Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport had around 2022 passengers in May 130.000, around 6,8 percent more than in the pre-crisis month of May 2019. Flight movements also increased accordingly. They were 3.884 in May and thus 23 percent higher than the same month in 2019.
In the area of air freight, the FKB was able to increase to 144 tons. Compared to May 2019, this corresponds to an increase of 47 percent. In the 2022 summer timetable, 1,1 million seats to 35 destinations are currently on sale.
According to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, only one flight had to be canceled during the Pentecost weekend, which was busy with travel. This is said to have been due to the weather. In contrast to other airports, there should not have been any handling problems.
"The efforts to optimize cooperation in recent weeks and the high level of commitment on the part of our own employees, the aviation security forces and the federal and state police show that a high level of service can be maintained at FKB despite the high volume and late arrivals," says Managing Director Uwe Kotzan . "Everyone involved at the airport was well prepared, which also applies to the passengers, most of whom showed up on time and had the necessary documents to hand," says Eric Blechschmidt, Traffic Manager at the airport. “After two years of the pandemic, we like to see a rush again. People are looking forward to finally being able to travel again. Things should run smoothly at the airport.”