Liège Airport
Liege Airport | |||||||||||||||
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IATA: LGG – ICAO: EBLG | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Walloon government & private investors | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Liege Airport s.a. | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Liege, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 659 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||||||
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Website | liegeairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Liege Airport (IATA: LGG, ICAO: EBLG), previously called Liege-Bierset, is the international airport of Liege in Belgium.
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Overview
The airport is located in Grâce-Hollogne, Liege Province, north-west of the city of Liege, in the east of Belgium. The first terminal on the site opened in 1930.[1]
It is mainly used for freight/cargo operations, but also serves more than 23 destinations for passengers (mainly charters). Liege is located in the centre of the golden triangle Paris - Amsterdam - Frankfurt that handles 66% of European freight, and 75% when taken together with London. In 2014 it was the eighth-biggest cargo airport in Europe. Liege Airport is the biggest cargo airport in Belgium, and the third-biggest for passengers after Brussels Airport and Brussels South Charleroi Airport.[2]
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Corsica | Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia[3] |
Jetairfly[4] | Alicante, Djerba,[4] Enfidha,[4] Gran Canaria, Málaga, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum, Casablanca, Heraklion, Ibiza, İzmir, Kos, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tétouan |
Nouvelair | Seasonal charter: Monastir |
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Charter: Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, İzmir, Kos, Málaga, Marrakech, Monastir, Nice, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife–South |
Tunisair | Seasonal charter: Djerba, Enfidha |
I-Fly | Seasonal charter: Shenyang, Tianjin, Xi'an[5] |
Orenair | Seasonal charter: Changsha, Kunming, Nanjing |
Cargo
Statistics
Cargo activity
Liege Airport is the global hub of TNT Airways; the European hub of Allied Air, Astral Aviation, CAL Cargo Air Lines, El Al Cargo, Ethiopian Cargo, and Icelandair Cargo, and a key European cargo hub for ABX Air, AirBridge Cargo, Bluebird Cargo, Emirates, i-Fly, Qatar Airways Cargo and Ukraine International Airlines. Frequent visitors for charter operations are Antonov Airlines, Atlas Air, Cargolux, FedEx, Gestair Cargo, Kalitta Air, National, Lufthansa Cargo and Saudia Cargo.
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Passenger activity
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Ground transportation
By car
The airport is located next to the E42 (exit 3), close to an important highway junction.
By bus
A special bus (number 57) links the airport to Liège main train station (Liège-Guillemins) where connections can be made with local, national and high speed international trains (Thalys, ICE). This bus operates every 2 hours from 7 AM to 5 PM, on working days only. Bus number 53 goes to Liège city centre (Place Saint-Lambert) where connections are available with Liège public transport system.
See also
References
External links
- (English) Liege Airport (official site)
- (French) (Dutch) (German) Liege Airport (official site)
- Airport information for EBLG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.