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Historic development

Year Day History
1925 1st June Opening of Innsbruck Airport in the Reichenau district and inauguration of the scheduled Munich-Innsbruck service
4th October Aerobatics by Ernst Udet
1926 14th March Christening of the "Tirol" aeroplane for round flights
18th April Start of high altitude transports by German Lufthansa
1st November Incorporation in the ÖLAG network of routes
1930 Gliding comes to Innsbruck
1948 15th January Opening of "Innsbruck-West" Airport at the Ulfiswiese site
1950 June Incorporation of Innsbruck in the KLM network of scheduled flights
1951 May Start of the Swissair destination Zurich – Innsbruck – Salzburg
1954 October Foundation of the "Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft" as operating company
1956 22th November Establishment of air rescue services by the Federal Ministry of the Interior
1959 5th September Incorporation in the Austrian Airlines network of routes
1965 24th April Official inauguration of the new airport buildings
1966 23th October Landing of a BAC 1-11 jet aircraft
1976 29th January Installation of the instrument landing system
1978 Upswing in charter flights
1979 2nd July Start of the Crossair destination Zurich – Innsbruck
1980 1st April Innsbruck-Vienna and Innsbruck-Zurich routes start operating with the Tyrolean Airways Dash 7
1983 1st July Inauguration of helicopter first aid service with the "Christophorus"
1985 1st January H. Jilg follows Dr. P. Schneider as airport director
The first Tyrolean Airways Dash 8 goes into service
1989 9th June Opening of the Tyrolean Air Ambulance centre.
1990 14th October 60,000 visitors at the 5th Innsbruck Airport Festival
29th October The new tower goes into operation
1991 Inauguration of the Tyrolean-hangar with engine check pit
1994 5th October Opening of the new air freight terminal
1995 1st January Mag. R. Falch follows H. Jilg as airport director
31st May First landing by a Tyrolean Airways Fokker 70
1996 Foundation of the Airport Environmental Forum
3th October Opening of the new arrivals hall
1998 52 scheduled and charter airlines operate to and from Innsbruck
1999 28th März Start of the Air Alps Aviation Innsbruck – Amsterdam service
Summer Starting and landing runways rebuilt
October Work starts on the multistorey car park
2000 26th März Air Alps Aviation becomes the second carrier to operate the Innsbruck – Vienna route
April Opening of the multistorey
22th May Start of the Innsbruck – Graz route operated by Welcome Air, the new Tyrolean airline
1st June Opening of the new departure hall
2001 November Completion of the new aprons; 41 charter airlines now serve Innsbruck
2002 March Start of Air Alps Aviation's Innsbruck – Bozen – Rome service
April - December The airport restaurant is being rebuilt with you in mind
2003 31st März official opening of the new airport restaurant "Fly-INN"
October Start of the Innsbruck - Bern route operated by Air Alps Aviation
December Start of the Innsbruck - London route operated by AUA Group
2004 January Start of the Innsbruck - Göteborg route operated by Tiroler Fluglinie Welcome Air
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