With our news portal, we keep you and your team up to date. Here you will find current route information, news reports about Hamburg Airport, and information on market-specific developments – all regularly compiled for you by the Aviation Marketing Team. You can also register for our newsletter – HAM aviation news.
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News about Hamburg and the airport
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Hamburg Airport investing in personnel, digitalisation and infrastructure
04.04.2019
Hamburg Airport today presented its balance sheet for the 2018 financial year. The challenges of the summer and the slight decrease in passenger figures shaped the past year. In 2018, the airport was focused on passengers: with optimised infrastructure, modernised security checkpoints and new self-bag-drop kiosks, Hamburg Airport invested in even more efficiency and comfort. At the same time, there are even more personnel available on-site to assist passengers.
Ryanair celebrates inaugural flights from Hamburg to Zadar and Kraków
02.04.2019
For the start of the 2019 summer timetable, Ryanair is adding two new destinations that, until now, have not been served with direct flights from Hamburg Airport. Yesterday, the airline celebrated its inaugural flight to Zadar on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. The airline now flies there twice a week, every Monday and Friday. Today, the inaugural Ryanair flight to Kraków followed. There will be three flights each week on this route, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
New airline in Hamburg: LEVEL celebrates inaugural flight to Vienna
02.04.2019
A new airline celebrated its inaugural flight from Hamburg Airport yesterday evening: LEVEL (Anisec). The low-cost brand of International Airlines Group (IAG) is now flying to Vienna six times per week — every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. This schedule makes the service equally attractive for both business and private passengers. The route is being operated with 180-seat A320 aircraft.
Your Aviation Marketing team regularly compiles current developments in the Hamburg Airport route network.
| Airline | Destination | Aircraft | Frequency | From/Since | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Air | Friedrichshafen | Do328 | twice daily | Jan. 14, 2019 | ||
| Germania | Pristina | A319 | 2x weekly | Mar. 31, 2019 | ||
| Air France | Paris | A318/319 | 5x daily | Mar. 31, 2019 | 1 additional daily frequency | |
| Level | Vienna | A321 | 6x weekly | Mar 31, 2019 | new airline! | |
| Austrian Airlines | Vienna | A320 | up to 6x daily | Apr. 1, 2019 | up to 2 additional daily frequencies | |
| Ryanair | Zadar | B738 | 2x weekly | Apr. 1, 2019 | ||
| Ryanair | Krakow | B738 | 3x weekly | Apr. 2, 2019 | ||
| Corendon | Heraklion | B737 | 2x weekly | Apr. 27, 2019 | ||
| Eurowings | Jerez de la Frontera | B738 | 1x weekly | Apr. 28, 2019 | ||
| Condor | Olbia | A320 | 2x weekly | May 1, 2019 | ||
| Condor | Kalamata | A320 | 1x weekly | May 3, 2019 | new destination! | |
| Condor | Olbia | A320 | 2x weekly | May 4, 2019 | ||
| TUIfly | Kos | B738 | 2x weekly | May 13, 2019 | 1 additional frequency | |
| Eurowings | Bodrum | A319 | 1x weekly | May 31, 2019 | ||
| Corendon | Izmir | B737 | 2x weekly | Jun. 1, 2019 | ||
| Eurowings | Ankara | A319 | 1x weekly | Jun. 2, 2019 | ||
| Sunexpress | Burgas | B737 | 1x weekly | Jun. 5, 2019 | ||
| Germania | Elazig | A319 | 1x weekly | Jun. 19, 2019 | ||
| Wizz | Varna | A320 | 2x weekly | Jul. 2, 2019 | ||
| Eurowings | Antalya | A319 | 1x weekly | Jul. 3, 2019 |
As we monitor and observe the market, we often come across studies and presentations on current developments and trends in the industry. We would love to share these with you and hope you will also find them useful for your work.
Air Transport Data 2018
29.04.2019
ENAC and DSNA Services just introduced a brand new publication, showing the latest statistics from the civil aviation industry. It contains facts and figures about world airport traffic, airline fleets and much more data extracted from their large database.
Route launches 2018
23.01.2019
According to anna.aero’s New Routes Database, airlines launched 3,765 new scheduled services around the globe during the calendar year 2018, representing a 6.8% increase on the previous year. Read anna.aero's detailed analysis and split by carriers, airports and markets.
Aviation outlook: nine industry predictions for 2019
04.01.2019
What will the year ahead have in store for the commercial aviation industry? From further consolidation in Europe to a shake-up of global airline alliances, Nigel Mayes from leading consultancy ASM casts his eye on what might shape the aviation world in 2019.
Model Hamburg to host ITS World Congress in 2021
01.11.2017
Huge boost in innovation expected from congress
Hamburg won Tuesday its bid to host the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in 2021 after a delegation headed by Frank Horch, Senator for Economics, Transport and Innovation, travelled to Montreal. The ITS Congress is the biggest of its kind and brings around 10,000 stakeholders from research, politics and commerce together.
Google to host analytics conference in Hamburg
18.10.2017
Experts to meet at analytics summit - tips and best practices from leaders in sector
Trakken Web Services GmbH, a certified partner of Google Analytics, is to host Germany’s only “Analytics Summit” with over 500 delegates on November 9, 2017 in Hamburg’s Curio-Haus. The summit will raise awareness of internet visibility and how to be found by search engines.
Operator of new CCH found
11.10.2017
CCH Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG sealed a contract with Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH Wednesday (October 11, 2017) to operate the revitalized CCH. The agreement ends a pan European tendering process begun in April 2017. Hamburg will soon boast a top, international convention centre with 12,000 square metres of foyer space and 12,000 seats in up to 50 halls putting the CCH among Europe’s largest convention centres.
Events
Events in and around Hamburg
Hamburg Port Festival
10-12 May, 2019
The Port of Hamburg is honoured each year with a big birthday party - the world's largest port festival. It has a long tradition in Hamburg and is very popular with locals and visitors alike.
Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival
25 May, 2019
The Japanese cherry blossom festival with firework display is being held on the Outer Alster since 1968. This gift from the Japanese community to the City of Hamburg brings hundreds of thousands of people to the Alster every year.
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Elbjazz Festival
31 May - 1 June, 2019
With over 60 concerts at unique venues - in the cargo hold of an old freight ship, at a small theatre in Hamburg's famous Speicherstadt, or at the huge Blohm + Voss shipyards - Hamburg keeps on discovering new territories for Jazz.
Hamburg presents: The Rotary International Convention
1-5 June, 2019
The Rotary International Convention is one of the most renowned and international congresses worldwide and will take place in Hamburg from 1 to 5 June, 2019. About 25,000 participants from approximately 150 countries are expected to come to the city. Nowhere else can you experience the international spirit of Rotary, the energy of their members and the enthusiasm for their ideas up close like that.
ITU World Triathlon
6-7 July, 2019
The Hamburg Triathlon has been a mainstay of the triathlon calendar for pros and amateurs alike since 2002, when it was accepted into the Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, thus joining an exclusive circle of eight iconic venues around the globe.
Meet us at these events
We organise interesting events for you to get to know our services better all year round. These are labeled HAMevents in the list below, which also includes aviation industry events we are attending.
HAM connects - The Platform for Airlines and Tour Operators
23 May, 2019, Hamburg (Germany)
Once a year, Hamburg Airport hosts and organises an in-house conference for airlines and tour operators.
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IATA Schedules Conference
18-20 June, 2019, Cape Town (South Africa)
The purpose of this voluntary assembly of both IATA and non-IATA airlines worldwide is to provide a forum for the allocation of slots. Hamburg Airport traditionally has a booth in the exhibition area of this conference. We would be delighted to meet you there. Please use the IATA scheduling tool to arrange a meeting.
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World Routes
21-24 September, 2019, Adelaide (Australia)
The World Route Development Forum is the largest global event of its kind, determining the future of air services. If you would like to meet us there, please feel free to arrange a meeting via Routes Scheduling.
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