Düsseldorf International Airport

Düsseldorf International Airport (;  is an airport in Germany. It is eight kilometres from Düsseldorf. The airport has the IATA Airport Code DUS. There is one other airport named "Düsseldorf Express Airport, Mönchengladbach", but that is only a continental airport and has only a few lines, mostly private jets. This article is very old. Needs updating! 

The international airport supports flights to 180 destinations on four continents and hosts 70 airlines. The airport has 800 takeoffs and landings per day.

The airport was opened on April 19, 1927, after two years of construction. However, the first aircraft to land in northern Düsseldorf was the Zeppelin LZ-III in 1909.

On April 11, 1996 there was a fire in the airport, probably caused by welding work on the roof. 17 people were killed, mostly due to smoke inhalation. The terminal building was badly damaged, and was closed for five years. By July 1, 2001 it had been nearly completely re-built and was re-opened.

A suspended monorail connects the terminal building with the InterCity and ICE train station (High speed and extremely high speed trains). The so-called SkyTrain travels the 2.5 kilometers between the terminal and station at a maximum speed of 50 km/h. It started operation in 2002, replacing a shuttle bus service, and is not free of charge to use.

 Airlines serving Düsseldorf International Airport 
Currently, the following airlines operate routes to and from Düsseldorf International Airport:
 Aegean Airlines
 Aer Lingus (Dublin)
 Aero Lloyd
 Aeroflight (Catania, Nador, Tivat)
 Aeroflot (Moscow Domodedovo)
 Air Adriatic
 Air Botnia
 Air Europa
 Air France (Lyon, Nice, Paris)
 Air Malta
 Air Via Bulgarian Airways
 Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome)
 AMC Aviation
 Atlasjet International (Ankara)
 Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
 Balkan Air
 BH Airlines
 Bluewings (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir)
 British Airways (London-Heathrow)
 British Airways Citiexpress (Birmingham, Manchester)
 Bulgarian Air Charter (Burgas, Varna)
 Cimber Air
 Cirrus Airlines
 Condor Flugdienst (Arrecife, Heraklion, Las Palmas, Palma)
 Croatia Airlines (Split)
 Czech Airlines
 dba (Berlin-Tegel, Lamezia, Munich, Nürnberg)
 Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, beginning March 2006)
 Denim Airlines
 Deutsche BA
 Egyptair (Cairo)
 El Al
 Emirates (Bombay, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Osaka, Perth, Singapore)
 Eurocypria Airlines
 Eurowings
 Finnair (Helsinki)
 Fly Air
 Freebird Airlines
 Germania Airlines (Lamezia, Zadar)
 Germania Express (Sarajevo, Zadar)
 German Wings (Berlin-Schonefeld)
 Hapag-Lloyd (Bodrum, Catania, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Palma)
 Hola Airlines
 Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
 Islandsflug-Icebird
 Karthago Airlines
 Kibris Turkish
 KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
 LOT Polish (Warsaw)
 LTE International
 Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (Erfert)
 Lufthansa (Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Birmingham, Boston, Bucharest, Budapest, Chicago, Denver, Dresdon, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Houston, Jersey, Leipzig-Halle, London-City, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Lyon, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Montreal, Munich, Newark, Nurnberg, Paris, Portland, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, Seattle, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toronto, Turin, Zürich)
 Macedonian Airlines (Ohrid)
 Mahan Air (Bangkok, Delhi)
 Middle East Airlines Liban
 MNG Airlines (Bodrum)
 Montenegro Airlines
 Nouvelair Tunisie (Monastir)
 Onur Air (Ankara)
 Pegasus Airlines (Bodrum)
 Privatair
 Rossiya
 Royal Air Maroc (Nador)
 Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
 Shorouk Air
 Sky Airlines
 Styrian Spirit
 SunExpress (Antalya, Bodrum)
 Swiss International Airlines (Geneva, Zürich)
 S7
 TAROM (Bucharest)
 Thomas Cook Airlines
 Tunisair
 Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir)
 Viking Airlines
 Vueling Airlines (Barcelona)
 White Eagle Airlines
 World Focus Airlines (Ankara)
Before September 11 Düsseldorf International Airport had many flights from the United States. Now the only direct flight to the United States is from Privatair. Privatair has a flight going to New York Newark airport, which is codeshared with Lufthansa.

Sources

 Other websites 
 Düsseldorf International Airport Homepage
 Sky-Train Düsseldorf 

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