The Nürburgring has bought the insolvent Hunsrück Airport Hahn. According to information from the German Press Agency on Friday, a notarial contract for a purchase price of around 20 million euros was recently signed. The money is already in a so-called escrow account. The Ring holding company NR Holding, headed by the Russian Viktor Charitonin, has thus entered the airport.
The pharmaceutical entrepreneur is not on any EU sanctions list for Russia, which is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine. Insolvency administrator Jan Markus Plathner initially did not comment on the sale.
The Federal Ministry of Economics could still examine the sale to the legendary Eifel race track Nürburgring in accordance with the Foreign Trade Act. As early as June 2022, Swift Conjoy GmbH in Frankfurt bought Hahn Airport with a notarized contract as the investor with the highest bid at the time – but according to dpa information, never paid the purchase price. Insolvency administrator Plathner was upset about it. He could possibly claim damages against Swift Conjoy. The Frankfurt company has not responded to several dpa inquiries.
The rather remote Hahn Airport is a former US military airport with a checkered history. The only major airport in Rhineland-Palatinate has no rail connection, but a rare and coveted night flight permit. The federal state of Hesse acquired a 17.5 percent stake in Hahn Airport a long time ago.
