Passenger traffic recovery not expected before 2025, says Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Berlin Brandenburg Airport has said that the most “realistic” timeframe for a return to 2019 passenger traffic levels is by 2025. The airport company has set 2023 as an optimistic target for hitting pre-pandemic traffic, with 2027 as a “worst case”. The Executive Board reported that on average, the new Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport served 7,500 passengers a day in the early weeks of January, only around 10% of the previous year’s level. According to estimates, traffic is likely to reach less than one-third of 2019 volumes in 2021, or around 10.7m passengers (compared to 35.6m in 2019). “Many airlines have significantly reduced their fleets, cut jobs and are repositioning themselves in the market,” said the airport company.<br/>