Airport Nürnberg (NUE/EDDN)
New routes and frequency possibilities and why these routes would work
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Tradition and modernity – and an under-exploited inbound business traffic and tourism proposition – the NürnbergMesse alone draws 1.3 million visitors to events each year. |
| Estimated market size (Passengers) |
Current traffic flow (Passengers) |
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Manchester |
25,000 | 19,000 | Business |
Moscow |
20,000 | 15,000 | Business/ Tourist |
Stockholm |
17,500 | 14,000 | Business/ Tourist |
Birmingham |
15,000 | 7,000 | Business |
Helsinki |
15,000 | 14,900 | Business |
Warsaw |
12,000 | 4,200 | Business |
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Nuremberg’s design museum literally reflects the breadth of contrast, while the city also hosts the annual Open-Air Classical Music Festival and Rock in the Park, one of Germany’s biggest music events.
Other major reasons to serve this airport
- Nuremberg is perfectly located in South Germany with excellent road and rail accessibility and a strong catchment area.
- Nuremberg Airport boasts efficient airport operations: 24-hour opening, no slot restrictions, perfect infrastructure.
- The NürnbergMesse exhibition centre is Europe’s most modern congress centre, attracting 21,000 exhibitors and 1.3 million visitors to events each year.
- Annually, there are about 100 events and about 75 specialist trade fairs and conferences in Nuremberg with more than 70% of the exhibitors and 50% of the visitors coming from abroad.
- Nuremberg offers a wide and varied range of events throughout the year and the city's many sights, historical buildings and the extensive museum landscape attract numerous visitors from all around the world.
- Nuremberg is a top innovation region: it is ranked in third place in Germany for the number of patent applications filed per inhabitant.
- There are 18 universities with approximately 120,000 students within a radius of 100km.
- 18% of Nuremberg's population are foreign nationals and about a third of all citizens come from a migration background. This results in a high potential for VFR and incoming traffic.
- There are various ethnic groups in the core catchment area with high VFR demand:
- Turkey: 122,000
- Russia: 69,000
- Romania: 53,000
- Poland: 48,000
- Greece: 25,000
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Award Winning: ‘Best German Airport’ at the Business Traveller Awards 2009 – with plenty of business and leisure incentives to go there.
Marketing and other support
Nuremberg Airport offers various incentives and support to airlines starting new routes, including:
- Free advertisement in airport publications (magazines, timetables etc)
- Online promotion via the airport website and newsletter
- Free advertisement inside airport terminals
- Joint advertisement campaigns in the local press
- Sales promotion for travel channels
- Press releases to regional press
- New route opening events
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More than 5 million people live within just 100km of Nuremberg Airport, which is directly linked with the city’s main train station, allowing for easy access to all major cities in Southern Germany. It is also just 11km from the Norisring racing circuit.
Catchment Area
- More than 5 million people, with an above-average purchase power, live within a 100km radius of Nuremberg Airport.
- Nuremberg is in the centre of North Bavaria. The metropolitan region of Nuremberg has 3.5 million inhabitants and is a trendsetting centre of national and international importance for Europe.
- The airport is linked with a direct underground line to the Nuremberg Main Station (12 minutes travel time only), which is a key railway junction with high-speed trains and very efficient connections to Southern Germany.
City |
Travel time (hours:mins) |
Daily connections |
Fare (€) |
Ingolstadt |
00:29 |
30 |
20,20 |
Bamberg |
00:40 |
50 |
11,30 |
Bayreuth |
00:45 |
28 |
16,70 |
Wuerzburg |
00:51 |
50 |
19,00 |
Regensburg |
00:57 |
35 |
17,60 |
Munich |
01:02 |
60 |
19,00 |
Fulda |
01:25 |
15 |
29,00 |
Coburg |
01:45 |
10 |
19,90 |
Kassel |
01:55 |
15 |
29,00 |
Frankfurt |
02:05 |
30 |
29,00 |
Passau |
02:10 |
14 |
29,00 |
Stuttgart |
02:15 |
16 |
29,00 |
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Nuremberg ranks in the top 20 economic regions in Europe and it is home to around 150,000 companies and enterprises. A host of household names including Siemens, Bosch, Puma and Adidas have their headquarters in the region.
Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors
- Nuremberg is the economic and service metropolis of Northern Bavaria and ranks in the top 20 European economic regions.
- Approximately 150,000 companies and enterprises take advantage of the locality of Nuremberg as a traffic junction of highways and railroad.
- The economic structure of the region is marked by technologically efficient industrial plants with a remarkably high export share of 42% (above German average).
- Main industry sectors: medical, electrical, mechanical and automation engineering
- Worldwide headquarters of Siemens, Adidas, Bosch, Diehl, Faber-Castell, GfK, Nestlé Schöller, Puma, Schaeffler Group and Uvex are based in the region.
- Excellent transport connections and the convenient proximity to Southern and Eastern Europe offer ideal conditions for the cross-border flow of goods to emerging markets in all parts of the world.
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Nuremberg Airport – linked to the centre of the city by dedicated U-Bahn link – is investing in a brand new state-of-the-art Airport Business Center. Users will benefit from the airport’s 24 hour operations.
Geography
- The airport is located 7 km north of the city centre of Nuremberg close to the A3 motorway.
- The city is surrounded by a network of motorways connecting it to all directions of the compass (Berlin – Munich, Frankfurt – Vienna, Stuttgart – Prague).
- The U-Bahn (Metro) line U2 connects the airport with the centre of the city; it takes only 12 minutes to reach the central railway station.
Infrastructure & Operations
- Operating hours: 24h
- No slot restrictions
- Runway: 10/28 (2.700m x 45m)
- 44 aircraft stands of which five are served by air bridge
- Apron: 246,800 m²
- Full service handling
- Two departure halls and one arrival hall (all linked), 40 check-in desks
Important infrastructure developments and/or other news
- Recent construction projects: New Cargo Center II, new parking garage P3 increasing the car parking spaces to over 7,000, new Transfer-Control-Terminal designed to handle up to 3.000 connecting passengers per hour.
- Currently in the process of planning direct motorway access, extension of the arrival hall in 2012 and a new Airport Business Center including a hotel and conference rooms.
Vital statistics
- Total passengers (2009): 3,970,000
- Domestic: 36 %
- International: 64 %
- Business traffic: 29 %
- Freight: 100,000 tonnes
- Largest carriers: LH, AB, X3, LX, KL, AF, TK
- Destinations: Around 60
Financials
- Airport charges: http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/company/charges
- Annual report: http://www.airport-nuernberg.de/unternehmen/konzern/geschaeftsbericht/
