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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).
 

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