Your Time
The Terminal
By SALLY B. DONNELLY



Monday, Mar. 07, 2005

Lufthansa Airlines recently opened the first terminal in the world where passengers are treated like VIPs. The terminal, at Frankfurt Airport, is exclusively for the airline's first-class and high-mileage passengers. It will be used by just 350 travelers a day, each of whom is met by a personal assistant who handles all mundane tasks, from baggage check-in to seat assignments. Those pampered few then get to wait in an opulent lounge that has overstuffed Italian-leather chairs, a linen-tablecloth restaurant, a cigar area with a selection of 15 high-end whiskeys, offices and luxurious bathrooms. Just before departure, flyers are whisked to their plane in a Mercedes or Porsche. Lufthansa is planning a similar terminal for Munich and perhaps other airports. --By Sally B. Donnelly

From the Mar. 07, 2005 issue of TIME magazine

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