 LTU Airbus A330-200 aircraft at DUS (now flying for Air Berlin) Düsseldorf International Airport (German: Flughafen Düsseldorf International) (IATA: DUS, ICAO: EDDL), is the third largest airport in Germany, located in Düsseldorf, the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With 18.15 million passengers passing through in 2008, only Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport served more passengers in Germany. The airport serves as the most important hub for Air Berlin and as a secondary hub for Lufthansa, which offers about 300 flights per day to 53 destinations. In May 2008, Lufthansa re-launched long-haul operations from the airport. The airport's 70 hosted airlines support flights to 186 non-stop-destinations. The airport has up to 750 takeoffs and landings per day. Düsseldorf International Airport is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) from the centre of Düsseldorf, Germany, and is the primary airport for the Rhine-Ruhr region—the largest urban area in Germany and among the largest metropolitan areas of the world.[1] Düsseldorf International has two runways, which are 3,000 m and 2,700 m long. There are plans to extend the 3,000 m runway to 3,600 m, but the city of Ratingen, which lies in the approach path of the runway, is blocking them. 107 airplane parking positions are available. The current terminal building is capable of handling up to 22 million passengers per year. However, due to an agreement with residents in nearby Ratingen (the so called Angerlandvergleich), this capacity may not be reached within the next few years, as aircraft movements are restricted. Düsseldorf International Airport is able to handle the new superjumbo Airbus A380 aircraft. On 12 November 2006, the first A380 landed in Düsseldorf as part of a Lufthansa promotion flight. Lufthansa is planning to use Düsseldorf International as the diversion airport for A380 in case of bad weather in Frankfurt. Owners of the airport are: Passengers: - 2002 14.75 million
- 2003 14.30 million
- 2004 15.20 million
- 2005 15.51 million
- 2006 16.60 million
- 2007 17.83 million
- 2008 18,15 million
[edit] History  Monorail "Sky Train" and Tower - The airport was opened on 19 April 1927, after two years of construction. However, the first aircraft to land in northern Düsseldorf was the Zeppelin LZ-III in 1909.
- 1950: the main runway is extended to 2475 metres.
- 1964: planning begins for the construction of a new terminal, with the capacity for 1.4 million passengers
- 1969: main runway is lengthened to 3000 metres.
- 1972: to decrease noise pollution, a complete prohibition on landings for jet aircraft between the hours of 23:00 and 6:00 comes into effect. The night-time airmail traffic had been already banned since 1970.
- 1973: the new central building and the Terminal B are opened.
- 1975: the railroad connection between the Düsseldorf central station and the airport starts operation.
- 1977: construction of Terminal A is completed.
- 1986: 8.22 million passengers use the airport - making it number two in Germany. Terminal C is opened.
- 1992: 12.3 million passengers use the airport. A second runway, 2700 metres in length, is constructed.
- 1996, April 11: fire breaks out on the roof of the terminal A, caused by welding work and insufficient structural fire protection. 17 people die, mostly due to smoke inhalation, with many more hospitalised. Damage to the airport is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. At the time, the fire is the biggest public disaster in the history of North Rhine-Westphalia. While repairs are ongoing, passengers are being housed in big tents. In November Terminal C is completely redeveloped, with three lightweight construction halls serving as departure areas.
- 1997: construction begins on the new inter-city railway station at the eastern edge of the airport.
- 1998: the rebuilt Terminal A is reopened. The airport changes its name from "Rhine Ruhr airport" to "Düsseldorf International". Reconstruction of the central building and Terminal B begins.
- 1999: foundation laid for an underground parking garage under the new terminal, as part of the "Airport 2000+" programme
- 2000: in May, the new Düsseldorf Airport railway station is opened, with the capacity of 300 train departures daily. 16 million passengers use the airport this year; Düsseldorf is the third biggest airport in Germany.
- 2001: in July, the new departures hall and Terminal B are opened after 2 1/2 years of construction time; the rebuilt Gebäude Ost is reopened.
- 2002: shuttle bus service is replaced by the suspended monorail called the SkyTrain connects the terminal building with the InterCity train station. The monorail travels the 2.5 kilometres between the terminal and station at a maximum speed of 50 km/h. The system was developed by Siemens and is based on the similar H-Bahn operating with two lines on Dortmund university campus. A variety of tickets are valid for travel, including a VRR, Flight ticket, DB, or parking garage ticket.
- 2006: 12 November: Airbus A380 lands in Düsseldorf.
[edit] Surface transport The airport is connected to the Autobahn via the A44. Two railway stations serve the airport. The Long distance station is located 2.5 km from the terminal and is serviced by all categories of German rail types, including ICE trains. The long distance station is connected to the terminal via a suspended monorail called SkyTrain. this service also connects the terminal to the outerlieing parking garages. The airport also has its own S-Bahn station located below the terminal. It is serviced by the S7, which has its northern terminus there. [edit] Magazine of the airport Das Magazin is a magazine available for visitors and passengers travelling through Düsseldorf airport. It contains information about new airlines serving Düsseldorf, new destinations and routes, and other information about the airport itself and surrounding facilities. Das Magazin is available at many shops and newsstands at the airport for free or via a paid subscription. [edit] Airlines and destinations [edit] Terminal A - Star Alliance Partners | Airlines | Destinations | | Austrian Airlines | Vienna | | Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways | Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna | | Blue1 | Kittilä [begins 17 December] | | Croatia Airlines | Dubrovnik, Split | | EgyptAir | Cairo | | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw | | Lufthansa | Berlin-Tegel, Chicago-O'Hare, Dubai [begins 26 November], Frankfurt, Hamburg, London-Heathrow, Miami [seasonal], Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Newark, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Rome-Fiumicino, Toronto-Pearson [seasonal], Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air | Jersey [seasonal], London-City | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings | Balaton [seasonal], Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Bastia, Berlin-Tegel, Birmingham, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Budapest, Dresden, Geneva, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Katowice, Leipzig/Halle, Lyon, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Newcastle, Newquay, Nice, Nuremberg, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Reykjavik-Keflavik [seasonal], Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stuttgart, Turin, Valencia, Warsaw, Westerland/Sylt [seasonal], Wroclaw, Zürich | | Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine | Bilbao, Inverness [seasonal], Kiev-Boryspil, Madrid, Olbia, Oslo-Gardermoen, Prague, St Petersburg, Valencia, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Warsaw | | Scandinavian Airlines System | Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda, Oslo-Gardermoen | | Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich | [edit] Terminal B | Airlines | Destinations | | Aegean Airlines | Athens, Thessaloniki | | airBaltic | Riga | | Air Berlin | Alicante, Almeria, Antalya [seasonal], Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Bilbao [begins 1 May], Bodrum [seasonal], Burgas [seasonal], Cancun, Catania, Copenhagen, Corfu [seasonal], Djerba, Dresden, Dubai, Faro, Fort Myers, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Hamburg, Helsinki, Heraklion [seasonal], Heringsdorf [begins 1 May], Hurghada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Jersey [seasonal], Karpathos [seasonal], Kavala [seasonal], Kos [seasonal], Krakow, Lamezia Terme [seasonal], Lanzarote, La Romana [seasonal], Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, London-Stansted, Los Angeles [seasonal], Luxor, Málaga, Malé, Marsa Alam, Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Minorca [seasonal], Mombasa [seasonal], Monastir, Montego Bay [seasonal], Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Mytilene [seasonal], New York-JFK [seasonal], Nice, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Ponta Delgada [seasonal], Preveza [seasonal], Pristina, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Reykjavik-Kevlavik [seasonal, Rome-Fiumicino, Salzburg, Samos [seasonal], San Francisco [begins 12 May; seasonal], Santa Cruz de la Palma, Santo Domingo [seasonal], Sharm el-Sheikh, St Petersburg, Stuttgart, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Thessoloniki [seasonal], Vancouver [seasonal], Varadero, Varna [seasonal], Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Westerland/Sylt, Zakynthos [seasonal], Zürich | | Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Air France operated by Brit Air | Lyon | | Air France operated by Régional | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | | Air Malta | Malta | | British Airways | London-Heathrow | | British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia | Billund | | Condor Flugdienst | Antalya, Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South | | Czech Airlines | Prague | | EasyJet | London-Gatwick [begins 2 February], Rome-Fiumicino [begins 1 February] | | EasyJet Switzerland | Basel/Mulhouse | | Emirates | Dubai | | Finnair | Helsinki | | Iberia Airlines | Madrid | | Icelandair | Reykjavik-Keflavik | | KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper | Amsterdam | | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen | | Ostfriesische Lufttransport | Heringsdorf | [edit] Terminal C | Airlines | Destinations | | Aer Lingus | Dublin | | Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | | Afriqiyah Airways | Tripoli | | Air Via | Burgas [seasonal], Varna [seasonal] | | Atlas Blue | Nador [seasonal] | | Bestair | Ankara, Antalya | | Blue Wings | Abu Dhabi, Adana, Amman, Ankara, Antalya, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Erbil, Gaziantep, Istanbul-Atatürk, Karaganda, Kayseri, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Nador [seasonal], Samsun, Sulaimaniyah | | Bulgarian Air Charter | Burgas [seasonal], Varna [seasonal] | | B&H Airlines | Sarajevo | | Carpatair | Timişoara | | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta | | Eurocypria Airlines | Larnaca, Paphos | | Flybe | Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Southampton | | Free Bird Airlines | Antalya | | Germania | Damascus [begins 23 November], Pristina | | Ghana International Airlines | Accra, London-Gatwick | | Hamburg International | Fuerteventura, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Tenerife-South | | Jat Airways | Belgrade | | Jet2.com | Leeds/Bradford | | KoralBlue Airlines | Hurghada | | Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini | | Montenegro Airlines | Podgorica | | Nouvelair | Monastir | | Pegasus Airlines | Antalya, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen | | Pegasus Airlines operated by IZair | Izmir | | Rossiya | St Petersburg | | S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo | | Sky Airlines | Antalya | | Sun d'Or International Airlines | Tel Aviv | | SunExpress | Antalya, Bodrum, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökcen, Izmir | | Tailwind Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk, Nevsehir | | TUIfly | Agadir, Antalya [seasonal], Boa Vista, Corfu [seasonal], Dalaman [seasonal], Faro [seasonal], Fuerteventura, Heraklion [seasonal], Hurghada, Jerez de la Frontera [seasonal], Kos [seasonal], Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Luxor [ends 29 April], Marsa Alam [ends 27 April], Minorca [seasonal], Patras/Araxos [begins 4 May, seasonal], Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes [seasonal], Sal, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South | | Tunisair | Djerba, Monastir, Tunis | | Turkuaz Airlines | Antalya | | Turkish Airlines | Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir, Kayseri, Samsun, Trabzon | | XL Airways Germany | Antalya, Burgas, Heraklion, Gaziantep, Monastir, Pristina, Rhodes | [edit] Cargo airlines [edit] See also - Airport Weeze, an airport 80 km (50 mi) away from Düsseldorf, that is advertised by budget airlines as "Airport Düsseldorf Weeze", or "Airport Düsseldorf Niederrhein". A German court decided that naming the airport after Düsseldorf would be misleading to passengers, however some budget airlines still use that name in advertisements outside of Germany.
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