The terminal was scheduled to open in 2000, the railway station in 2001. A new terminal building also is in the works at Hamburg. The present rapid transit local trains will continue to serve the airport. The major domestic airline is, of course, Lufthansa. It connects all of the major airports with at least four flights daily.
Most domestic trips are an hour or less in duration.
It has American gateways at Boston, JFK, Newark, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Airlines from the U.S. that serve German airports include American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways.