Press Archive

All press releases from 2022-2023:

  • Hamburg Airport joins international “Hydrogen Hub at Airports” network

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    01.12.2023 - Airbus and Hamburg Airport agree on cooperation for energy transition in aviation // Establishing reliable infrastructure for hydrogen-powered flight

  • DLR and Hamburg Airport present joint hydrogen roadmap

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    22.11.2023 - H2 potential for medium-sized airports

  • +++ Update 5.30 p.m. +++ Hamburg Airport: Flight operations have resumed

    05.11.2023 - Flight operations at Hamburg Airport have resumed.

  • Hamburg Airport management to be reformed from 2024

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    11.08.2023 - The largest airport in northern Germany will be led by Christian Kunsch and Berit Schmitz on the Executive Board in future

  • Swarovski opens pop-up store at Hamburg Airport

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    24.07.2023 - Swarovski jewellery complements range of top international brands at airport

  • Hamburg Airport: Return to normal operations

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    13.07.23 - Further flight cancellations and delays may occur throughout the day – passengers should check their flight status and contact their airline if necessary

  • Hamburg Airport on the way to becoming a hydrogen hub: EU funds the “Baltic Sea Region Project”

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    12.07.2023 - Airports and partners join forces on Hamburg Airport's initiative to advance sustainable flying

  • Hamburg and Rotterdam announce hydrogen flight corridor collaboration, setting sights on 2026 first flight

    21.06.2023 - MoU establishes cooperation to explore hydrogen flight route between Hamburg Airport (HAM) and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA) / Agreement envisages possible first flight of hydrogen aircraft in 2026

  • Widerøe celebrates comeback at Hamburg Airport

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    07.06.2023 - Back in the route network: four weekly flights to Bergen in Norway

  • Hamburg Airport launches international tendering process for four food & beverage locations

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    22.05.2023 - Modern concepts for food & beverage diversity at the airport / four locations in two tendering packets

  • Joint representation of Budapest and Hamburg Airports at “Air Cargo Europe”

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    10.05.2023 - Airports present their modern air cargo infrastructure

  • Hamburg Airport initiates "Baltic Sea Region Project"

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    08.05.2023 - Network aims to connect Baltic Sea regions via hydrogen aviation

  • Free new service in time for the start of the holidays! Slot & Fly – making planning for your departure even easier

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    05.04.2023 - Starting now, passengers can reserve a timeslot for access to the security checkpoint/ Easter holidays: around 270,000 passengers departing and arriving per week anticipated

  • Hamburg Airport presents the 2023 summer timetable

    22.03.2023 - Hamburg Airport presents the 2023 summer timetable

  • Presentation of 2022 Balance Sheet and Investment Programme for Climate Protection

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    29.03.2023 - Airport significantly reduces losses and invests up to 250 million euros in “Net Zero 2035” // Strong increase in demand improves airport balance sheet despite coronavirus // Hamburg Airport puts on some pace: Airport city to be 100 percent converted to renewable energy by 2035 // Own wind park to deliver green electricity

  • Innovation at Hamburg Airport: Live test of 30 “intelligent” cabin baggage trolleys

    Pressemitteilung

    17.03.2023 - Mehr Service: Interaktive Displays mit Lageplan vereinfachen die Orientierung / Fluginformationen und Angebote per Klick abrufbar

  • Recovery of aviation has begun: 11.1 million passengers used Hamburg Airport

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    03.01.2023 - More than double the number of passengers from the previous year, around 36 percent less than in the pre-coronavirus year 2019 / Continued demand growth anticipated in northern Germany despite difficult situation

  • 18,500 kilometers apart – united by common climate goals

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    28.11.2022 - CO2 emissions to be reduced to zero / Partner airports work on infrastructure for the use of green hydrogen in aviation

  • A new lease of life in the service of science – An Airbus A320 is transformed into a field lab for hydrogen technology in Hamburg

    Press Release

    28.10.2022 - The Hydrogen Aviation Lab of Lufthansa Technik, DLR, ZAL and Hamburg Airport is taking shape / Hamburg's Senator for Economic Affairs Westhagemann: “We’ve enabled a unique project” / Aircraft hull in new design, installation of hydrogen components scheduled for the coming months

  • Hamburg Airport and Christchurch International Airport enter into joint climate partnership

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    18.10.2022 - CO2 emissions to be reduced to zero / Partner airports work on infrastructure for the use of green hydrogen in aviation

  • 50 years ago, the first Turkish Airlines flight took off from Hamburg

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    20.09.2022 - Growth of a successful partnership: from one Istanbul flight to the largest provider of flights to Turkey from Hamburg Airport

  • Contactless travel with facial recognition: STAR ALLIANCE BIOMETRICS now also at Hamburg Airport

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    28. April 2022 - Improved travel comfort for Lufthansa Group passengers with seamless passage through security check and boarding gate

  • Hamburg Airport takes stock: Coronavirus makes 2021 a difficult financial year, resulting in second consecutive negative result

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    28.03.2022 - Second coronavirus year hits Hamburg Airport hard once again / Strict cost discipline pays off / Strong increase in traffic figures expected for easter and summer: passengers need to plan for extra time

  • Hamburg Airport the first CO2-neutral airport in Germany

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    23.03.2022 - Northern Germany’s largest airport takes the lead in the reduction of CO2 emissions // Official ceremony with Hamburg’s Finance Minister, Senator Dr Andreas Dressel, and Commerce Minister, Senator Michael Westhagemann

  • Summer timetable: Turkey and Greece are all the rage

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    05.01.2022 - Aviation only recovering gradually / Glimmer of hope: more cargo airlines at Hamburg Airport / Sights firmly set on climate protection targets despite crisis

  • Hamburg Airport: an eventful history stretching back more than a century

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    10.01.2022 - Turning 111 years old today, Hamburg Airport looks back on special milestones

  • Second consecutive corona year: Around 5.32 million passengers used Hamburg Airport

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    05.01.2022 - Aviation only recovering gradually / Glimmer of hope: more cargo airlines at Hamburg Airport / Sights firmly set on climate protection targets despite crisis