Hamburg Airport

Hamburg Airport

Being a major city of Germany Hamburg receives a huge crowd of visitors. The airport here is therefore a vital gateway to the city as it welcomes innumerable visitors from across the globe. Hamburg’s airport is well equipped to guarantee its passengers a smooth and enjoyable flight.

The airport in Hamburg had been opened in 1911, and has since then has been functioning as a major international airport, connecting the city to the other corners of the country and beyond. Attempts had been made to abandon the present airport and shift it to northwards near Kaltenkirchen. The idea was however never implemented the airport still stands as a vital part of the city. Instead of shifting, the old structure has been considerably modernized, equipping it with cutting edge technologies and excellent service.

The airport in Hamburg sprawls across a huge distance which has increased from an initial area of 440,000 square meters to the present 5.7 square kilometers. The airport today ranks fifth in size among the country’s airports. A host of national and international flights travel here carrying passengers from distant corners. About 62 airlines operate here in total, linking the city to 120 airports across the globe. The major airlines hosted by Hamburg are:

Aer Lingus (Dublin)
Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
airBaltic (Riga, Vilnius)
Air Berlin (Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas, Mahon, Malaga, Manchester, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Rome-Fiumicino, Tenerife-South, Vienna, Zürich)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air Malta (Malta)
Air Transat (Toronto-Pearson)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
Austrian Arrows (Vienna)
Blue1 (Helsinki)
British Airways (London-Heathrow)
BA Connect (Birmingham, Edinburgh)
Condor Airlines (Antalya, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
Continental Airlines (Newark)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
dba (Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Munich, Stuttgart)
easyJet Switzerland (Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva)
Emirates (Dubai, New York-JFK)
Estonian Air (Talinn [starts April 2007])
Finnair (Helsinki)
Germanwings (Corfu, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, London-Gatwick, Moscow-Vnukovo, Munich, Pristina, Split, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Zagreb)
Iran Air (Tehran-Mehrabad)
Jat Airways (Belgrade)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
Lufthansa (Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Innsbruck, London-Heathrow, Moscow-Sheretmetyevo, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Vienna)

As the airport is located a few kilometers from the city, the city’s transport system operates a regular network of buses and taxis to take the passengers to and from the airport to the main city. The S-Bahn, o the city’s rapid transport links the airport with a network of speedy trains.

The airport possesses a large shopping and dining area to provide every amenity to the passengers. A number of bars and restaurants like the Alfredo Bar, Blue Sky or Pier 1 Bar cater a fine range of delicacies to refresh the passengers after a lengthy flight.

Medical facilities can also be availed here as the airport ensures a safe and healthy journey to its passengers. The German Red Cross operates a medical unit to provide first aid and furnish the passengers with tips to enjoy a safe trip.

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