Frankfurt International Airport is the gateway for most of the American Quarter Horses coming to Germany and Europe, as well as those who are leaving Europe for international competition. The Animal Lounge of Lufthansa Cargo at Frankfurt will once again be bustling when top reining horses from all over the world flood in for the 2016 FEI World Reining Championship.
When show horses have to be transported to international destinations, flying them there is often the fastest and best way. In Germany, Lufthansa Cargo Animal Lounge at Frankfurt International Airport is the only facility in Germany that can handle the equine passengers, and it is also one of the most modern airport animal stations in the world. More than 2,000 horses are transported in and out of Frankfurt each year, and it’s in Frankfurt that lots of American Quarter Horses coming from the U.S. set their hooves on European ground for the first time. There are 42 box stalls in the Animal Lounge for the horses, but Frankfurt also once accommodated 100 show horses her in show tents for the Olympic Games.
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