Maastricht Aachen Airport

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The Maastricht Aachen Airport (IATA: MST, ICAO: EHBK; well Airfield South Limburg / Beek ) is a small international commercial airport in the town of Beek about 10 kilometers northeast of Maastricht and 30 kilometers northwest of Aachen. The airport can be reached by car or bus via the Rijksweg 2. From Aachen Airport Express runs daily from Aachen Central Station at the station Aachen Schanz Bahnhof Aachen West and to the airport. It is mainly used for the air transportation of importance, but is also used by low cost and charter airlines.

On the premises and the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre of Euro Control, which monitors the top flight corridors, north-west Germany, the Benelux countries and northern France is.

Airlines and destinations

The Maastricht Aachen Airport is used in passenger traffic of low cost airlines and charter airlines. Ryanair, Transavia Airlines and Corendon mainly serving tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. Greater importance of the freight transport, among others operate Royal Jordanian and Cargolux from Maastricht Aachen Airport from around the world.

In July 2012, Ryanair announced that from December 2012 to open a base in Maastricht and first to deploy a machine there. In the summer of 2013, Ryanair flies to 15 destinations from Maastricht: London - Stansted, Dublin, Treviso, Bari, Bergamo, Pisa, Trapani, Girona, Alicante, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Faro, Porto and Brive- la -Gaillarde. In November 2013 it was announced that Ryanair closes the base again and will remove multiple routes.

Extension

Plans for expansion of 1944 created as an Allied airbase airfield often encounter fierce resistance, since the approach path will lead through the center of several villages and towns in the Netherlands and neighboring Belgium. Since the air freight traffic mainly takes place at night, there are fears too much noise.