Jürgen Lenders, spokesman for aviation policy of the FDP parliamentary group, visited SCN together with the two FDP state board 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 for the FDP parliamentary group. He visited SCN together with the two FDP state executive committee members Roland König and Angelika Hießerich-Peter to get an idea of regional airports using SCN as an example.

SCN CEO Thomas Schuck provided the relevant information. "The strength of our airport is the short distances and the flexibility in organizing flight operations," he said, adding, "These characteristics have brought us well through this generally difficult summer compared to other airports, resulting in only 25 flight cancellations."" We are very satisfied with that." In terms of tourist passenger numbers, we are even back above the level of 2019. The relatively low number of 25 flight cancellations also contributed to the general satisfaction, all of which Schuck said were due to general problems in European air traffic rather than local difficulties. "It was important for largely smooth operations in Saarbrücken that we were able to maintain our staff over the Corona period and even increase them at certain points," said the SCN managing director.

Jürgen Lenders emphasized the importance of regional airports for their respective regions and their significance for air traffic as a whole. König and Hießerich-Peter concurred: "We can be proud of our airport and are very pleased that serious business is being done here."