Easter holidays: BER expects 60.000 passengers per day

Logo of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport in Terminal 1 (Photo: Granit Pireci).
Logo of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport in Terminal 1 (Photo: Granit Pireci).

Easter holidays: BER expects 60.000 passengers per day

Logo of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport in Terminal 1 (Photo: Granit Pireci).
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Berlin-Brandenburg Airport will open Terminal 24 on March 2022, 2. This will mainly be used by Ryanair, but also by Aer Lingus. The building does not have its own gates, but it does have an extensive Siko system.

The management assumes that the infrastructure of Terminal 1 will be relieved and long queues can be avoided. Around 60.000 passengers a day are expected for the Easter holidays, around 20 percent of them in the new Terminal 2. The resumption of the long-haul connection to Newark (New York) on March 28, 2022 and the new connection to Washington from May 27, 2022 are also planned.

In its first meeting in 2022, the Airport Company's Supervisory Board dealt with the preparations for the expected recovery in air traffic and the medium and long-term financial development of the company. It was also discussed what impact the Ukraine war is having on air traffic and what the company can do to support the Berlin and Brandenburg shareholders in accommodating war refugees.

The management then reported to the Supervisory Board on the status of the optimizations in Terminal 1. The more than 20 projects presented, most of which will be completed in 2022, improve operational processes and thus largely serve to directly or indirectly increase the service quality for passengers.

Regarding the expected development of air traffic, the management explained that all major airlines at BER are recording increasing flight bookings and continue to assume a large catch-up effect for vacation and business trips canceled due to the pandemic.

In addition to the regular financial reporting, the management reported on the EU state aid procedure, which was successfully completed at the beginning of February and enables the shareholders to support FBB with around 1,7 billion euros. By compensating for the corona-related losses, the aid represents an important part of the partial debt relief with which FBB intends to become economically independent again by 2026 when traffic recovers accordingly.

“Together with all partners at the airport, FBB has prepared well for increasing passenger numbers. We are now looking forward to welcoming passengers at Terminal 2 from the end of March and to flying from BER to the USA for the first time. Even if the financial situation remains difficult, we have made important progress towards consolidation. We have to continue on this path," said airport boss Aletta von Massenbach.

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