Düsseldorf International Airport

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Düsseldorf International Airport is an airport located eight kilometres from Düsseldorf, Germany. 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.

The international airport supports flights to 180 destinations on four continents and hosts 70 airlines. The airport has 500 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 hard 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 extremly 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.

[edit] 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)
Aeroflot-don (Kostanay, Palma)
Air Adriatic
Air Berlin (Barcelona, Budapest, Feurtevenia, Ibiza, London-Stansted, Malga, Milan-Bergamo, Palma, Rome, Thessoloniki, Vienna, Zurich)
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)
CSA Czech Airlines
dba (Berlin-Tegel, Lamezia, Munich, Nurnberg)
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)
Hamburg International
Hapag-Lloyd (Bodrum, Catania, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Palma)
Hola Airlines
Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
Islandsflug-Icebird
Jat Airways (Belgrade)
Karthago Airlines
Kibris Turkish
KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
LOT Polish (Warsaw)
LTE International
LTU (Alicante, Ankara, Antalya, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Bodrum, Brindisi, Cagliari, Calgary, Cancun, Cape Town, Catania, Colombo, Fort Myers, Ibiza, Los Angeles, Male, Miami, Mikonos, Monaster, Naples, New York JFK, Orlando, Palma, Shanghai, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Toronto, Vancouver, Varadero)
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 Angles, Lyon, Manchester, Milan-Malpensa, Montreal, Munich, Newark, Nurnberg, Paris, Portland, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, Seattle, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toronto, Turin, Zurich)
Macedonian Airlines (Ohrid)
Mahan Air (Bangkok, Delhi)
MALÉV Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
Middle East Airlines Liban
MNG Airlines (Bodrum)
Montenegro Airlines
Nouvelair Tunisie (Monastir)
Olympic Airlines
Onur Air (Ankara)
Pegasus Airlines (Bodrum)
Privatair
Pulkovo Aviation
Royal Air Maroc (Nador)
Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen)
Shorouk Air
Siberia Airlines
Sky Airlines
Spanair
Styrian Spirit
SunExpress (Antalya, Bodrum)
Swiss International Airlines (Geneva, Zurich)
TAROM Romanian (Bucharest)
Thomas Cook Airlines
Tunisair
Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir)
Viking Airlines
White Eagle Airlines
World Focus Airlines (Ankara)

Before September 11 Düsseldorf International Airport had many flights from the United States. After direct flights to the United States are only from Privatair and LTU. Privatair has flights going to Chicago O'Hare and New York Newark airports, which are codeshared with Lufthansa. LTU flies to Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, and New York (JFK).2005 announced that it would begin service between Düsseldorf and Atlanta in March 2006.