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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Eurowings | Budapest | A319 | up to twice daily | Mar. 26, 2020 | 4 additional frequencies |
| Wizz | Kutaisi | A320 | 2x weekly | Jul. 3, 2020 |
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.
Hamburg among northern Germany's leading most innovative cities
07.11.2018
Hamburg is among the winners of the European Capital of Innovation Award (I-Capital Award) presented Tuesday (November 6, 2018) during the International Web Summit in Lisbon. Athens came first and won EUR 1 million in prize money while the remaining finalists – Aarhus, Leuven, Toulouse, Umea and Hamburg received EUR 100,000 each.
Companies in Hamburg satisfied with business at present
23.10.2018
Around 87.5 per cent of companies in Hamburg rate their current business situation as “good” (38.4 per cent) or “seasonal” (49.1 per cent) and only 12.5 per cent as “bad”, according to the latest economic barometer by the Chamber of Commerce. Although uncertainties in foreign trade are increasing, export prospects have improved slightly over the previous quarter.
Hamburg among world's most promising digital cities
15.10.2018
Hamburg counts among the world’s ten most successful cities in terms of promoting companies in the digital economy, according to the Digital Economy of the Future Rankings by the Financial Times publication fDi Magazine, which specialises in foreign direct investments. Hamburg ranked ninth in the “settlement strategy” category. Hamburg was the only German city to reach the top ten.
Events
Events in and around 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.
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Seatrade Europe
11-13 September 2019
The Seatrade Europe Cruise & River Cruise Convention brings together senior buyers and planners from Europe's ocean and river cruise lines with suppliers from all sectors of these industries.
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Hamburg Cruise Days
13-15 September 2019
Look forward to a superlative cruise ship event: the Hamburg Cruise Days offer impressive ships at close quarters and live cruise feeling - a stunning three days simply packed with maritime atmosphere, delicious food and drink, and great entertainment.
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Reeperbahn Festival
18-21 September, 2019
Europe's unique club festival presents more than 600 wide-ranging events in over 70 venues, many of them around "Germanys most creative neighbourhood" Hamburg St Pauli.
Hamburg Christmas markets
End of November - 30 December, 2019
Discover history, tradition and a Hanseatic heritage at one of Hamburg's many wonderful Christmas markets. The prettiest is set just outside Hamburg's most impressive town hall. Hosted by Roncalli's Circus, you can discover lots of lovingly decorated stalls and the punch is even served by clowns and circus artists. But there are a variety of other 'styles' of market dotted around the city.
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.
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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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IATA Schedules Conference
12-15 November, 2019, Brisbane (Australia)
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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Hamburg Op'n Swutsch
tba, Hamburg (Germany)
The Aviation Marketing Team invites you to network with Hamburg Airport and other industry colleagues. After a nice evening meal we will go "Op'n Swutsch" - go out on the town and enjoy Hamburg's nightlife.