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The tour operator "Momento" by SZ-Reisen is expanding its commitment to Central German airports and will be offering new special flights from Leipzig/Halle starting in autumn 2025. These will complement the existing program from Dresden and offer holidaymakers additional destinations for the autumn and winter. The new destinations include Calabria in Italy and
Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, operator of Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports, has announced a comprehensive austerity plan to stabilize its economic situation. In addition to higher fees for passengers and new negotiations with suppliers, a reduction in staff is planned in particular. Around 2026 jobs are to be cut by 250 in order to achieve a
The German logistics group DHL and the American cargo airline Atlas Air will dissolve their joint venture Polar Air Cargo, founded in 2008, in 2025. The company announced this to Cargo Facts. Atlas Air will use the six aircraft, consisting of four Boeing 747-8F and two 777F, which were acquired as part of the joint venture.
The planned expansion of Leipzig/Halle Airport continues to cause legal disputes. This week, a deadline for formally justifying the lawsuits against the so-called planning approval decision, which had given the green light to the expansion of the airport, expired. The environmental association BUND and a number of other plaintiffs, including the city of Schkeuditz, several business owners and
With the start of the winter holidays in Saxony, a total of 77 passenger planes will take off from central German airports from Friday to Sunday - 45 from Leipzig/Halle Airport and 32 from Dresden Airport. The travel destinations include holiday resorts on the Mediterranean, in the Atlantic, on the Red Sea and in Scandinavia, as well as European and German metropolises.
DHL Group and Neste have agreed to a deeper partnership to drive the decarbonization of the logistics sector. The aim is to use renewable solutions such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel in the air and road transport chain. In particular, the companies want to explore how Neste can provide its renewable fuels to DHL Group in order to
Ten lawsuits have been filed against the planned expansion work at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The deadline for substantiating the lawsuits ends in mid-February 2025. It is expected that the proceedings will take some time. The plaintiffs, including environmental protection associations, businesses and private individuals, are opposed to the expansion of the airport,
Wizz Air is expanding its route network from Germany with two new connections from April 2025. From April 29, the airline will start flying twice a week from Leipzig to Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. At the same time, the connection from Hamburg to Kutaisi in Georgia will return to the flight schedule, with flights from April 15.
Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports recorded a total of 2024 passengers in 3.083.405, an increase of 1,7 percent compared to the previous year. While Leipzig/Halle Airport achieved growth of 4,7 percent to 2.200.981 passengers, the volume at Dresden Airport fell by 5,1 percent to 882.424 passengers.
Leipzig/Halle Airport has suffered another setback: From December 22, 2024, the airline Eurowings will discontinue its domestic German connection from Leipzig/Halle to Düsseldorf. According to a company spokesperson, the reason for this decision is the “deteriorating economic conditions” for flying in Germany. The discontinuation of this connection means
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