Air traffic fell sharply during the pandemic. In the summer, the number of passengers at German airports rose again. Nevertheless, the numbers do not look good, the association ADV announced.
The economic situation at the German airports remains tense despite the increased passenger numbers in the summer.
For the current year, the airport association ADV (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen) expects a total operational loss of all locations of around 1.5 billion euros, as association president Stefan Schulte said in Schönefeld. The industry came together for two days for a conference at the local capital airport BER. In 2021, the loss due to the collapse in passenger numbers in the Corona crisis was 2.1 billion euros.
“Unfortunately, our numbers for 2021 are such that you can see that we are still in dire economic straits,” said Schulte. In the pre-crisis year 2019, the industry had still recorded an operating profit of 800 million euros.
But even in the best week of this summer, the number of passengers at German airports was only 55 percent of a comparable week before the crisis, it said.
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