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On 28th April 1979 the first Air Berlin flight took off from Berlin-Tegel to Palma de Mallorca. Germany's favourite holiday island is still the prime destination of Air Berlin's route network. The Majorca Shuttle operates daily flights from 12 German airports. The total number of weekly flights to Majorca has increased from 140 (summer 2001) to 300 (summer 2006).
But Air Berlin also regularly serves all the other major holiday destinations on the Mediterranean coast, as well as in the Canary Islands, Portugal and North Africa.
In the winter of 1998/1999, for instance, the Spanish mainland experienced a renaissance, which is why Alicante, Almeria, Malaga and Jerez de la Frontera have long been an integral part of our flight schedule. The same applies to all the Canary Islands, Greece and its many islands, the south of Italy, Turkey, Faro in Portugal, Madeira, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.
In October 2002 Air Berlin launched the City Shuttle. It connects German airports with major European cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bournemouth, Budapest, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London-Stansted, Madrid, Milan-Bergamo, Manchester, Paris, Rome, Vienna and Zurich.
Air Berlin is also constantly expanding its routes outside Germany, for example from London and Amsterdam to Majorca, or within Spain from Palma de Mallorca to 16 destinations on the mainland and on the Balearic Islands.
In January 2005 the previous product lines were combined to form the Euro Shuttle, thereby underlining the airline?s core European competence.
Updated Mar 24, 2006
Website: www.airberlin.com
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Hamburg Airport is a modern, customer-oriented service company. The opening of the new Terminal 1 in May 2005 was a further important milestone in the HAM 21 Extension Project. The completion of this spectacular project will mark the end of Hamburg Airports transition from metropolitan hub to one of Europes most convenient and appealing airports. New access roads, more parking spaces and the unique metropolitan location give air passengers from all over north Germany an unparalleled level of service and outstanding convenience. With more than 10 million passengers every year Hamburg Airport is Germanys fifth-largest airport.
Key economic engine for the region
Hamburg Airport is a key feature of the economy in the greater Hamburg region. The companies based at the Airport employ more than 13,000 people and generate 1.5 billion every year. These companies play a decisive role in driving the growth of the aviation industry in Hamburg and helping the city to remain one of the worlds top three aviation locations.
Gateway into the world
An attractive network of services makes Hamburg Airport the ideal starting point for any trip. Mallorca, London, Riga, New York and Dubai (Dubai from March 2006), scheduled flights, charter services and low cost airlines Hamburg Airport offers a wide array of services and destinations all around the world to meet the travel needs of all air passengers.
Complete commitment to environmental protection
Hamburg Airport takes environmental protection very seriously. The noise protection hangar, the only one of its kind in the world, is only one of many examples that show how Hamburg Airport solves the environmental responsibilities associated with being a metropolitan airport.
Passenger figures (historical)
1919 bis 2005
1919 - 233 passengers
1929 -17,973
1937 -57,194
1950 -127,952
1960 -935,213
1970 -3,138,467
1980 -4,558,939
1990 -6,861,255
2000 - 9,949,269
2005 -10,677,268 passengers!!!!
Updated Mar 24, 2006
Website: http://www.ham.airport.de
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Travellers flying to Hamburg with Ryanair should be aware that the aiprort they use (Hamburg Lubeck) is actually about 40 miles away from the centre of Hamburg.
There is a bus service which connects to the ZOB (bus station) in Hamburg. Travelling time is about fifty minutes and costs 8 euros single per person, so you need to factor this cost into your cheap flight.
Facilities at the airport are quite limited. We had the misfortune to have our evening flight delayed (due to one of the airport staff driving the de-icing machine into the wing of the plane on the runway!) and were shunted into a little side room to sleep on airport benches overnight. The rest of the airport was shut and there was not even a vending machine, nor any drinkable water.
Not a place to be stranded.
The security staff are also amongst the most "zealous" I have ever encountered.
Updated Jan 18, 2005
Website: http://www.ham.airport.de
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RyanAir flights are very cheap, but often the airports they land into are not so close to the towns... And it's the same situation for Hamburg; what they call "flight to Hamburg" is a flight to the tiny airport of Lübeck, really close to this town, but at about 1h 30m with a coach to Hamburg.
Anyway RyanAir service is excellent and there is a special bus from Lübeck Blankensee to Hamburg (and vice-versa) for every RyanAir flight. The bus costs 8 euro.
Updated Mar 3, 2004
Phone: +49-(0)451-58301-0
Website: http://www.flughafen-luebeck.de
Coming from Austria to Hamburg is a tedious journey if you travel by car, train or bus (I tried everything), so the evolution of cheap airlines in Europe lately comes as a true relief! I now can travel from Vienna within 1 hour and pay more or less the same as by train. And Hamburg became a weekend trip option too!!!
Written Feb 10, 2004
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Website: http://www.airberlin.de
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Many international carriers fly directly to Hamburg from the main European cities. If you’re flying from US or Canada probably you’d have to go via Frankfurt.
To get into the city take the Airport Express (approx. 5 Euro; every 15 minutes; to Altona, Hauptbahnhof). A taxi to Hamburg takes around 30min and costs approx. 15 euros.
Written Jan 22, 2004
Website: http://www.ham.airport.de
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Written Sep 12, 2002
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Hamburg has an airport in Fuhlsbüttel which is a quarter of Hamburg. Of course there is a railway station in the centre of the city.
Written Aug 26, 2002
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Write a ReviewHamburg has an airport in Fuhlsbüttel which is a quarter of Hamburg. Of course there is a railway station in the centre of the city.
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