Representatives from politics, business and science have called on Lufthansa not to restrict its connections from Leipzig/Halle and Dresden airports. The Dresden and Leipzig/Halle airports are indispensable hubs for Saxony's international competitiveness, the Saxon Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHKs) announced in a joint letter. The trade fair and congress locations of Leipzig and Dresden in particular, as well as the dynamically growing semiconductor and microelectronics industry, would be massively affected by flight cancellations.
"With its high-tech industries, strong SMEs and excellent research landscape, Saxony is in global competition," said Max Jankowsky, President of the Chemnitz Chamber of Industry and Commerce and spokesperson for the state working group of Saxony's CCIs. A good range of flight connections and links to important hubs are a basic prerequisite for this. "Every reduction in the flight schedule is a setback."
