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A tragic plane crash occurred in Korschenbroich on the Lower Rhine on Saturday, May 31, 2025, killing two people. A single-engine Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza with the registration D-EHVM crashed into the grounds of a residential building around noon. Authorities confirmed that one of the two deceased was a 71-year-old pilot.
Weeze Airport has commissioned another photovoltaic system on its premises, strengthening its role as a producer of renewable energy. The new 4,4-megawatt plant is expected to generate up to 4,4 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. This amount of energy could theoretically cover the needs of approximately 1.000 households.
Weeze Airport on the Lower Rhine is further expanding its route network. Starting this summer, the Turkish airline Freebird Airlines will launch a new, twice-weekly non-stop service to the popular Turkish holiday destination of Antalya. Tickets for the route can be booked both as individual flights directly with the airline and through the programs of numerous airlines.
Weeze Airport on the Lower Rhine is anticipating a significant increase in passenger traffic for the 2025 Easter holidays. Between April 11 and 27, 2025, 125.000 passengers are expected, representing an increase of 40 percent compared to the previous year's Easter holiday period. The reason for this significant increase is that the Easter holidays
Ryanair plans to expand its presence at Weeze Airport in the 2025 summer flight schedule. The Irish airline will station a seventh aircraft in the Lower Rhine region and add four new destinations to its route network. From the end of March 2025, the following destinations will be served from Weeze: This expansion represents a capacity increase of approximately 150.000 additional passengers.
Even five years after the start of the pandemic, passenger numbers at airports in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have not yet reached the level of 2019. In 2024, around 18,6 million passengers departed from the state's six main airports, which represents an increase of one million compared to 2023, but still 3,1
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is significantly expanding its route network from Sarajevo in the summer of 2025. In addition to the existing connections, four new routes will be added, as the portal Ex-Yu Aviation reports. From the summer flight schedule, Ryanair will fly to Baden-Baden, Beauvais (near Paris), Girona (Spain) and Weeze (Germany). These new destinations, each
The Niederrhein Airport in Weeze recorded significant growth in 2024 with a passenger volume of almost two million travelers. This corresponds to an increase of 24 percent compared to the previous year and even 60 percent more than in the last pre-Corona year of 2019. The average load factor of the aircraft reached almost 90
Between December 20, 2024 and January 6, 2025, Weeze Airport expects around 71.500 travelers to head to their holiday destinations with over 200 departures. The most popular destinations are Girona, Málaga and Edinburgh. Compared to the previous year, there is a shift in destinations, especially with regard to warm southern European destinations and
The Supervisory Board of Niederrhein Airport in Weeze has prematurely extended the contract with Managing Director Sebastian Papst by five years until 2030. Papst, who has been in charge of the airport since October 2020, was able to increase business and passenger numbers to a level above pre-pandemic levels. Supervisory Board Chairman Herman Buurman emphasized the commitment
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