Hamburg Airport serves western Europe’s largest city that isn’t the capital of a country. Last year it welcomed 14.77m passengers, still 15% fewer than in 2019, and was Germany’s fifth busiest airport. Back in 2010 Lufthansa and airberlin shared almost 65% of seat capacity. The latter collapsed in 2017 and Lufthansa now accounts for just […]
March 17, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Monday 12 January 2026 was a noteworthy day for German aviation with the launch of a new virtual airline, AIR UNIQON. The carrier, which uses a 78-seat Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 operated by Avanti Air will connect Friedrichshafen in south-west Germany with Berlin (4-weekly), Düsseldorf (4-weekly) and Hamburg (3-weekly). Berlin connection resumes after almost 10 years […]
January 15, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Hamburg has been part of easyJet’s network since August 2005, when it flew from Basel. A base opened in 2013 – it became number 23 across Europe – but it closed five years later. Twenty years to the month after its first Hamburg flight, easyJet has just celebrated carrying its 11th million passenger. According to […]
September 8, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air introduced flights between Sibiu, in central Romania, and Hamburg on Friday 1 August. The 1,335-kilometre service will operate 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the A320 aircraft. The LCC is the sole operator between the two cities. What they said Anastasia Novak, Corporate Communications Manager at Wizz Air, said: “We are delighted […]
August 11, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Croatia Airlines inaugurated seasonal flights between Zagreb and Hamburg on Tuesday 1 July. The 980-kilometre service will be operated 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with a mix of A220-300 and A319 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. What they said Slaven Žabo, Chief Commercial Officer at Croatia Airlines, said: “With our […]
July 8, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Hamburg is one of 27 German airports with scheduled passenger flights this year. According to its own statistics, it welcomed 14.83 million passengers in 2024. It benefited from the arrival of two airlines in 2024: Qatar Airways from Doha on 1 July and Air Anka from Antalya on 13 July. Three more operators will join […]
March 17, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Volotea introduced a new service between Nantes and Hamburg on Tuesday 17 September. The 1,095-kilometre journey will be maintained 2-weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the A319 aircraft. However, the LCC plans to pause the route between 5 January and 7 February of next year. Volotea faces no competition between the two cities. What they […]
September 19, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Qatar Airways introduced operations between its hub in Doha and Hamburg on Monday 1 July. The 4,660-kilometre service will run daily with the 247-seat 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The carrier will be the only operator on the route. What they said Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, CEO of Qatar Airways Group, said: “Qatar Airways extends a warm welcome […]
July 11, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Qatar Airways will have passenger flights to 49 European airports in Q3 2024 (July-September). This is helped by the start of Hamburg and the return of Lisbon and Venice. The trio builds on the launch of Lyon and Toulouse in July 2023, with Toulouse not served by Emirates or flydubai. While Qatar Airways serves more […]
June 19, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Austrian Airlines commenced seasonal winter flights between Klagenfurt and Hamburg on Saturday 13 January. The 835-kilometre service will run weekly until 2 March with the 120-seat E195 aircraft. The Star Alliance member faces no competition between the two cities. Flight OS283 departs Klagenfurt at 11:10 local time, arriving in Hamburg at 12:50. The return service, […]
January 17, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Some 56 airports in Europe will have scheduled non-stop flights to the US in 2024, based on Cirium schedules information. This is the case whether they are year-round or seasonal. But what of Europe’s busiest airports without US service? Some airports have never had them, while others have lost them. Some are surprising but others […]
December 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Wizz Air has grown its network from its Catania base with the addition this winter of new routes to Brussels CRL (launched on 6 December), Frankfurt HHN (10 December), Hamburg (13 December), Paris BVA (14 December) and Sharm El-Sheikh (29 October). This follows the launch during the summer season of new routes to Malta (summer-only), […]
December 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +