<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Stuttgart International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was built in 1939 to replace B&ouml;blingen Airport. In 1945, the United States Army took over the airport until returning it to German authorities in 1948. For the duration of the Cold War, the runway and facilities were shared with the United States Army, which operated helicopters, the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, and other fixed-wing aircraft at Echterdingen Army Airfield on the southern portion of the airfield. Some of the units operating at Echterdingen were headquartered at nearby Nellingen Kaserne, now closed and redeveloped. In October 2014, easy Jet announced they would serve Stuttgart as their seventh German destination by March 2015. with six weekly flights to Manchester starting in April 2015. Air Berlin announced the start of a service to Abu Dhabi in December 2014.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On May 31, 2016, Air Berlin ceased its flights to Abu Dhabi. In October 2016, Air Berlin announced it would close its maintenance facilities at the airport due to cost-cutting and restructuring measures.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In July 2020, Lauda announced the closure of their base at Stuttgart Airport, which has been operated as a wet lease for Ryanair, by October 2020. Prior to this announcement, the base staff rejected a new labor agreement. In October 2021, Delta Air Lines terminated their service to Atlanta after being suspended since 2020 and nearly 35 years of service, leaving the airport without any scheduled long-haul operations. However, this route resumed in March 2023 after a three-year hiatus, albeit reduced to a seasonal service.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Ground transportation from Stuttgart International Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car:</strong> There are two major highways Just north of the airport runs the Bundesautobahn 8 (A8), which connects the cities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart to Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich. The Bundesstra&szlig;e 27 (B27) [Bundesstra&szlig;e 27 (B27)-German federal road] leads to downtown Stuttgart as well as to T&uuml;bingen and Reutlingen in the South.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Coach:</strong> From the regional cities of Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen, T&uuml;bingen and Kirchheim, there is a connection by coach. Additionally, German long-distance coach operators DeinBus and Flixbus maintain their stop for Stuttgart on the airport grounds with direct connections to several major cities.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Suburban railway:</strong> Stuttgart Airport can be easily reached within 30 minutes from the city's main railway station using the Stuttgart suburban railway S2 or S3 from Stuttgart Flughafen/Messe station.</li>
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