In 2025, Berlin Brandenburg (IATA code BER) welcomed 26.1 million passengers, which cemented its position as Germany’s third-busiest airport. Throughput was at the highest level since BER opened in 2020. However, if the now-closed TXL and SXF are combined, traffic is down by nearly 27% compared to 2019, which is a drop of 9.5 million […]
August 31, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Fraport has been named the Official Airport Partner of Routes World 2026, which will take place in Frankfurt this October. Fraport operates Frankfurt Airport, one of Europe’s leading international hubs, alongside a portfolio of airports spanning four continents. As Official Airport Partner, the company will have a prominent presence throughout Routes World 2026, engaging with […]
August 19, 2026 | Air Service Event News
Hannover is unusual in not having flights by (U)LCCs easyJet, Ryanair or Wizz Air. This is despite the airport’s 24/7 operation (which is unusual in Germany), no slot restrictions, 22 million people in the catchment area (one of Germany’s largest) and the incentive scheme. In 2025, 5.34 million passengers flew through Hannover’s doors. Traffic rose […]
July 14, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Corendon Airlines has launched a new service between Münster/Osnabrück Airport and Heraklion in Greece, marking the carrier’s second route from the German airport alongside its existing Antalya operations. The new service to Heraklion, launched Monday 27 April, will initially operate twice per week, increasing to three weekly flights in the autumn. Airport and airline representatives […]
April 28, 2026 | Airports, Europe, Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Condor is the fourth-largest airline serving Germany, after Lufthansa, Eurowings and Ryanair. According to Cirium schedule data for Q3 2026 (July-September), the leisure carrier Condor has 4.68 million two-way seats. Compared to the same three months in 2025, capacity has risen by 11%. It has also risen by 26% from before the pandemic in 2019, […]
April 20, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Some 28 airports in Germany have scheduled passenger flights this year. They include Dortmund, whose catchment area comprises around 11 million people in a 120-kilometre radius. As is usually the case, that population is shared by multiple airports. Dortmund handled a record 3.24 million passengers 2025. Traffic rose by 4% from the prior high, which […]
April 16, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Münster/Osnabrück (FMO) really stands out in Germany. Unlike most of the country’s other airports, it operates 24/7. It has no slot restrictions, meaning unparalleled flexibility for airlines. Its catchment not only covers Northwest Germany, but also the eastern part of the Netherlands. These factors, and more, have contributed to FMO’s fast traffic growth. According to […]
April 13, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Hamburg Airport serves western Europe’s largest city that isn’t the capital of a country. Last year it welcomed 14.77m passengers, still 15% fewer than in 2019, and was Germany’s fifth busiest airport. Back in 2010 Lufthansa and airberlin shared almost 65% of seat capacity. The latter collapsed in 2017 and Lufthansa now accounts for just […]
March 17, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Eurowings is the 15th-largest airline serving Europe. According to Cirium schedule data for the first half of 2026 (January-June), it has 13.3 million total seats. Capacity is flat year-over-year. The carrier has bases in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Kosovo, Spain and Sweden. Of course, the vast bulk of its seats (98%) are to, from […]
February 9, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Monday 12 January 2026 was a noteworthy day for German aviation with the launch of a new virtual airline, AIR UNIQON. The carrier, which uses a 78-seat Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 operated by Avanti Air will connect Friedrichshafen in south-west Germany with Berlin (4-weekly), Düsseldorf (4-weekly) and Hamburg (3-weekly). Berlin connection resumes after almost 10 years […]
January 15, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
The bar was set high – and yet it was cleared with ease. With nearly 3.7 million passengers in 2025, Memmingen Airport achieved a new record result and has committed itself to a course of consolidation for the current year. The self-imposed target of 3.5 million passengers for 2025 was already exceeded before Christmas. Now […]
January 8, 2026 | Air Service Event News
The German city of Dresden is located approximately 50 kilometres from the Czech Republic border. With over 1.3 million people, it is the third most populous city in what was once East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Many of Germany’s airports have suffered significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them have still not recovered […]
January 5, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story