For many people, Christmas time is also travel time: The airport company is expecting a slight increase in passenger numbers in the upcoming holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg compared to the previous weeks.
In total, around 17.12.2021 guests are expected at BER from December 02.01.2022, 640.000 to January 2019, 2020. This corresponds to about half of the passengers in the two-week Christmas vacation 150.000 before the corona pandemic. In 118, on the other hand, air traffic fell sharply during the Christmas holidays due to the lockdown and was only around 46 passengers. During the holidays, XNUMX destinations in XNUMX countries will be served from the new capital city airport.
In addition to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, destinations in Spain, Great Britain, Italy, France and Turkey are particularly popular, according to the airport. The busiest days are expected to be Friday, December 17.12.2021th, 2.1.2022, when the school holidays start in Brandenburg, and the last day of vacation in Berlin and Brandenburg on January 45.000nd, 60.000 with around XNUMX passengers each. During the autumn holidays last October there were more than XNUMX passengers on the peak days.