Minimum connection time at Frankfurt Airport for an International to Schengen transit

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As long as both flights are on the same ticket the airline is repsonsible for getting you there and in the case of Europe they may even have to pay compensation for delays. It's not in their interests to sell tickets for unreasonablly short connections.

Furthermore the airlines have options at their disposal for expediting connections if an incoming flight is delayed, they can give you priority at checkpoints and even bus you arround the airport. It's in their interests to get you on your booked flight. This is especialy true in Europe which has strong compensation rules for delayed passengers.

Of course there is still some residual risk. Your plane could be badly delayed or you could be held up in immigration for hours. If you really need to be somewhere at a given date/time you should probablly plan to arrive a day or so beforehand.

On the other hand if you have two flights on seperate tickets you are on your own. So you need to allow much longer times between flights.

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Frankfurt Airport operates a Fast Lane to allow connections under 30min:

http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/content/frankfurt_airport/en/services/container_services/fast_lanes.html

Fast Lanes

What not everyone knows: when passengers are hurrying to catch a connecting flight at Frankfurt Airport they can take a shortcut to get to their gates faster. The airport has created “fast lanes” for this at the security checkpoints. They may be used on a priority basis by passengers whose flights leave in 30 minutes or less.

The fast lane system is very simple: display boards at the checkpoints list the current flights for which passengers may take advantage of the shortcuts. Friendly airport staff also help them get in the right line.

Both terminals at Frankfurt Airport now feature fast lanes everywhere that passengers cross from a non-Schengen to a Schengen zone or vice versa. For example, if they have arrived from Singapore and are continuing on to a destination within Germany or Europe.

Although not specified anywhere, I suspect this will only apply if you check your baggage through (or if you don't have any checked baggage).

It will definitely be worth contacting the airport directly to confirm.

Disclaimer: I don't have any experience with this.

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