Berlin-Brandenburg Airport had around 2021 passengers in April 265.000. There was an increase of 2021 travelers compared to March 44.000, but in direct comparison with April 2021 that is only a drop in the ocean, because at that time Schönefeld and Tegel handled around 3,1 million passengers.

A total of around 840.000 passengers took off and landed at BER in the first four months of this year. This means that less than ten percent of the passenger volume of the previous year was achieved. In the whole of 2020, 9,1 million travelers use an airport location in the capital region (TXL, SXF and BER).

Last month there were 4.184 flight movements at BER, in April of the previous year there were only 1.115 in Schönefeld and Tegel. In April 2019, around 23.700 aircraft took off and landed at the two airports at the time.

On the other hand, the decline in air freight compared to the pre-crisis month of 2019 is significantly lower: A total of around 2021 tons of goods were handled at BER in April 2.200, which is only about 300 tons less than in April 2019.

Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, CEO of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “Like all other German airports, the airport company only expects a slow recovery in air traffic. During the Easter holidays there was a small increase in travel, especially on the holiday weekends with up to 15.000 passengers per day. However, the industry's hope of a significant upturn in business was not fulfilled. In our forecast for 2021, we assume 10,7 million passengers. This number can only be achieved if the vaccination strategy takes effect, travel restrictions are lifted or relaxed and, as a result, tourist traffic picks up again in summer. "