After the slow start to 2022 due to the pandemic, the first signs of a recovery in passenger numbers at BER can be seen in February. A total of around 953.000 passengers took off and landed at the capital's airport last month.
This means that the number of passengers in February, which is three calendar days shorter, exceeds the number of passengers in January by around 186.000. Compared to the same month last year, when almost 147.000 passengers used BER, the number of passengers increased by almost six and a half times. In February 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic, around 2,54 million passengers used the former airports in Tegel and Schönefeld, more than twice as many. With a total of 10.029 aircraft movements, almost 1.000 more take-offs and landings were registered in February than in January. In February last year, just over 3.000 machines took off and landed at BER.
2.426 tons of air freight in February is an increase of a good 100 tons compared to the previous month. In the same period of the previous year, around 1.492 tons were handled in the cargo area of BER. Compared to the 2.483 tons of goods in February 2019, the freight volume is currently almost at the pre-crisis level.
“In February we see tendencies for an incipient recovery in air traffic at BER. The announcements of our partner airlines for the flight offer in the further course of the year also give reason for optimism that we are at the beginning of a sustained recovery in traffic figures. The task now is to continue on the path of dealing with the pandemic responsibly and to hope that the terrible war in the middle of Europe can be resolved,” said Aletta von Massenbach, CEO of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH.
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