Groundbreaking for New Air Berlin Hangar at Düsseldorf International Airport Begins

Start of a major new project at Düsseldorf International: The cornerstone for Hangar 7 was laid. The Air Berlin Group will be using the hangar, which has room for three wide-body aircrafts. This is a major expansion of its service facilities at Germany’s third largest airport.

For Düsseldorf Airport GmbH this is the largest building project since the expansion of the terminal “airport 2000 plus”, completed in 2003. The hangar can hold three Airbus 340-600s at the same time

The new hangar is being built to the east of the terminal next to LTU Hangar 8, so that Air Berlin service will be able to use both hangars in the future. Hangar 7 is scheduled for completion in April 2009.

The hangar, which will be the largest at Düsseldorf Airport, is a steel structure enclosed with partition panels; for the gate, a polycarbonate enclosure for radar compatibility was chosen. The hangar is approx. 220 meters long and 90 meters wide. Three long-haul aircrafts of the type A340-600 have room here at the same time.

Additional plans are for a two-story annex for storage and employee areas and a four-story office annex with building services in the basement and the main entrance to the airport grounds for employees.