A New O&M Contract for Frankfurt Airport’s APM

On 31 March 2020 Bombardier Transportation has signed a ten-year contract with Fraport AG to continue operating and maintaining the INNOVIA APM 100 people mover system and to modernise its signalling technology with the CITYFLO 650 solution at Frankfurt Airport. The contract is valued at approximately 103 million EUR and includes an option for a further five years of operation and maintenance of the system. 

This is the second time that the fully automatic CITYFLO 650 communication-based train control system (CBTC) will be used in Germany. The system is in operation at airports in more than 35 countries around the world, including Germany, USA, China, Spain, Thailand, India, Saudi Arabia and Brazil.

"We look forward to continuing our long-standing successful partnership with Fraport, whose 25th anniversary we celebrated last year," said Michael Fohrer, Head of Bombardier Transportation Germany. "Our team is doing a great job to ensure that millions of travellers arrive safely, comfortably and with almost 100 % reliability at their destinations in the terminals around the clock. Modernizing the fully automated passenger transport system will extend the life cycle of the entire facility as well as its operation and maintenance by at least ten years".