Friedrichshafen Airport had to resort to insolvency proceedings due to the corona pandemic, among other things. This also enabled the airport to get rid of certain legacy assets. Now you can see yourself moving forward again. 

In the previous year, Lake Constance Airport was used by 339.550 travelers. That's about 70 percent of what it was before the 2019 pandemic. The main growth drivers were the tourist routes, but also the low-cost traffic to Eastern Europe. After the corona restrictions on travel were lifted, demand was high and led to a rapid recovery of this traffic.  

"In view of the fact that in the first three and a half months of 2022 there was almost no travel due to Corona and Friedrichshafen Airport also indirectly felt the effects of the operational problems at the major airports over the course of the summer, we are pleased about these A lot of numbers,” says Claus-Dieter Wehr, Managing Director of Friedrichshafen Airport. 

Economically, the year was characterized by the termination of the insolvency proceedings under self-administration on March 31.03.2022, 1. Due to the insolvency proceedings, two financial statements for short financial years were necessary. One for the period of the ongoing insolvency proceedings from June 2021, 31 to March 2022, 1 and the second for the period from April 2022, 31 to December 2022, XNUMX in order to return to the calendar year. 

The financial statements are characterized by a number of special effects that the insolvency proceedings brought with them and which lead to high positive annual results. For this reason and because of the changed observation period, a comparison with the previous year's periods does not make sense. 

The insolvency plan came into effect when the insolvency proceedings ended on March 31, 2022. At the end of April, after receipt of the purchase price, the property was transferred to the new owner and the first rental installment was paid. The insolvency quota was paid out to the creditors in May 2022. 

"Taking into account the special factors from the conclusion of the insolvency proceedings, we are very satisfied with the development in 2022," adds Claus-Dieter Wehr. “Our goals and expectations were more than met. At this point, a big thank you goes to all employees at the airport, who once again gave their best for the airport and our customers in difficult times.” 

The year 2023 will be marked by bottlenecks in aircraft and personnel for numerous European airlines, which will also have an impact on the service from Friedrichshafen. These capacity gaps can only be partially closed by short-term business and special charters, so that despite high passenger demand, no increase in passenger numbers compared to 2022 is to be expected. 

Numerous infrastructure projects were started in 2022, such as the renewal of the approach lights and the lightning chain with energy-saving LED technology, the renewal of the instrument landing system and the replacement of two large airfield fire engines. Construction work is currently underway in the entry and exit areas in order to be able to meet the European requirements for the entry-exit system in the future. The entry area will be expanded in a second construction phase from mid-September.