<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Leipzig/Halle Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was built from the ground up at a location between Halle and Leipzig in 1926 and opened in 1927. On March 18, 1986, Air France flew a Concorde to the airport to coincide with the world-renowned 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, Nordsachsen. A deal between the city of Leipzig and the Landkreis Delitzsch led to a land exchange</p>
<p class="blog-para">In October 2016, DHL inaugurated a major expansion of its freight 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 outgoing flights per week. For this purpose, three Airbus A321 aircraft are stationed at the airport. The second-largest airline was Small Planet Airlines (Germany), with 18 outgoing flights per week. The airline stationed an Airbus A320 aircraft to serve several leisure destinations for TUI Group. It was followed by SunExpress Deutschland, which operated 15 weekly departures and stationed a Boeing 737 at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In August 2018, DHL announced further expansion of its facilities at the airport. Aside from an enlargement of the apron, a new pilot training center was also planned. The number of employees was to increase from 5700 to 6000. At the same time, EAT Leipzig announced that they would add five used Airbus A330 freighters to their fleet, for a total of 36 aircraft. Also in August 2018, the Russian Volga-Dnepr Group announced plans to launch a new German freight subsidiary based at the airport.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground transportation from Leipzig/Halle International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Bus:</strong> Several bus options are available from Leipzig Airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Train:</strong> Leipzig/Halle Airport railway station is located directly beneath the passenger terminal and has Intercity connections on the Dresden-Magdeburg-Hanover-Cologne route. Two lines of the suburban S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland connect directly to Leipzig and Halle, as well as Altenburg and Zwickau. The transit connections of the network reach most of Central Germany.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Car:</strong> The airport is connected to two motorways: the A14 connecting to Dresden (130 km), Halle (Saale, 20 km), and Magdeburg (130 km), and the A9 connecting to Munich (430 km), Nuremberg (280 km), and Berlin (180 km).</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Coach:</strong> Flixbus connects in both directions twice per day to Dresden, G&ouml;ttingen, and Kassel and once per day to Dortmund and Cologne.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Car Rental:</strong> Renting a car at Leipzig Airport is a good way to begin your journey. Check out our search engine for further details!</p>
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