[E.T.=EVENT TRAVELER ]
classical tourist, non transnational mobility; faces cultural schock while traveling

[P.T. =PACKAGE TOURIST]
avoids cultural shock while traveling, franchise facilities consumer.

[E.C.=ENFORCED COSMOPOLITAN]
asyl seeker, refugee, displaced person, exile

[T.L:=TRANSNATIONAL LIFESTYLE]
new emigrant, academic, artist, conscious business traveler. Transnational lifestyle subject faces space-time compression - subgroups in relation to frequency of travelling - different classes of priveleges ( frequent flyer programms eg. miles&more)

[C.T.=CONSTANT TRAVELER]
Constant traveler faces super extraterriteriality, `My office is where I am`.Also called `global player ` or `kinetic elite`.

[logistics of airport transition space]

Nowadays it seems that almost all travellers are frequent fliers, using air transport the way people in the past used cars and trains for business and leisure. Today’s complex lives are increasingly connected to plane trips and inter- or even transnational activities. Global markets and multidimensional corporations take advantage of marketing, labor and other cost savings measures by setting up offices all over the world. This practice necessitates the corporate representatives to travel constantly between various the locations of a corporate empire. Traditional concepts of migration are being replaced by much more complex and dynamic mobility patterns. New migrants often act as agents between their countries of origins and new domiciles. The same applies to displaced persons, refugees or emigrants who are often the unwanted part of the spatial segregation regime, within the airport space “in-between” nation states.

Air travel is becoming increasingly inconvenient. Flights are often delayed, overbooked or cancelled. Crowded planes, cramped seating, poor meals and cabin service as well as the sheer boredom resulting from being stranded at terminals for hours are common today. Airline companies must deal with the realities of a liberalized market. Growing competition and demand led to budget optimization of the so-called economy class: cheaper tickets and lowering standards of service or even the new, low-cost airport Frankfurt Hahn. Also, segregation within the frequent flyer segment: the division of lounges into Business, Senator, HON and First Class by Lufthansa exemplifies new strategies, priorities and standards in air travel. Moreover, “premium travellers,” who spend the most time in the air and generate 80% the airlines’ profit, are ensured the most comfortable and smooth travel possible. For “preferred customers” spatial conditions are not only optimized to the maximum (a luxuriously styled separate terminal), but security and border procedures are eased for them as well.