Düsseldorf Airport: All information about flight cancellations on January 9, 2025!

Düsseldorf Airport: All information about flight cancellations on January 9, 2025!

Flughafen Düsseldorf, 40474 Düsseldorf, Deutschland - On January 9, 2025, flight cancellations and delays could occur at Düsseldorf Airport. According to the information from tonight.de an overview of the failing flights is provided. In the current Christmas travel wave, over 800,000 travelers are expected during this period, which corresponds to an increase of 10% compared to the previous year.

The airport is planning over 5,500 starts and landings for the day, which corresponds to around 45,000 passengers per day. The Canary Islands, Mallorca, Antalya and Hurghada are particularly popular. Average 82% of passengers needed less than 10 minutes for check-in last year, while 95% of passengers were able to go through the security controls in less than 10 minutes.

previous incidents and measures

Various incidents in the recent past have influenced air traffic in Düsseldorf. On July 19, 2024 there was an IT disorder that affected check-in and boarding, regarding many Eurowings flights. In addition, warning strikes at Lufthansa led to restrictions in March 2024. Also unannounced strikes on March 7, 2024, which concerned the security controls, and other strikes had an impact on air traffic in the months before

In April 2023 there were also strikes that heavily burdened the airport. To improve the situation, Düsseldorf Airport introduced a package of measures to reduce waiting times in spring 2023. This includes the "off-block" program, which enables a booking of time windows for security controls 72 hours before departure, as well as a new priority lane at the switch.

In addition, flugrecht.de provides information about passengers in the event of delays or cancellations. According to the EU regulation 261/2004, passengers are entitled to compensation of 250, 400 or 600 euros, depending on the flight distance. Support services such as drinks, snacks and hotel accommodation are available for diversions, depending on the waiting time.

The airport is also subject to a night flight ban that applies from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., whereby only propeller machines up to 9 tons are allowed to start and landings with restrictions are possible. Large aircraft are not allowed to land during the night.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien