Airborne SOFIA observatory explores the night sky over Europe SOFIA - NASA and DLR's unique airborne observatory – will be based at Cologne Bonn Airport from 4 February to 16 March 2021. Prior to arriving at Cologne Bonn Airport, the Boeing 747SP,... Read more

Here at Cologne/Bonn Airport, the year 2020 was shaped by contrasting developments in terms of traffic volumes. The coronavirus pandemic saw passenger numbers plummeting to levels never experienced before, yet the crisis also brought positive... Read more

From Cologne/Bonn to one of Eastern Europe’s most exciting cities – from 17 July the Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air will be offering flights three times a week from Cologne Bonn Airport to the Serbian capital, Belgrade. They will be flying to... Read more

We are now halfway through the current business year – and Cologne Bonn Airport is taking stock for the first time in these highly unusual circumstances. The Airport actually had quite different plans for 2020. The financial basis of the company was to... Read more

After so many quiet weeks, the display boards at the Airport are very slowly starting to fill up again. One by one, the airlines are resuming service with their first destinations so that passengers can once again take flights from Cologne/Bonn. The... Read more

Terminals are being prepared for reopening Things may still be quiet at the terminals of Cologne Bonn Airport, but preparations are already underway for the resumption of passenger traffic. Once international travel restrictions are eased and airlines... Read more

While passenger operations at Cologne Bonn Airport have ground to an almost complete halt as a result of the coronavirus crisis, things are buzzing in another area of the airport: freight operations are running at full capacity. This week, around 700... Read more

Heading for the Baltic from Cologne /Bonn: a Fokker 50 of VLM Airlines took off today on its first flight to Rostock. As of now, the Belgian airline will be servicing Rostock-Laage five times a week – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Staturday and Sunday.... Read more

On their tour through Europe a Canadian delegation of representatives from politics and business made a stop yesterday at Cologne Bonn Airport. The delegation was headed by Stephen McNeil, the Premier of Nova Scotia, along with the managing directors of... Read more

As of today, the connection between Cologne/Bonn and Berlin is once again orange-coloured: The British airline EasyJet has returned to Cologne Bonn Airport. Just before 9 o’clock this morning, the Airbus took off with passengers heading for the capital... Read more

Cologne Bonn Airport stays on a growth curve this year. In April, a total of 1,068,990 passengers took off and landed at the Rhineland Airport. That is six percent more than in the same month of the previous year. The upward trend also continued in the... Read more

Cologne Bonn Airport has made a successful start into the new year and expanded in passenger transport and in the air cargo sector. In the period from January to March 2018 we clocked up 2.43 million passengers, which is 4 percent more than the year... Read more

Johan Vanneste will take up his position as the new Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH on 2nd May. “The European aviation sector is currently undergoing major changes and, with my experience, I would like to help to successfully... Read more

This morning at 6 o’clock, the warning strike summoned by the trade union Ver.di started at Cologne Bonn Airport. Several sections of the workforce at the Airport will be participating in this industrial action. Ver.di has called upon the employees to... Read more

City break in Lisbon, vacation on the Atlantic coast or stop-off on the way to South America? Starting today, the Portuguese airline, TAP, is flying twice daily from Cologne/Bonn  to Lisbon. The flight towards Portugal took off right on time at... Read more

Cologne/Bonn Airport is pushing ahead with the renewal of its runway system. The general overhaul of the main runway known as 14L/32R is now set to begin in April 2018. In doing so, the surface of the 3,815 meter long and 60 meter wide asphalt strip will... Read more

Flughafen erzielt 2016 einen Überschuss von 6,3 Mio. Euro Passagierzahl und Frachtaufkommen erreichen Bestwerte   2017 werden erstmals mehr als 12 Millionen Fluggäste erwartet Mit Rekordzahlen in den beiden großen Verkehrssegmenten Passage... Read more

Flughafen erzielt 2016 einen Überschuss von 6,3 Mio. Euro Passagierzahl und Frachtaufkommen erreichen Bestwerte   2017 werden erstmals mehr als 12 Millionen Fluggäste erwartet Mit Rekordzahlen in den beiden großen Verkehrssegmenten Passage... Read more

Being on the beach at the North Sea in just a little more than an hour: easy enough from next Sunday from Cologne/Bonn. At 1620 hours the first Eurowings flight (Airbus A319) will take off for Sylt – landing in Westerland at 1735 hours. This service to... Read more

The first wave of holiday-makers will soon be upon us. In the upcoming Easter holidays Cologne Bonn Airport is reckoning with some 560,000 passengers – that means 13 percent more than last year. So many passengers have never gone through Cologne/Bonn... Read more