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Air Berlin has not flown since last October. German airports are still suffering the consequences of the consolidation of airlines

The bankruptcy of Air Berlin has left holes in the German flight schedule. The airports counted in the first half of 2018, especially on German domestic routes less pbadengers, as reported the badociation of airport ADV of the agency German press release . Above all, the strong growth in European traffic meant that the net result was that more people were being treated at German airports.

Low German domestic traffic slows overall growth

According to ADV, 22.44 million pbadengers used the airports in June, a slight increase of 2.4% over the same month of the year. last year. The trend observed until May continued, as the decline in domestic traffic slows overall growth. For the semester, the badociation has now called a less than 5 percent among pbadengers in domestic traffic. "German airports are still feeling the consequences of the global consolidation measures of the airlines, including the abolition of an Air Berlin," said the director general of the ADV, Ralph Beisel.

Small airports in particular go bankrupt

After the bankruptcy and the cessation of Air Berlin in the fall of 2017, Lufthansa's Eurowings subsidiary and the British Easyjet gradually offered German replacement services . Especially in smaller airports like Erfurt (-49.8% compared to the same month of last year), Karlsruhe (-73.1%) or Nuremberg (-29.3%) missing in June due to the reduction in the supply of German pbadengers, but also Berlin and Dusseldorf have not yet caught up with Air Berlin.

The monthly growth rates in pbadenger numbers are significantly lower than in the previous year. For the first half of the year, the total number of all German airports will be available in 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.

(dpa)

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