Go to Skip to content | Zum Seitenanfang | Skip to page bottom | Select language

Latest news
- News & Stories
- Berlin Airport News
Latest news

News & Stories

Our news section keeps you updated with the latest information on all aspects of Berlin air transport.

Registration for Berlin Airport News

You’d like to fly on holiday somewhere soon but have no idea where? Then why not subscribe to Berlin Airport News!
About us
About us

News & Stories

Our news section keeps you updated with the latest information on all aspects of Berlin air transport.

History

The aviation history of the metropolitan region goes back a long way – from the former airfield in Johannisthal to the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
Jobs & Career
Jobs & Career

Airport Job Board

Looking for a new job? On our jobs board you will find the latest job advertisements.

The airport as an employer

Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH takes pride in its position as one of the region’s leading employers. Want to learn more? You’ll find all the key facts here.
Environment
Environment

Airport Landscape Park

The band of parks and green spaces around the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport form an attractive landscape park.

Environmental Management

All processes at the airport are to be structured and managed to ensure full compliance with environmental legislation and regulations.

Go to Skip to main menu | Zum Seitenanfang | Skip to page bottom | Select language

back to Berlin Airport News archives

Berlin Airport News November 2020

If you cannot read this email correctly, please click here

Terminal 1 of Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) was commissioned on 31 October 2020 with the arrival of the first two aircrafts operated by easyJet and Lufthansa. Regular operations commenced a day later with the first departure of a commercial flights. Since 4 November 2020 BER is in full operation with the opening of the southern runway. With the closing of Tegel Airport on 8 November 2020, all air traffic of the capital region has been consolidated in one location.

Best regards, Your Berlin Airport Team

BER commissioned

Last weekend the last airlines have relocated to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, including the Lufthansa Group with Austrian, Swiss and Brussels Airlines. Lufthansa was one of the first airlines to land at BER. #helloBER

Move to BER completed

Opening BER’s southern runway

The four kilometre long southern runway came into operation on 4th November with a landing of Qatar Airways’ flight QR81 from Doha. #BER is now fully operational.

BER southern runway goes into operation

Observation deck at Terminal 1

The observation deck is open daily from 06:00 to 22:00. Due to the current safety measures, longer waiting times are possible. Please observe the current entry regulations.

Observation deck

Current information on flying under corona conditions

Numerous measures in the terminals as well as at the security control and boarding ensure that passengers can fly safely, even under corona conditions. Passengers and visitors can have a test for the Covid-19 virus carried out in Terminal 1 of Berlin Brandenburg Airport.

Flying safely under corona conditions

Closure of Tegel Airport

On 2 January 1960, Air France completed the first scheduled flight to Tegel with a Lockheed Super Constellation. Sixty years later, the circle was completed when, on 8 November 2020 at 3:00 pm, a plane from the french airline took off from TXL for Paris for the very last time.

Farewell to TXL


Legal notice
Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH T +49-30-609160910 www.berlin-airport.de www.facebook.com/berlinairport www.twitter.com/berlinairport www.instagram.com/berlin_airport Visitors‘ adress: Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Terminal 5, 12529 Berlin-Schönefeld Postal adress: Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, 12521 Berlin Disclaimer: Although every effort is made to ensure that the content provided on this site is correct, we will not accept liability for the content of external sites that are linked to this site. Liability rests solely with the provider of the page to which the link leads.		Chairman of Supervisory Board: Rainer Bretschneider Chief Executive Officer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup Chief Financial Officer: Aletta von Massenbach Chief Human Resources Officer: Michael Halberstadt Registration court: Amtsgericht Cottbus Registration number: HRB 9380 CB VAT ID Number: DE 223892319 Responsible for the content of this site in accordance with Sec. 55 Subs. 2 RStV: Hannes Stefan Hönemann (Head of Corporate Communication) Supervisory Authority: Gemeinsame Obere Luftfahrtbehörde Berlin-Brandenburg (LuBB), Mittelstraße 5/5a, 12529 Schönefeld

Photo credits Günter Wicker / Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH

Airport Info

+49 30 609160910

@berlinairport

Our airport information staff can be reached 24/7.

Latest news

About us

Jobs & Career

Environment