BER had 1,77 million passengers in December 2023

Berlin-Brandenburg Airport had around 2023 million passengers in December 1,77. This meant a slight increase compared to November 2023. However, the volume was still significantly below the pre-crisis volume that Tegel and Schönefeld were able to achieve.

In December 2022, 1,53 million passengers were counted at BER, in December of the pre-Corona year 2019 there were 2,6 million passengers at the then Tegel and Schönefeld airports. The number of flight movements was around 2023 in December 13.600. That was around 1.400 more takeoffs and landings than in the same month last year. In December 2019, almost 21.200 flight movements were registered in Tegel and Schönefeld.

“Demand for air travel continued to rise last year. In 20, around 2023 million people used BER for flights abroad or for flights from abroad to Berlin. This corresponds to 73 percent of the pre-Corona level and is a sign that vacations continue to be highly valued by people. When it came to long-haul connections last year, we were back at the level of 2019,” said BER boss Aletta von Massenbach.

A total of 23,07 million passengers used BER throughout last year. That was 3,22 million more than in 2022, but still 12,6 million fewer than before the pandemic. A total of 176.649 aircraft took off and landed at the capital's airport last year. This corresponds to an increase of 7,5 percent compared to 2022. In 2019 there were 277.600 take-offs and landings.

Last December, air freight was 14 percent higher than the freight volume in the pre-Corona year of 2019. In total, around 2023 tons of air freight were loaded at BER in December 3.200. In 2023 as a whole, 34.038 tons of freight were handled, an increase of almost 7 percent compared to 2022 with 31.827 tons. In 2019 there were 35.000 tons of freight.