Hannover Aviation Ground Services GmbH (AGS)
Hannover-Langenhagen Airport Ltd.
Management | CEO

Dr Raoul Hille has been the sole director of Hannover Airport since 2004.
He was born in Bremen, Germany. After he studied Industrial Engineering and Business Studies and his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.), he began his career in the Strategic Development Department of the Deutsche Lufthansa in Cologne in 1989. In 1991, he took over the management of a project corporation in Frankfurt and in 1993, he became director general of the "Joint Venture Airport Moskau" in Moscow.
In 1994, Dr. Hille was promoted to regional director of Lufthansa for western Germany with their headquarters in Dusseldorf. In 1997, he became direct report to the managing board at Lufthansa headquarters in Frankfurt. His position was head of the Corporate Portfolio Management.
In 1998, he became the managing director of the wholly-owned Lufthansa subsidiary GlobeGround, which offers ground traffic services and has got more than 60 affiliated companies.
Dr. Raoul Hille became the head of the managing board of Start Amadeus in Bad Homburg, Germany, in October 2000.
Dr. Hille holds several pilot licenses.
Traffic Figures
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
Passengers | ||||||
local passengers | 2,051,729 | 1,446,316 | 6,288,609 | 6,309,536 | 5,855,540 | 5,394,922 |
transit passengers | 2,697 | 6,017 | 12,757 | 15,098 | 14,564 | 13,892 |
total | 2,057,452 | 1,452,333 | 6,301,366 | 6,324,634 | 5,870,104 | 5,408,814 |
Flight movements | ||||||
scheduled/chartered | 22,842 | 19,437 | 55,178 | 55,980 | 53,082 | 52,819 |
other | 26,011 | 24,173 | 21,659 | 22,786 | 22,174 | 22,892 |
overall civil traffic | 48,853 | 43,610 | 76,837 | 78,766 | 75,256 | 75,711 |
Air cargo/mail | ||||||
all-freight | 24,733 | 17,565 | 9,843 | 6,019 | 6,494 | 6,301 |
freight on commercial flights | 709 | 658 | 1,876 | 2,165 | 2,482 | 1,984 |
airmail | 8,773 | 6,656 | 6,188 | 7,952 | 7,885 | 10,650 |
total | 34,215 | 24,879 | 17,907 | 16,136 | 16,861 | 18,935 |
Transport statistics of the current year can be found at the website of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen.
Annual Reports
- Annual Report 2018
Shareholders
Since 1952, the city of Hanover and the federal state of Lower Saxony have been shareholders of the Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH.
In 1998, the Fraport and Nord/LB joined in, which reduced the shares of the city of Hanover and the federal state of Lower Saxony by 15% each.
In 2001, the Fraport AG acquired the shares of Nord/LB.
In October 2018, iCON Infrastructure bought the shares of Fraport AG.
Further information on the shareholders can be found here:
Subsidiaries & Shareholdings
Aircargo Services Hannover GmbH (ASH)
AHS Aviation Handling Services GmbH
AHS HANNOVER Aviation Handling Services GmbH
Gastronomie Flughafen Hannover GmbH (GFH)
AirITSystems GmbH
Hannover Airport
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Langenhagen Flughafen mbH
Hannover Marketing und Tourismus GmbH (HMTG)
Flughafen Parken GmbH
Organigram
Supervisory Board
Chairperson of the Board
Reiner Schränkler
iCON InfrastructureDeputy-chairperson
State Secretary Doris Nordmann
Ministry of Finance in Lower Saxony
Other membersCity Concillor Prof. Dr. Lars Baumann
Federal capital HanoverCouncil Chairperson Uta Engelhardt
Federal capital HanoverCouncilor Joana Kleindienst
Federal capital HanoverState Secretary Dr. Berend Lindner
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment and Traffic in Lower Saxony
State Secretary Dr. Jörg Mielke
State Chancellery in Lower SaxonyDr. Torsten Wolf
iCON InfrastructureEmployee's representatives
Herr Martin Adam
Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbHHerr Peter Alpers
Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbHMr. Torsten Krups
Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbHMr. Marian Kristoff Drews
ver.di union secretary