Nuremberg: German airports still feel the bankruptcy of Air Berlin

Other smaller airports in Germany also had fewer pbadengers
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14/07/2018 18h15

BERLIN / FRANKFURT –
Air Berlin has not flown since last October. German airports are still feeling the consequences of airline consolidation.

The bankruptcy of Air Berlin left holes in the German flight schedule. The airports counted fewer pbadengers in the first half of 2018, especially on German domestic routes, as reported ADV Airport agency to the German news agency. Above all, the strong growth in European traffic meant that the turnover was even higher at German airports.

In June, according to the ADV, 22.44 million pbadengers used the airports, a slight increase of 2.4% over the same month last year. The trend observed until May continued, as the decline in domestic traffic slows overall growth. For the semester the federation has now called a less than 5% with pbadengers in German domestic traffic.

significantly fewer pbadengers

"German airports are feeling the consequences of global consolidation measures with airlines, notably by omission of an Air Berlin," said the director general of the ADV , Ralph Beisel. Following the bankruptcy and cessation of Air Berlin in the autumn of 2017 Lufthansa's Eurowings subsidiary and the British Easyjet gradually offered German replacement services.

In June, smaller airports such as Karlsruhe (-73.1% compared to the same month of the previous year), Erfurt (-49.8%) or Nuremberg (-29.3%) recorded sharp drops in pbadengers. Also in Berlin and Düsseldorf, the number of travelers has dropped. The monthly growth rates of the number of pbadengers are significantly lower than those of the previous year.

For the first half of the year, the total number of all German airports will not be available until the month of August. Preliminary calculations show a 2.3% increase in pbadengers for just under 110 million pbadengers. The largest airport in Frankfurt, with a 9.8% increase in the number of pbadengers for the start of the local holiday in June, has particularly contributed to this.