Wednesday 23 September 2009

Dusseldorf International Airport – Germany

Dusseldorf International airport last year experienced a record breaking 18.1 million passengers through its modern and clean terminals, which offers truly integrated onward travel.

Most slick of all is the infrastructure link with the airport's own rail terminal: Bahnhof Düsseldorf Flughafen. A significant railway station served by a myriad of German train services, including the sleek and super-fast ICE train.

A boon for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts is the news that Dusseldorf airport has two observation decks overlooking the runways. Both are far from each other, which offers a different perspective for viewing the aircraft movements, takeoffs and landings. One viewing deck is situated on top of the railway station adjoined to the airport, towards the perimeter threshold. The second is situated on the third floor of the more centrally located Terminal B.

The airport operator (Flughafen Düsseldorf GmbH) also offers airport tours for a fee, and keenly markets the observation decks as a day excursion for family members old and young. It is perhaps a little unnecessary that there exists a small entry fee to the decks. (Which is essentially just standing on a roof!)

Dusseldorf's main interior space is large and airy, with a high ceiling and a fresh, clean atmosphere. The facilities are more than adequate, and well-groomed staff scurry around quietly keeping the place in order.

Serving the various car parks and the three terminals at Dusseldorf International Airport (code: DUS/EDDL) is their SkyTrain - an efficient automated railway suspended in the air, travelling up to speeds of 50 km/h completing all the stops along the 2.5 km route in only five minutes.

Concrete runways comprise the landing surface at Dusseldorf, of the two parallel runways, 05R/23L is the longest at three kilometres.


Airlines flying from Dusseldorf International:


Aegean Airlines
Aer Lingus
Aeroflot
AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines
Afriqiyah Airways
Air Baltic
Air Berlin
Air Cairo
Air Europa
Air France
Air Malta
Air Via Bulgarian Airways
AirLift Service
Atlas Blue
Austrian
Best Air
BH Air
Blue Line
Blue Wings
British Airways
Bulgarian Air Charter
Carpatair
Condor
Corendon Airlines
Croatia Airlines
Czech Airlines
Danish Air Transport
Delta Air Lines
easyJet
Egypt Air
Emirates
Eurocypria Airlines
Eurowings
Finnair
Flybe
Free Bird Airlines
Germania
Ghana International Airlines
Hamburg International
Hello
Iberia
JAT Airways
Jet Time
Jet2.com
KD Avia
KLM
KoralBlue Airlines
LOT
Lotus Air
LTU
Lufthansa
Mahan Air
Montenegro Airlines
Norwegian
Nouvelair Tunisie
OLT
Olympic Airlines
Pegasus
Rossiya
S7 Airlines
SAS
Sky Airlines
Sun Dor
SunExpress
SWISS
Travel Service
TUIfly
Tunis Air
Turkish Airlines
Turkuaz Airlines
XL Airways Germany

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