Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport had to record a decline of 74,8 percent due to the corona pandemic. The largest airport in the German state of Baden-Württemberg only counted 3,2 million passengers last year.
The number of flight movements fell by 58,7 percent to 58.803 take-offs or landings. The airport used the time of the first lockdown for an early rehabilitation of the only runway. The temporary closure was de facto negligible. The range of flights from Stuttgart is currently heavily reduced due to the low demand, which is also due to the extremely tough entry and quarantine regulations. The former airline Laudamotion made its there in autumn 2020 Base dense and announced the local staff. In this context, the Vienna-Stuttgart route has also been discontinued - contrary to previous assurances by the Lauda management.