Overview
- Fraport announced Wednesday that the new automated Skyline-Bahn linking Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 has been taken out of service after repeated stoppages and for safety checks, and officials said no accident occurred.
- A high‑frequency shuttle‑bus replacement is running between Terminals 1, 2 and 3 with two‑ to three‑minute intervals and airport staff are guiding passengers to the stops.
- The system is a fully automated Airval people‑mover supplied by Siemens Mobility, spanning about 5.6 kilometres with 12 two‑car trains designed to carry roughly 4,000 passengers per hour in each direction at speeds up to about 70–80 km/h.
- The outage affects operations during a key rollout: Terminal 3 is part of Fraport’s roughly €4 billion ‘Ausbau Süd’ expansion that will house up to 19 million passengers a year and is receiving a staged move of 57 airlines into the new building.
- Fraport and Siemens have launched joint investigations and said technical adjustments are required, with one report indicating the line could remain out of service for several weeks while vehicles and control systems are checked.