Overview

Berlin Airports: the best connections for the German capital region

Berlin Airports guarantees the air traffic infrastructure for the capital region of Berlin Brandenburg with the airports Schoenefeld and Tegel. From 2012, all air traffic will flow through the new Capital Airport Berlin Brandenburg International BBI. In the first step, Tempelhof Airport was closed on 30 October 2008. Tegel Airport will be closed in 2012 when BBI opens.

Passenger figures in 2009 almost reached the record level of 2008, with nearly 21 million passengers taking off and landing in Berlin. Down only 2 per cent on 2008, Berlin Airports fares much better than the average international commercial airport in Germany (down 4.6 per cent on 2008) for the seventh year in a row. This result has enabled it to further consolidate its position in third place in the ranking of German commercial airports, despite the difficult macroeconomic environment. Berlin’s share of the German air traffic market has also grown and is now 11.6 per cent. On a European scale Berlin ranks 15th.

Never before has Berlin been so well connected to the rest of the world. In 2009, a total of 77 airlines landed at Berlin airports. The European route system in particular is tightly knit. Berlin served more than 166 destinations in more than 50 countries in 2009, 123 of which were in Europe. With non-stop flights from Tegel to New York, Bangkok, Phuket, Beijing and Doha, the capital of Qatar, the range of long-haul flights offered is constantly improving. As from the winter flight schedule 2010/2011, Air Berlin will be offering non-stop long-haul services from Berlin to Dubai, Miami and Mombasa.

Cooperation with travel operators, airlines, transport companies and tourist organisations continues to drive forward the expansion of flight connections to and from the capital region. Further destinations in the Middle and Far East are to follow.

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