History | |
1944 | Layman Edwin (Happy) Hogg starts working as an airport chaplain in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
1951 | The first known airport chapel opens at Boston's Logan International Airport, Massachusetts, USA, under the direction of Richard Cardinal Cushing. |
1967 | The International Conference of Civil Aviation Chaplains, IACAC (www.iacac.info), is founded in Brussels, Belgium, on 21 September. |
1991 | On 5 August the Lutheran parish of Dresden-Klotzsche approaches the airport management with the idea of setting up an airport chaplaincy. This is not possible at the time due to space constraints. |
1998 | On 8 September the foundation stone is laid for the transformation of the former hangar 219 (built in 1958/59) into a modern airport terminal. |
2001 | The opening ceremony of the terminal and the airport chapel is held on 25 March. |
2002 | The Conference of Protestant Airport Chaplaincies in Hamburg is established on 3 June. |
2004 | The Protestant Airport Chaplains of Germany hold their 5th conference at Dresden Airport on 30 June. |
2006 | The autumn conference of the board of IACAC is held at Dresden Airport on 15 November, with guests from Hungary and Texas, USA. |
2008 | On 8 and 9 October the First Ecumenical Conference at Dresden International Airport brings together airport chaplains from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (OEKOF, www.airportchapel.de). |