Salzburg Airport

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Salzburg Airport
W. A. Mozart Airport
IATA: SZG - ICAO: LOWS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Salzburger Flughafen GmbH
Serves Salzburg
Elevation AMSL 1,411 ft (430 m)
Coordinates 47°47′36″N, 13°00′16″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 9,022 2,750 Concrete
From the air.
From the air.

Salzburg Airport or W. A. Mozart Airport (IATA: SZG, ICAO: LOWS) is the second largest airport in Austria.

Salzburg Airport presents itself as a modern regional airport, which creates jobs and plays an ever increasing role as a strong investor in the economy and the tourist industry. The airport, named after Salzburg-born composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is located 4 km (2.5 mi) from the centre of Salzburg and 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Austrian - German border.

The airport is a gateway to Austria's numerous vast ski areas, including the Ski Amade region, the largest network of linked ski resorts in Europe.

The airport is jointly owned by the City of Salzburg (25%) and The State of Salzburg (75%). As of 2001 it was valued at € 22,000,000.

By Trolleybus line number 2 (service every 10 minutes) the airport is connected to Salzburg's public transport system. Main station is reachable in about 25 minutes and the inner city in about 30 minutes.

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[edit] History

1910 An aeroplane with an engine taxied on to the new race track in Salzburg - Aigen for the very first time.

1926 For the first time ever, Lufthansa flew on the route Munich - Salzburg - Bad Reichenhall.

1927 The ÖLAG (Austrian Aviation AG) opened the route Vienna-Salzburg-Innsbruck.

1938 Lufthansa which flew the London-Brussels-Frankfurt-Munich-Vienna route with SABENA, made a forced landing in Salzburg.

1939 The introduction of the Berlin-Prague-Salzburg-Venice and Munich-Salzburg-Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Rijeka routes were then planned for the summer schedule.

The War Years On the September 1, 1939, Salzburg Airport was seized and in 1943 the "Luftgaukommando VII" in Munich was put in charge of it. In the autumn of 1944 the newly developed fighter jet Me-262 appeared. When the American air force first bombed the city of Salzburg on the 16th October 1944 with a subsequent 15 air attacks on the city, the airport remained undamaged. Salzburg Airport was the first Austrian airport which managed to become a part of European scheduled traffic again.

1958 On August 1 a control tower was put into operation after a 15 month construction period.

1966 A new flight terminal building was opened.

1978 The first landing of a DC-10.

1984 The first Boeing 767 (Braathens from Norway) and Concorde (Air France) land in Salzburg.

2000 Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart manages to reach the target record of 1,265,000 passengers.

2000 British Airways announces flights to Salzburg from London.

2001 British Airways cancels flights from London.

2001 Salzburg Airport became the first destination for Ryanair in Austria. This move was also the first time an Austrian airport had hosted a Low Cost Airline. Almost 100,000 passengers were registered in 2001

2005 Aer Lingus commence flights to Salzburg from Dublin for their winter schedule.

2005 The airport handles 1.7 million passengers a 19.2 % increase on 2004.

2006 Ryanair starts services to Dublin and Charleroi and announces routes to Rome and Istanbul. British Airways restarted flights to London Gatwick on December 1. 1.8 million passengers were registered in 2006.

2007 Ryanair ends services to Charleroi

[edit] Future Developments

A new terminal for winter ski charter operations (Terminal 2) which only operates on Saturdays has been opened. A new 100% hold baggage screening facility and the installation of a brand new baggage sorting system is under development and the airport is now concentrating on landside developments, including the extension of the existing car park structure, which has been doubled in size to accommodate 1900 cars.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Charter flights summer 2008

[edit] Defunct Flight

  • Amsterdam (Air Alps)
  • Antalya (Ltu)
  • Barcelona (Sky Europe)
  • Birmingham (Fly Be)
  • Brussels Charleroi (Ryanair)
  • Graz (Styrian Spirit)
  • Heraklion (Ltu)
  • Klagenfurt (Styrian Spirit)
  • Kos (Ltu)
  • Ibiza (Ltu)
  • Istanbul (Turkish Airlines)
  • Leipzig (TUIFly)
  • London-Manston (Eujet)
  • Manchester (Sky Europe)
  • Maribor (Styrian Spirit)
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle (Styrian Spirit)
  • Paris Orly (Sky Europe)
  • Rhodi (Ltu)
  • Rhodi (Niki)
  • Tenerife (Niki)
  • Trondheim (Norwegian Air)
  • Warsaw (Sky Europe)
  • Zakynthos (Ltu)
  • Zurich (Styrian Spirit)

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