm and 5am.
Aerial view of the central airport buildings including The
Squaire in the back
To handle the predicted passenger amount of about 90 million in 2020, a new terminal
section adjacent to Terminal 1 for an additional six million passengers opened on 10
October 2012. It is called Flugsteig A-Plus and exclusively used by Lufthansa mainly for
their long-haul flights . Flugsteig A-Plus features eight parking positions and is able to
handle four Airbus A380 or seven Boeing 747 at once.
In November 2016, Ryanair announced to open a new base at Frankfurt Airport starting
four routes to Spain and Portugal. This sparked severe criticism especially from Lufthansa,
as Ryanair was granted high discounts and incentives regarding the airport's fees.
On 28 February 2017 Ryanair announced its winter progamme for Frankfurt which will see
a further 20 new routes been added which are Athens, Barcelona, Brindisi, Catania,
Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Kraków, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Pisa, Porto, Seville,
Tenerife, Toulouse, Vale
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