After all, Schönefeld and Tegel were able to count a little more passengers than in April in May 2020.

Air traffic at Berlin airports remained at a very low level in May. After the drastic slump in passenger numbers in the previous months, there were nonetheless - albeit small - signs of recovery. In April, 51.979 people took off and landed at Schönefeld and Tegel Airports. This means that the number of passengers has almost doubled compared to April, but is only 1,6 percent compared to the same month last year. 

“May was also a lost month for the airport company. Although air traffic is slowly picking up again after weeks of standstill, it only reaches 2 to 4 percent of the previous year's figure towards the end of the month. For the coming weeks, we expect air traffic to gradually increase. At both airports, we are well prepared to safely carry out the increasing number of flights under the applicable distance and hygiene rules ”, says Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, Chairman of the Management Board.

Freight traffic, however, recorded a comparatively less sharp decline in May, as reported. A total of 961 tonnes of air freight were handled via the two airports last month. A minus of 68,9 percent. In Tegel it was around 7 tons (minus 99,6 percent) of air freight, in Schönefeld 954 tons (minus 14,4 percent).