Groningen Airport Eelde welcomes Ryanair
14 May 2012On Monday May 14th the first direct flight from Milan (Bergamo) landed at Groningen Airport Eelde. The flight was welcomed with triumphal arch on the platform. The first flight had a good load factor with 101 of the seats filled! Ryanair will fly between Groningen and Milaan until mid October every Monday and Friday. From this week Ryanair ...
Groningen Airport Eelde welcomes Vueling!
28 April 2012On Saturday, April 28th, the first direct flight from Barcelona landed at Groningen Airport Eelde. The flight was welcomed with a triumphal arch on the platform. The first flight had a good load factor. 85% of the aircraft was filled with passengers. The first flight was 'picked up' by a group of ambassadors from the North, who already ...
Van de Kreeke new general manager Groningen Airport Eelde
04 April 2012Airport Eelde as of 1 June 2012. He will succeed interim manager Jos Hillen, because the Council of State has decided positively about the extension of the runway on 15 February 2012. The job of airport manager is no unknown territory for the 44-year-old Van de Kreeke. At the moment he is still the general director of Kilimanjaro ...
Ryanair opens three new routes to/from Groningen Airport Eelde
13 March 2012From May 2012, Mallorca, Marseille and Milan!
Groningen Airport Eelde welcomes its first continuous descent approach
17 February 2012On Friday 17 February 2012, Groningen Airport Eelde welcomed its first Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) which was performed by a plane owned by transavia.com. A CDA is a landing procedure whereby aircraft approach the airport in a continuous descent. This is better for the environment than the current procedure whereby aircraft descend in ...
Groningen Airport Eelde runway extension to go ahead!
15 February 2012Today, the Council of State arrived at its final decision on the airport’s designation order thereby enabling the proposed runway extension. The Council of State has retained the designation order which means the runway extension can be carried out. There is no appeal possible against this decision.
