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airberlin insolvency becomes apparent; Passenger numbers at Tegel fall significantly

With a decrease of 11.9% compared to October 2016, passenger numbers at Berlin Tegel have fallen significantly. Despite slight growth at Schonefeld (+3.3%), the total number of passengers at both Berlin airports has fallen by 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.

With a decrease of 11.9 % compared to October 2016, passenger numbers at Berlin Tegel have fallen significantly. Despite slight growth at Schonefel.

Traffic Report October 2017
With a decrease of 11.9% compared to October 2016, passenger numbers at Berlin Tegel have fallen significantly. Despite slight growth at Schonefeld (+3.3%), the total number of passengers at both Berlin airports has fallen by 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year. As a result, the airberlin crisis has had a visible impact on the Berlin airports during the last operational month of the airline. Since the beginning of the year however, passenger numbers have continued to increase, rising by 4.4% overall.

In the current traffic report you will find the figures for passengers, flights and airfreight for the month of October 2017, as well as cumulatively since the beginning of the year, in each case in comparison to the same period of the previous year.

Traffic figures January to October 2017

  • Passengers: From January to October, 28,902,991 passengers flew from Schonefeld and Tegel; an increase of 4.4% in comparison to the same period of the previous year. 10,936,190 passengers took off and landed from Schonefeld, 13.2 % more than in the same period in 2016. 17,966,801 passengers flew from Tegel, 0.3% less than in the same period of the previous year.
  • Flights: Between January and October 2016, the number of flights from Schonefeld and Tegel increased to 239,776 take-offs and landings, an increase of 1.3% compared to the same period of the previous year. At Schonefeld, the number of flights increased to 85,887, an increase of 7.1%. At Tegel, there were 153,889 take-offs and landings, which is 1.7% less than in the same period of the previous year.

Passenger figures October 2017

  • Passengers: In October 2017, 2,948,937 passengers took off and landed at Schonefeld and Tegel airports, a fall of 6.2% compared to the same month last year. 1,209,714 passengers flew from Schonefeld in October (+3.3%), while at Tegel there was a total of 1,739,223, 11.9 % fewer passengers due to the insolvency of airberlin.
  • Flights: In October 2017, the number of flights at Schonefeld and Tegel airports dropped to 24,195 take-offs and landings, down 5.4 % from October 2016. At Schonefeld, the number of flights dropped to 9,037 (-1.7%). At Tegel, the number of flights in October dropped to 15,158 (-7.5%).
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