Leipzig, Germany, 2023-Apr-26 — /Travel PR News/ — The Central German airports continued to register increasing demand during the first three months of this year, particularly for tourist flights. Far more passengers were recorded at Dres-den and Leipzig/Halle Airports than in the previous year. The demand for flights to Spain, Egypt and Turkey was particularly… Read the full press release
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Mytheresa, luxury fashion platform to open new logistics center at Leipzig/Halle Airport
The leading platform for luxury fashion Mytheresa has announced that it’ll be opening a new logistics center, directly at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. Leipzig, Germany, 2021-Oct-26 — /Travel PR News/ — It will be the company’s second one in addition to its headquarters in Munich. This is likely to create about 500 new jobs in… Read the full press release
Hartmut Vorjohann, the Saxon State Minister of Finances, elected acting Chairperson of the Supervisory Board at Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG)
The Saxon State Minister of Finances, Hartmut Vorjohann, takes over as Chairperson on a temporary basis Schkeuditz, Germany, 2021-Sep-01 — /Travel PR News/ — The new Supervisory Board at Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG) held its first meeting on Friday, 27 August 2021. The five-year period in office of the previous board, which consisted of 15… Read the full press release
Humanitarian aid: Leipzig/Halle Airport sends further relief planes to Windhoek, Namibia
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2021-Aug-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) is ramping up its activities as a hub for humanitarian aid: at the end of last week, two further relief planes took off from the airport, destined for Windhoek, Namibia. On board the Antonov 124 aircraft were urgently needed medical supplies, including masks and… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport welcomes Eurowings’ services to Majorca
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2021-May-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Eurowings is connecting Leipzig/Halle Airport with Majorca from 13 May onwards. The airline is providing services to the Balearic Islands on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Test facilities at the airport Passengers currently need a negative PCR test to travel to Spain. This test may not be more… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport welcomes Freebird Airlines Europe’s services to Greece
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2021-May-18 — /Travel PR News/ — Freebird Airlines Europe is connecting Leipzig/Halle Airport with sunshine destinations in Greece again from Sunday, 15 May. The airline, which is based in Malta, is flying to the Greek islands of Crete, Kos and Rhodes, partly on behalf of the TUI travel company. Sundair will take off… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport welcomed the world’s largest aircraft transporting more than 10.3 million face masks
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2020-Apr-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Permanent corona crisis operations are causing the aviation giant to now fly to Central Germany. The Antonov 225 Mriya, the world’s largest aircraft, landed at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Monday morning. German Defence Minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Götz Ahmelmann, CEO of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, welcomed the crew after… Read the full press release
Construction works to begin for cargo hall expansion at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2020-Feb-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Amazon is expanding its operations at Leipzig/Halle Airport. For this purpose, a cargo hall of around 20,000 square meters is to be built in the southern part of the airport site next to the existing World Cargo Center. The aim is to use the new building to… Read the full press release
Volga-Dnepr Group and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG to expand their strategic partnership at Leipzig/Halle Airport
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2019-Jun-21 — /Travel PR News/ — The Volga-Dnepr Group and Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG) will continue to expand their strategic partnership at Leipzig/Halle Airport in the areas of air freight and logistics. Both companies agreed this in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which was signed today (18. June 2019) in the presence of the… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport organised a specialist international conference on “Humanitarian Logistics”
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2019-May-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Leipzig/Halle Airport, working with the Volga-Dnepr Group and the Akkon University of Human Sciences, organised a specialist international conference on topics related to “Humanitarian Logistics” on 21 May this year. About 60 representatives from research institutes, government and non-government organisations, logistics companies, airports as well as airlines attended… Read the full press release
Positive developments at Leipzig/Halle Airport during the first quarter
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2019-Apr-17 — /Travel PR News/ — “The way that business developed at Leipzig/Halle Airport during the first quarter makes us optimistic as we look forward to the whole year. Thanks to new services in the low-cost sector and in tourist flights, the prospects that the positive trend will continue are excellent,” says Götz Ahmelmann,… Read the full press release
Wizz Air announces new service between Leipzig/Halle Airport and Kiev Zhuliany Airport from 5 July
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2019-Mar-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air, the leading low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, will be running flights between Leipzig/Halle Airport and Kiev Zhuliany Airport from 5 July. This means that there will be non-stop flights between the two twin cities of Leipzig and Kiev for the first time since German… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport and Noi Boi International Airport in Hanoi partner to develop air freight traffic between the two airports
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2018-Nov-22 — /Travel PR News/ — As part of a delegation trip to Vietnam headed by the Saxon State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, Martin Dulig, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG acting on behalf of Leipzig/Halle Airport and Noi Boi International Airport in Hanoi signed a memorandum of understanding today (19 November 2018). The… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport to develop and expand infrastructure for handling air freight to meet the increase in cargo volumes
Schkeuditz, Germany, 2018-Oct-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Volumes of freight at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest air cargo hub, have increased more than tenfold since 2007 and continue to grow at a disproportionately high rate. To cope with this, the airport is planning to gradually develop the space that is available in order to keep up… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport welcomes Pobeda’s new service to Moscow
Pobeda started linking Leipzig/Halle with Moscow today. The Russian budget airline is flying to Moscow Vnukovo Airport three times a week. Schkeuditz, Germany, 2018-Apr-18 — /Travel PR News/ — The flights between Leipzig/Halle and Moscow take off every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The airline is using Boeing 737-800 aircraft on this route. Moscow Vnukovo, which… Read the full press release
The only Antonov AN-70 cargo aircraft in the world visited Leipzig/Halle Airport
What is currently the only Antonov AN-70 cargo aircraft in the world visited Leipzig/Halle Airport today for the very first time. The Ukrainian transport aircraft made a stopover at the Central German airport, arriving from Istres in France, before it continued its journey to its home base at Kiev Gostomel Airport. This is the third… Read the full press release
Leipzig/Halle Airport sets a new absolute record in July with freight volumes totalling 84,397.5 tonnes
Freight volumes at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany’s second-largest cargo hub, are growing significantly for the eleventh year in succession. Schkeuditz, Germany, 2015-8-25 — /Travel PR News/ — The airport was able to set a new absolute record in July with freight volumes totalling 84,397.5 tonnes. This figure represented an increase of 7.7 percent over the same… Read the full press release
Airports Company South Africa signed cooperation agreement with Leipzig/Halle Airport manager Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding
Johannesburg, 2015-3-3 — /Travel PR News/ — Airports Company South Africa, owner and manager of South Africa’s nine principal airports, and Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding, representing Leipzig/Halle Airport, signed a cooperation agreement during the Air Cargo Africa 2015 Conference and Exhibition. The partnership, signed by Tebogo Mekgoe, Chief Operating Officer of Airports Company South Africa, and Markus… Read the full press release