The Dortmund Airport Supervisory Board has approved the purchase of ten baggage drop machines. So far there are no such airports at this airport, which is primarily used by low-cost companies such as Ryanair, Wizz Air and Eurowings.

In a media release, Dortmund Airport writes that with the help of these machines, the handover of luggage can be made “more efficient, more cost-effective and therefore future-proof”. The devices are to be purchased and installed by the summer timetable 2022 at the latest.

The supervisory body also had to deal with the 2020 annual financial statements audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The airport posted a loss of 21,8 million euros. Due to the corona pandemic, only 2020 million passengers used Dortmund Airport for their trip in 1,22 (minus 55 percent). As a result, sales revenue fell dramatically in both the aviation and non-aviation sectors. Dortmund Airport has countered this with short-time working, postponing investments and process optimization, but the bottom line is that the annual result has deteriorated by 2019 million euros compared to 11,4.