Today (8.11.), Saarbrücken Airport welcomed the airline Freebird Airlines Europe with the traditional first flight ceremony. In future, the airline will operate the route between Saarbrücken and Hurghada in Egypt. As of November 8, Freebird Airlines Europe will take over the weekly passenger service between Saarbrücken and the Egyptian city of Hurghada for TUI, among others, during the winter flight schedule (Nov. '23 - Mar. '24).
Turkish vacation destinations are booming. Saarbrücken Airport is launching its 2024 summer timetable with its largest ever range of flights to Antalya and Izmir, and flights can already be booked. The "Turkish Riviera" and "Turkish Aegean" are among the most important vacation regions in the summer season. It is not only families or classic holidaymakers who choose the [...]
Yesterday evening (10.10.) the flight of the airline SmartLynx from Heraklion (Greece) to Saarbrücken was diverted to Cologne at short notice. Saarbücken Airport received numerous complaints from passengers. Managing Director Thomas Schuck announced consequences. The detour of yesterday's flight 6Y 334 of the airline SmartLynx to Cologne had unpleasant consequences for the 177 passengers. Thus reached [...]
Starting with the winter flight schedule, Freebird Airlines will offer a connection to Egypt from Saarbrücken, namely to the vacation region of Hurghada on the Red Sea. Hurghada attracts with a year-round warm climate, beautiful sandy beaches and is an Eldorado for divers and snorkelers. The connection starts on 01 November 2023 and is served once a week on Wednesdays. The destination is [...]
For this year's summer season, Saarbrücken Airport is coming up with a new destination: SunExpress is now flying to the Turkish Aegean metropolis of Izmir. With 180 passengers on board, a Boeing 737-800 took off from SCN on Friday, May 26, after landing an hour earlier and being greeted by airport staff with welcome banners. Among those on board were airport general manager [...]
Majorca, the favorite island of the Saarlanders on the Balearic Islands, will once again be included in Saarbrücken Airport's winter flight schedule. Eurowings will operate the route to Palma on a regular basis, and will do so when experience shows that there is sufficient demand. All flights can be booked now at www.eurowings.com.
In the past two years, 16 airport employees successfully completed the certificate course for "Ground Service Agent" in civil aviation. They received the corresponding certificates from the two managing directors Rita Gindorf-Wagner and Thomas Schuck on Thursday, April 20. The course is novel and was specially developed by Saarbrücken Airport in cooperation with [...]
Saarbrücken-Antalya for 30 years Since 1993, the airline SunExpress has been connecting Saarbrücken Airport with Turkey. To mark the occasion, the two partners celebrated the 30th anniversary with a festive event on March 30, 2023 in the airport terminal. Around 200 guests attended: partners, travel agencies and tour operators as well as airport employees. SunExpress was present with Commercial Director [...]
On behalf of Neckermann Reisen, another airline, MGA, will fly to Antalya from April 7 This summer, a new airline, MGA, will operate the route from Saarbrücken to Antalya on the Turkish Riviera, once a week on Fridays on behalf of Neckermann Reisen. MGA (Mavi Gök Airlines) and Neckermann Reisen belong [...]
Jürgen Lenders, spokesman for aviation policy of the FDP parliamentary group, visited SCN together with the two FDP state executive committee members Roland König and Angelika Hießerich-Peter "We are impressed by the solidity and innovative spirit at Saarbrücken Airport." So said Jürgen Lenders, spokesman for aviation policy of the FDP parliamentary group. He visited SCN together with the two FDP state executive committee members Roland König and Angelika Hießerich-Peter to take a look at [...]
A not everyday event took place in the airport terminal: Around 100 seriously ill children and young people from the Saar Children's Hospice and Palliative Team, together with their parents and relatives, met for their Christmas party at the invitation of airport CEO Thomas Schuck. The contacts were initiated two years ago, but in the end the celebration had to be postponed twice due to the pandemic. Hospice director Gertrud [...].
TUI informed about destinations and products at Saarbrücken Airport About 140 industry experts from travel agencies in the greater region met at the airport terminal. They had accepted an invitation from SCN Marketing to learn about TUI Deutschland's experience and products. The airline SmartLynx was also present; it manages flight operations for Europe's largest tour operator from SCN in [...]
