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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Eurowings | Adana | A319 | 1x weekly | Jun. 1, 2019 | |
| Corendon | Izmir | B738 | 2x weekly | Jun. 1, 2019 | |
| Eurowings | Ankara | A319 | 1x weekly | Jun. 2, 2019 | |
| Sunexpress | Burgas | B738 | 1x weekly | Jun. 5, 2019 | |
| Wizz | Varna | A320 | 2x weekly | Jul. 16, 2019 | |
| Eurowings | Oslo | A320 | daily | Oct. 27, 2019 | |
| Ryanair | Gdansk | B737 | 3x weekly | Oct. 27, 2019 | |
| Level | Vienna | A320 | 9x weekly | Oct. 28, 2019 | 6 additional frequencies |
| Corendon Airlines | Hurghada | B737 | 2x weekly | Nov. 7, 2019 | |
| Wizz | Kutaisi | A320 | 2x weekly | Dec. 20, 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.
Motif of Elbphilharmonie now on New York's Times Square
17.01.2017
New concert hall sparks international attention and enthusiasm
Worldwide enthusiasm about the recent opening of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is palpable and press reactions in Paris, London, Tokyo, and New York’s Times Square are full of praise.
Hamburg on course to become one of Europe's most innovative cities
16.01.2017
Hanse city expanding as an internationally successful centre of research and development
Pioneering ideas have always changed the world. Yet even clever minds need an environment in which to develop and implement such concepts. Hamburg offers the best conditions for such endeavours. Innovations and the resulting jobs form the basis for economic growth and science in Hamburg so much so that the city is on course to become one of the most innovative locations in Europe. Frank Horch, Senator for Economics, Traffic and Innovation, noted: “The city will only remain forward-looking, if we can concentrate creativity and the exchange between commerce science here and advance it also.” To this end, many important foundation stones are being laid in 2017.
Conventions in 2017
16.01.2017
New fairs and old favourites make Hamburg a magnet for many sectors
Hamburg is set to host many conventions in 2017. Two premieres will be held this year: home² from January 27-29, 2017 – a fair for homeowners and those interested in building and renovating. From October 13-15, the Hamburg Motor Classics will be held for the first time in Hamburg’s fairgrounds and targets fans of vintage vehicles. The second round of regional order days will be held in July 2017.
Events
Events in and around Hamburg
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.
Schlagermove
13 July, 2019
This colourful festival of 70ies music has become a real cult and is expecting to see about half a million participants.
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Christopher Street Day
27 July - 3 August, 2019
Pride week with a three-day street festival in city center. The parade on the closing weekend, which was attended by 180,000 people last year, marks the highlight of this colourful event.
Wacken Open Air
1-3 August, 2019
Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open-air heavy metal music festival with approx. 90,000 annual visitors.The international festival has a unique rate of foreigners of over 30%, with up to 10% non-Europeans, from about 30-40 different countries all around the world. Many metal fans travel around half the globe just to stand on cow meadows before stages of Wacken in the middle of nowhere 80 km northwest of Hamburg.
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Euro Eyes Cyclassics
25 August, 2019
The best 18 cycling teams from around the world will take part in what is currently Germany's only pro race at the highest level in the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour.
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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