<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Dortmund International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport, originally located in the suburb of Brackel, was first served by commercial flights in 1925 by Aero Lloyd, which operated flights to Paris. By the business year 1927&ndash;1928, service had expanded to 2,589 commercial flights annually. During World War II, the airport was used as a German air base and was subsequently used by the British Royal Air Force. Service to Dortmund was not resumed when German commercial air service was restarted in 1955. In 1960, the civil airfield was relocated to Dortmund-Wickeder. The old airport was abandoned and occupied by British forces until the 1990s.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In October 2014, Air Berlin announced it was leaving Dortmund Airport entirely, canceling their last remaining summer seasonal route to Palma de Mallorca. The airline had shut down several leisure routes from the airport in 2012. As with EasyJet in the 2000s, other low-cost carriers started opening routes from Dortmund Airport. Ryanair has progressively added new routes from Dortmund, mostly to destinations around the Mediterranean and the UK. At one-point, Spanish low-cost airline Vueling offered flights to Barcelona, but they have since been discontinued despite strong demand. However, Wizz Air has been the most significant contributor to the airport's resurgence. The Hungarian low-cost airline began servicing the airport in the mid-2000s by operating several routes to Eastern Europe, in large part due to the Ruhr's significant Slavic community. In June 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wizzair announced that Dortmund Airport would become its 33rd base, the first in Germany. However, a year later, Wizz Air announced the closure of their Dortmund base, which led to the termination of a few routes.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Ground transportation from Dortmund International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>To Dortmund and the Ruhr area:</strong> Dortmund Airport is served by an express bus to Dortmund main station, a shuttle bus to the nearby railway station Holzwickede/Dortmund Flughafen, a bus to the city's metro line U47, as well as a bus to the city of Unna.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>To D&uuml;sseldorf:</strong> There are two possibilities for going to D&uuml;sseldorf main station:</p>
<p class="blog-para">Heading to Dortmund main station by the Airport Express bus (or taking bus line 490 to Aplerbeck and then metro line U47). The direct connection from Dortmund central station to D&uuml;sseldorf is operated by frequent regional and long-distance trains.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Catching the Airport Shuttle bus to nearby Holzwickede station. The shuttle bus leaves every 20 minutes in front of the terminal building. From Holzwickede station, take the RE 13 (Maas-Wiper-Express) towards Venlo. The train runs once every hour and provides a direct connection to D&uuml;sseldorf; the travel time is approximately 60 minutes.</p>
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