Press Archive - Hamburg Airport

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Hamburg Airport management to be reformed from 2024

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

Oliver Sorg

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Swarovski opens pop-up store at Hamburg Airport

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

Oliver Sorg

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Hamburg Airport: Return to normal operations

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

Oliver Sorg

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Widerøe celebrates comeback at Hamburg Airport

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

Oliver Sorg

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

10.05.2023 - Airports present their modern air cargo infrastructure

Hamburg Airport

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Hamburg Airport initiates "Baltic Sea Region Project"

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

Flugzeuge auf dem Vorfeld Flughafen Hamburg

Oliver Sorg

Hamburg Airport presents the 2023 summer timetable

22.03.2023 - Hamburg Airport presents the 2023 summer timetable

Oliver Sorg

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Presentation of 2022 Balance Sheet and Investment Programme for Climate Protection

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

Oliver Sorg

Pressemitteilung

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

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

Ambassador Craig Hawke at Hamburg Airport

Oliver Sorg

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18,500 kilometers apart – united by common climate goals

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

Frank Taubenheim

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

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

Working Meeting Climate Partnership Nick Flack and Jan Eike Hardegen Hamburg Airport

Oliver Sorg

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Hamburg Airport and Christchurch International Airport enter into joint climate partnership

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

Michael Penner

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

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

2022_Flughafen Hamburg_Michael Eggenschwiler

Oliver Sorg

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

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

eggenschwiler_dressel_westhagemann_solartreppe co2-neutralität

Oliver Sorg

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Hamburg Airport the first CO2-neutral airport in Germany

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

Panoramablick auf den Strand in Geroskipou, Paphos

Panther Media / Kirill

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Summer timetable: Turkey and Greece are all the rage

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

Oliver Sorg

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

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

Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt Schriftzug am Terminal

Michael Penner

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

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