Transfer Frankfurt Airport

Seems a little odd to me. When your plane lands in Berlin, how do they distinguish between German nationals who are just flying Frankfurt to Berlin, who don't need to go through EES, from passengers who are connecting from outside Schengen?

I don't think the airline gave you correct information and would expect that you will have to complete Schengen entry formalities (including EES) in Frankfurt.

I also think you'll complete the ESS in Frankfurt. I don't remember a waiting area in Terminal 1 that's specific for continuing flights. I'll watch this thread, as I'm making the same flight on the 15th of May.

This explains the procedure at FRA.
https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/travel-planning/check-in-luggage-controls/border-control.html

We flew into Frankfort from Newark in February and completed the EES there before connecting to our Aegean Airlines flight to Athens. We had been worried about a short layover and changed to a later flight to Greece. It wasn't necessary to do that as the registration process was very fast. We arrived early in the morning but there were still many lines available for non-EU citizens.

This does seem a little strange to me, but I can see where it might be true.

Transit areas are generally used for passenger not going to a Schengen country, but going on to a non-Schengen country, so they don't have to go through Schengen immigration at Frankfurt because they don't enter Schengen. Terminal 1 is not, in itself, a transit area, but Concourse C, in Terminal 1, as well as Concourse Z and parts of Concourse B, are. In fact, the doors of the Schengen cars of the Skyline do not even open at Concourse C. So, passngers arriving at Concourse C might be treated like passebgers arriving at Concourse Z.

And Concourse C is, as I understand, used for charter airlines (like Condor), so they might be treated differently from other airlines.

If you were continuing on to Berlin on another airline, you would probably have go through Schengen immigration to get out of Concourse C, then go to an in-Schengen gate to fly to Berlin.

We flew into Frankfort from Newark

I wouldn't expect a flight from Frankfort (the capital of Kentucky) to Newark to involve ESS.

Lee, there is a new Skyline Train and it is not anywhere near where the other one was located. Someone who transits through here now, may be able to help with anyone who need to stay air-side, plus those who need to go to Terminal 2 or the new Terminal 3 as part of their transit process. I do not know where the stops are located.

Please don't be so rude about spelling. To be honest, Frankfurt has been spelled in multiple ways over the centuries. Let it be.

Concourse C has both Schengen and non Schengen areas. And a flight form FRA to BER will be a intra-Schengen flight. This is a domestic flight, and passengers are not expected to clear immigration twice for such a trip.

If you get held up in EES Condor will have to find another flight for you (and that might even end up being a train...)

To be honest, Frankfurt has been spelled in multiple ways over the
centuries. Let it be

Frankfurt has never been spelled "Frankfort" by the people living there...

Wengen, I never said it did. I only said Frankfurt has been spelled in various ways over the centuries.

As for the new Skyline train, it will go from the new Terminal 3 to a new station in front of T1, allowing passengers from T3 to get to the train stations. On the way, it will stop in an expanded station at T2 (D/E concourses) where it l will be adjacent to the original Skyline (T1 to T2), and passengers can transfer between the two lines. Passengers arriving at T2 will also be able to go via the new Skyline directly to the new station by the train stations instead of taking a bus or going through T1.

Except for the C concourse on the original line, all stations have separated platforms for landside and airside passengers, so passengers transiting through FRA, going between non-Schengen countries, don't have to go through immigration. At Concourse C, only passengers in transit (in airside cars) have access to the station. This leads me to believe that there are no Schengen (landside) gates in Concourse C.

Lee, I just rode this new Skyline train last Thur. It is a whole new train, new track, new stops in Terminal 1 and 2, before it goes to Terminal 3. The old Skyline train is not running, nor are the shuttle buses.

I'm in more or less this same boat this Friday, I'll try and let you know how it goes unless someone else give a definitive answer first. I'm going jfk->fra->vie with a 2hr layover in Terminal one on Condor. My assumption is EES will be in FRA and my hope is that it will be no problem since it is early and we have biometric passports.

I just did this in Frankfurt - EES took about 5 minutes. Lots of machines and people there to help. It was pretty obvious, just follow the signs for connections. Do the EES thing. Then continue through immigration after a short walk. Then continue on through connections security. Security was a little slow but not crowded. All this took about 15 minutes at 6am with no crowds at all. (Just as a data point).