25.5 million people travelled via BER in 2024

Last December, 1.94 million people travelled via Berlin Brandenburg Airport. That is about ten per cent more than the 1.77 million passengers in December 2023 according to preliminary figures in the Traffic Report. At 76,444 passengers, the Sunday before New Year’s Eve, 29 December 2024, was the busiest day of December during the Christmas holiday season. Overall, almost 14,800 aircraft took off and landed at BER last month, about 1,100 more than in December 2023.

With regard to 2024 as a whole, it is once again clear that demand and the desire to travel are continuing. In total, 25,5 million passengers used BER Airport last year. That was 2.4 million people or 10.4 per cent more than in 2023. Most passengers, about 5.2 million, travelled with the airline Ryanair, which also recorded the highest growth at BER compared to the previous year at 18.4 per cent. Similarly, easyJet grew again (5.7 per cent) and carried 4.1 million passengers last year. About 2.1 million people flew with Eurowings,11 per cent more than in 2023. The largest group with about 5.7 million passengers continues to be the entire Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels).

The busiest day of the year was 27 September 2024 with 99,579 passengers. Many Berlin Marathon participants travelled to the airport on that Friday. The number of flight movements last year was just below 192,000, which corresponds to an increase of 8.5 per cent compared to 2023 as a whole.

Last December, air freight was 21.5 per cent higher than the freight volume in December 2023. In total, 3,840 tonnes of freight were handled at BER last month. In 2024 as a whole, the figure was 44,300 tonnes, 30 per cent more than in 2023.

Aletta von Massenbach, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “Overall, we are satisfied with the development of traffic in 2024. Travel connections and passenger numbers at BER Airport have developed well despite a difficult market environment – further growth in 2025 depends heavily on the general conditions for air traffic in Germany. We need competitive location conditions in Germany for the important further expansion of connectivity for all travellers.”