The airport, also known as Schkeuditz Airport and since the end of 2008 operating as Leipzig/Halle Airport to improve global marketing, is located between the cities of Leipzig and Halle in the suburb of Leipzig-Halle, in the area of the town of Schkeuditz in Saxony. The airport began operations on April 18, 1927.
The airport is of international importance, especially for air freight traffic. In terms of passenger numbers, the airport ranked 13th in Germany in 2020. Private jet flights constitute a significant portion of passenger traffic. In terms of cargo, the airport ranked second in Germany and fourth in Europe after Frankfurt in 2021. The airport is the home base of Aerologic cargo airlines and DHL Hub Leipzig, including European Air Transport Leipzig. It is also the home airport of DHL Aviation, the umbrella organization of DHL cargo airlines.
Passenger traffic has stagnated since the mid-1990s, while the air transport sector has grown with extensive state subsidies. The operating company is Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG.
Germany private jet charter prices
Although Leipzig Halle Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Leipzig are as follows.
| Light Jet | 14.650 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 20.000 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 27.950 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information.
History of Leipzig Halle Airport
The airport was built from scratch in 1926 somewhere between Halle and Leipzig and opened in 1927.
On March 18, 1986, Air France flew a Concorde to the airport to coincide with the world-famous Leipzig trade fair. Two days later, British Airways also flew a Concorde to Leipzig/Halle. In the following years, both airlines operated Concorde flights from Paris and London when the trade fair was held in Leipzig.
Despite its name, the airport is located in the town of Schkeuditz in Nordsachsen. An agreement between the city of Leipzig and Landkreis Delitzsch led to the land exchange. In 2007, ownership of the airport land was transferred to Delitzsch, while Leipzig acquired the land outside the airport. The Delitzsch District, now part of the merged Landkreis Nordsachsen, owns the airport land and commercial interests.
DHL Aviation moved its European hub from Brussels Airport to Leipzig/Halle in early 2008, leading to a significant increase in cargo traffic at the airport. Leipzig bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and although London ultimately won the games, the airport was modernized.
In spring 2013, Ryanair announced the launch of operations to Leipzig/Halle on six routes. However, a year later all but the London-Stansted flights were terminated. In February 2015, Etihad Regional announced the immediate termination of all Leipzig/Halle operations, which had started only two years earlier, due to changes in their operational concept. All three routes were closed, while two newly announced routes did not start.
In September 2016, Pakistan International Airlines announced plans to replace Manchester with Leipzig/Halle on the Islamabad – Manchester – New York City route in 2017 due to lower operational costs and time saving measures. This would be Leipzig/Halle’s first passenger service to the United States, as the airline has Fifth Freedom rights. In October 2017, the airline announced that it would end all routes to the United States, so plans to use Leipzig as a stopover to New York-JFK never materialized.
In October 2016, DHL carried out a major expansion of its cargo facilities at the airport. Two new cargo terminals increased handling capacity by 50 percent.
As of April 2018, the largest passenger airline at Leipzig/Halle Airport (measured by weekly departures) is Condor with 55 outbound flights per week. Three Airbus A321 aircraft are stationed at the airport for this purpose. The second largest airline is Small Planet Airlines (Germany) with 18 departures per week. The airline has deployed an Airbus A320 aircraft to serve various leisure destinations for the TUI Group. It was followed by SunExpress Deutschland, which operated 15 weekly departures and deployed a Boeing 737 aircraft at the airport for this purpose.
In August 2018, DHL announced a further expansion of its facilities at the airport. In addition to the expansion of the apron, a new pilot training center is also planned. The number of employees was to be increased from 5700 to 6000. At the same time, EAT Leipzig announced the addition of five used Airbus A330 freighters to its fleet, bringing the total to 36 aircraft. Also in August 2018, the Russian Volga-Dnepr Group announced plans to establish a new German cargo subsidiary at the airport.
Attractions in Leipzig
Leipzig, the center of science, culture and art in Germany from past to present, is a city of cobblestone squares, Renaissance buildings and winding passages.
Among the important points to visit in the city; Leipzig Markt, the old market square, which is one of the most beautiful and flamboyant places in the city, Hauptbahnhof Leipzig, the largest train station in Europe, Auerbachs Keller, Germany’s oldest restaurant serving since 1525, St. Nicholas Church, one of the best examples of Gothic architecture. St. Nicholas Church, the house named after Bach, the most important representative of the city in the field of art, Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum (Arabian Coffee Tree Museum), which is the oldest coffee house in the world, Gewandhaus Leipzig, which attracts attention with its different architecture and hosts the Leipzig Philharmonic Orchestra, and Museum der bildenden Künste (Museum of Fine Arts), one of the city’s leading art galleries.
Information on getting from Leipzig Halle airport to the center
Leipzig/Halle Airport train station is located directly below the passenger terminal and has intercity connections on the Dresden-Magdeburg-Hanover-Cologne route. Two lines of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland suburban line connect directly to Leipzig and Halle, as well as to Altenburg and Zwickau. The network’s transit connections reach a large part of Central Germany.
The airport is connected to two highways: A14, connecting to Dresden (130 km), Halle (Saale, 20 km) and Magdeburg (130 km), and A9, connecting to Munich (430 km), Nuremberg (280 km) and Berlin (180 km).
Flixbus connects twice daily to Dresden, Göttingen and Kassel and once daily to Dortmund and Cologne. There are also offices for different private car rental companies inside the port.
