The million-dollar guarantees have not yet been approved, flight operations are still paralyzed, and the time for cheap loans is running out. Overall, the pressure on the is increasing Hanover Airport. Several executives at the airport are now addressing the public shareholders, the city, in a position paper Hannover and the country Lower Saxony, and demand quick help and a clear commitment to the airport. The authors of the publication are currently collecting signatures in the company. “A capital injection would be the best way,” says one of the signatories.
“No dirigistic measures”
So far, the shareholders have not planned to help the airport with direct financial injections. Rather, they want Guarantees give for cheap loans. The airport employees fear in their paper that the promised Guarantees be linked to conditions. “Prohibitions and well-intentioned – but not target-oriented – dirigistic measures endanger the future viability of the region and will also permanently fail to meet the ecological requirements,” says the paper available to the HAZ. In fact, the Greens in the Council are thinking about Night flights to charge a higher fee and to restrict air traffic to short distances.
Guarantees of a total of 60 million euros planned
The Corona-Krise and the associated restrictions on the travel business have the Hanover Airport shaken. In the first nine months of the year Langenhagen just under 1.3 million passengers handled – that is a decrease of 73 percent compared to the same period last year. To get to the airport through the crisis To help, additional capital of 60 million euros is needed. The shareholders – city, country and private Financial investor Icon Infrastructure – want for cheap loans at the federally owned Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW) vouch for: the city with 21 million euros, the country with the same amount and Icon with 18 million euros.
The application period for low-cost KfW loans ends on December 31 of this year. The council made its decision on the urban guarantee adjourned last week. The aim is, however, it is said from Council circles that the Council on November 26th on the guarantee votes. In the country, auditors still have to look at the process – a legal requirement. However, the majority approval of state politicians is considered certain. Icon has already signaled that it will take its share.
Greens: Airport must be “climate friendly”
The green In the meantime, they are discussing in the Hanoverian Council guarantee to attach conditions to the city. In conversation is among other things, Night flights to make it more expensive through higher airport fees and thereby reduce take-offs and landings at night. The Greens are also considering restricting domestic short-haul flights – a requirement that the airport could not legally implement. Basically, Green Group leader thinks Freya Markowis: “The airport has to show that it is setting itself up for the future and for the climate.”
Even if the Green Council faction in its internal meeting on Tuesday, November 17, comes up with a list of conditions for the guarantee to decide, the chances of success remain slim. The FDP, Member of the majority alliance (SPD, Greens, FDP) hits the brakes. “The airport has to remain competitive,” says FDP parliamentary group leader Wilfried Engelke. The possibility of Night flights is a unique selling point of the airport Hannover throughout northern Germany.
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