The future Terminal 3 international airport Frankfurt to the competition, and Terminals 1 and 2 left to the group Lufthansa and its Star Alliance This is the future of the German hub. Terminal 3 will therefore open its doors in the summer of 2026.offering companies additional capacity of 19 million passengers. In a second phase, 25 million passengers a year will pass through the new infrastructure.
The Chairman of LufthansaCarsten Spohr, recently indicated that the future of his airline's Frankfurt hub will involve development of the two former terminals. He outlined the project the German company is working on with Fraportthe authority that manages Germany's largest airport. The aim is to merge Terminals 1 and 2This will include the creation of a central area for security checks. This area will then be used to distribute flows throughout the new complex.
Merging Terminals 1 and 2
From 2026With the opening of T3, Fraport will close Terminal 2 in order to begin work on a new terminal. renovation. According to the airport authority, the centrepiece will be the future centralised security zone in Terminal 2 for transit traffic between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2" .
Fraport has approximately three years to build and redevelop the hub for Lufthansa and its partners at Star Alliance. The construction time will have to be kept to because, according to forecasts, Terminal 1 will arrive in total saturation by 2029. This will be exactly in line with the alliance's growth plans in Frankfurt..
Frankfurt airport should approach or exceed 60 million passengers this year. From January to October 2023, the hub welcomed 50.19 million passengers, an increase of 22.8%. This represents 83% of the 2019 passenger total. Of these, Lufthansa and its partners handled 60%.
