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Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines has launched its first non-stop flight from Dortmund to Antalya, establishing a new connection between the Ruhr region and Turkey's Mediterranean coast. The low-cost carrier will provisionally serve the route until the end of the summer schedule and plans to offer up to six weekly flights. Upon arrival
With the start of the Easter holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia next weekend, Dortmund Airport is anticipating increased travel volumes. Around 27 passengers are expected to use the airport for their Easter holidays by April 115.000. This is helped by the fact that the Easter holidays fall entirely in April this year.
Dortmund Airport looks back on the most successful financial year in its history. With around 3,1 million passengers in 2024, a new record was achieved. This passenger record had a positive impact on the financial results: the annual loss was reduced from €3,6 million to €1,8 million – according to management.
As part of the nationwide Girls' Day, Dortmund Airport opened its doors to 14 schoolgirls to give them insights into the work of the airport fire department. The goal was to inspire girls to pursue careers in which women are underrepresented. The participants, aged 13 to 15, had the opportunity to
Dortmund Airport recorded an increase in passenger numbers in the first quarter of 2025. A total of 676.987 travelers used the Ruhr region airport, representing an increase of 6,5 percent compared to the same period last year. The number of takeoffs and landings also increased by more than ten percent to 8163 flight movements. Despite weather-related cancellations,
The shareholders' meeting of Dortmund Airport has prematurely extended the contract with Managing Director Ludger van Bebber until September 2030. Van Bebber, who has held the position since 2020, will thus lead the airport for another five years. The industrial engineer was previously Managing Director of Weeze Airport for a long time and is committed
Dortmund Airport is delighted that three young employees have successfully completed their training. After two and a half years of intensive training, Celine Schäfers and Luis Prieto Gomez passed their exams as service clerks in air traffic. David Hauschild completed his training as an IT system electronics technician, which was carried out in cooperation with DOKOM21. Airport Managing Director Ludger van Bebber
After more than a decade of legal disputes, the process to extend the operating hours of Dortmund Airport has been completed. On August 23, 2024, the Higher Administrative Court of Münster dismissed the lawsuit filed by three private individuals against the second supplementary permit and thus declared the permit legally binding. With the expiry of the deadline for a
Dortmund Airport closed the 2024/2025 Christmas holidays with a total of 145.695 passengers, a decrease of 4,9 percent compared to the previous year. The airport cites the fact that the Christmas holidays were one day shorter as the reason for the decrease. Nevertheless, individual flight connections proved to be particularly successful due to high capacity utilization.
The Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus Airlines is expanding its route network from Dortmund Airport and will include the popular holiday region of Antalya in its flight schedule from the 2025 summer flight schedule. From April 15, the Turkish Riviera will be served up to five times a week from Dortmund. The new connection complements the existing offer to
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