If you’re a long term reader of my blog, you already know about my love – hate relationship with the Frankfurt am Main airport…

On the love side:

• I’m living 30 kilometers south of the airport and love to see departing aircraft overfly my garden (yes, I do like aircraft noise)
• Being the hub of Lufthansa and the German entry point of many companies it’s really a gate to the world
• It offers shopping possibilities 7 days a week – sometimes a life saver

On the hate side:

• The unbelievably long queues at the security checkpoints
• Sometimes, an extra screening checkpoint right before reaching the gate
• The endless bus transfers due to the lack of gates
• The incredibly long taxiing times to reach departure runway 18

One cool thing in blogging is that I’m not forced to be objective, but I however try to. This is why I have to report an all times first at Frankfurt airport. I’m flying to Spain and reached the terminal to see that my flight was delayed. 1h55 delay for a 2h30 flight, no comment. This was not the best way to start the journey, but I found a very comfy lying chair in the waiting area. Once the boarding gate got announced, I reluctantly went to the security checkpoint.

One very frustrating thing is the long serpentine waiting lane for economy passengers with a bypass for business and first class. Believe that or not, today there was no single soul waiting. Moreover the guy doing the economy vs. business filtering let me go through the bypass ! I realize by writing these lines that I should have taken a picture. I’m sure those of you who already experienced this airport won’t believe this is possible, but I promise it happened for real.

Because my flight was within the Schenggen area, there was no passport check and no extra screening at the gate. The bus ride and taxi time were there.