The two, identified as Hans Arthur Vogel and Bernd Struck, were charged with corruption at the Sandiganbayan, a special graft court, which last week ordered their arrest.
The charges are bailable, but if proven, the accused could be jailed for up to six years, court officials said.
The pair allegedly represented Fraport in the consortium Philippine International Air Terminal Corp (PIATCO) that built the 650 mln usd Manila airport Terminal Three.
President Gloria Arroyo earlier won a court order to take over the facility from the consortium, in which Fraport had a 30 pct stake. The other consortium members are Singapore and Philippine firms.
The terminal has been mothballed since 2003, when Arroyo revoked the consortium's "build-operate-transfer" contract with the government on the grounds that certain terms were illegally renegotiated by the administration of her deposed predecessor, Joseph Estrada, in 1998.
The president plans to open the terminal later this year, but Fraport is seeking compensation of 465 mln usd. The case is under separate international arbitration proceedings in Washington and Singapore.
Vogel and Struck, along with a Filipino PIATCO consultant, allegedly conspired with officials from the transportation department to unduly award the contract to the consortium, prosecutors said.
They remain at large, and the government is seeking help from Interpol to track them down, said chief special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio.
"We will try to coordinate with the DOJ (justice department) to request the extradition of the two," Villa Ignacio said.
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