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Albawings connecting Hamburg with Tirana from summer 2020
10.01.2020
A new airline, Albawings, is coming to Hamburg Airport with the 2020 summer timetable. From 30 March 2020, the Albanian airline will fly to Tirana three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Albanian capital is a new destination for Hamburg Airport, never served directly from the city before. The route will be operated with Boeing B737-400 aircraft.
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Hamburg Airport: stable traffic figures in a difficult market environment
03.01.2020
For 2019, Hamburg Airport recorded stable passenger figures at a constant high level. The year was characterised by a difficult market environment. Increasing cost pressure and a weakening economy led to the insolvency of established airlines and tour operators. At the same time, Hamburg’s route network remains diverse and passengers want to travel as much as ever. For 2020, the airport expects the consolidation of traffic numbers to continue.
Alitalia to fly from Hamburg Airport to Milan
06.12.2019
For the start of the 2020 summer timetable, Alitalia is opening a scheduled route from Hamburg Airport: From 29 March 2020, the Italian airline will connect Hamburg with Milan Linate airport on a daily flight. With its inner-city location, the Alitalia hub of Milan Linate is ideal for business travellers, who benefit from the short journey to the centre of Milan.
Your Aviation Marketing team regularly compiles current developments in the Hamburg Airport route network.
| Airline | Destination | Aircraft | Frequency | From/Since | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurowings | Budapest | A319 | up to twice daily | May 1, 2020 | 4 additional frequencies |
| Eurowings | Gothenburg | A319/320 | 6x weekly | May 1, 2020 | |
| Eurowings | Prague | A320/B737 | 2x weekly | May 1, 2020 | |
| Alitalia | Milan/Linate | A320 | daily | summer 2020 | new airline! |
| Pegasus | Istanbul/SAW | B738 | 12x weekly | summer 2020 | up to 5 additional frequencies |
| Finnair | Helsinki | E190 | 3x daily | summer 2020 | additional daily frequency |
| Air France | Paris | A319 | 5x daily | summer 2020 | 3 additional frequencies |
| Albawings | Tirana | B737 | 3x weekly | summer 2020 | new destination! |
| Norwegian | Alicante | B737 | 2x weekly | May 1, 2020 | |
| Norwegian | Copenhagen | B737 | 2x weekly | May 1, 2020 | |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels | A319 | 4x daily | May 1, 2020 | 5 additional frequencies |
| Ryanair | Zadar | B737 | 2x weekly | May 1, 2020 | |
| TUIfly | Funchal | B738 | 1x weekly | May 2, 2020 | |
| Eurowings | Larnaca | A320 | 1x weekly | May 16, 2020 | new destination! |
| Condor | Preveza | A320 | 1x weekly | May 29, 2019 | new destination! |
| Sunexpress | Adana | B737 | 1x weekly | Jun. 1, 2020 | |
| Eurowings | Valencia | A319/320 | 3x weekly | Jun. 2, 2020 | |
| Eurowings | Málaga | A320/B737 | 4x weekly | Jun. 4, 2020 | |
| Wings of Lebanon | Beirut | B737 | 1x weekly | Jun. 22, 2020 | new airline! |
| Sunexpress | Antalya | B737 | 19x weekly | Jun. 26, 2020 | 5 additional frequencies |
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.
OAG Punctuality League 2020
07.01.2020
The league is based on 57.5 million flight records using full-year data from 2019 to create a ranking of the best on-time performance (OTP) for the world’s largest airlines and airports.
CAPA's Global Airline Outlook for the 2020s
03.01.2020
If the first two decades of the 21st century were transformational for the aviation industry, the 2020s will be reolutionary...
ATN 2019 review
01.01.2020
Air Transport News look at all the important developments that happened in aviation during 2019 - quite a lot that otherwise gets fogotten too quickly. Enjoy browsing!
New York Times counts Hamburg among "52 Places to Go"
08.01.2017
Speicherstadt and Elbphilharmonie convinced editors - Hamburg is a "haven for architecture and design"
The New York Times has ranked Hamburg tenth among “52 Places to Go” in 2017, according to a report last Wednesday (January 4) in which the Hanse city is described as “a haven for architecture and design”. The imminent opening of the city’s latest landmark, the Elbphilharmonie, has led to Hamburg’s inclusion and as the only German city in the ranking. Detroit, Michigan came ninth and is lauded as a “comeback city”. Hamburg is followed by Morocco’s Marrakesh, which has been hailed as a “spiritual resting place”. Canada topped the ranking as a “world to explore”.
Cruise ship year 2017 underway
06.01.2017
Harbour festivals, new arrivals and a launching ceremony - 2017 set to be record year with 800,000 expected passengers
Cunard Line’s “Queen Elizabeth” will ring in the 2017 cruise ship season in Hamburg when it arrives in Altona at 7 am on January 5. This year, Hamburg is heading for record numbers with around 800,000 expected passengers. The many highlights include the port anniversary celebrations and the Hamburg Cruise Days as well as the launch of huge liners like Norwegian Jade, Mein Schiff 6, and Independence of the Seas, MSC Preziosa and Silver Wind. Another highlight is the launch of “Mein Schiff 6” on June 1, 2017.
Culture, tourism and sport get EUR 13.3 million in funds
03.01.2017
Culture and tourism tax revenue to go towards attractivity measures - "classic win-win situation", says Horch The senate has agreed to put additional revenue from the culture and tourism tax towards promoting and securing projects in culture, tourism, sport and media, the Economic Authority announced on December 29, 2016. A total of EUR 13.3 million has been made available for such measures in 2017. The Hamburg culture and tourism tax has been in place since January 1, 2013.
Events
Events in and around Hamburg
Hamburg Port Festival - cancelled
8-10 May, 2020
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 - cancelled
29 May, 2020
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 - to be postponed
5-6 June, 2020
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.
ITU World Triathlon - to be postponed
11-12 July, 2020
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.
Christopher Street Day - cancelled
1 August, 2020
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.
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.
Routes Europe - to be postponed
27-29 April, 2020, Bergen (Norway)
If you would like to meet with us, please feel free to arrange a meeting via Routes Scheduling.
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HAM connects - The Platform for Airlines and Tour Operators - cancelled
28 May 2020, 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 - cancelled
16-18 June, 2020, Montreal (Canada)
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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