The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will significantly reduce its capacity at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in summer 2025. Of the nine Boeing 737-800s currently in use, only seven will remain stationed at BER.
The withdrawal is due to the access costs, which have been described as "horrendous", and the airport operator understands this. Lufthansa is also concerned about the high costs at the German site in Leipzig/Halle, which will receive fewer new connections in the future.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr points to significantly lower fees at other European airports, such as Prague, and calls for a reassessment of air traffic costs in Germany. The aviation industry association BDL criticizes the rising costs and calls for a "moratorium on charges" for German air traffic.
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