Berlin records growth in February despite Lufthansa and easyJet strikes

1,431,616 passengers were recorded at the Berlin airports in February, 2.7 per cent more than in the same month the previous year. A total of 2,838,615 million passengers were handled in the first two months of 2010, 4.2 per cent more than in the same period the previous year.

Air freight flown recorded strong growth in February, increasing by 432 tons to 1,720 tons (+34.6 per cent).

Schoenefeld Airport recorded 472,615 passengers in February, representing a 6.4 per cent increase.

959,001 passengers were recorded in Tegel in the same period, representing a 0.9 per cent increase.

Schoenefeld and Tegel combined recorded 16,661 flight movements, also 0.9 per cent more than in the same month the previous year.

All traffic figures are based on preliminary figures.