The next holiday is just around the corner and the airport association is expecting a big wave of travel.
This weekend is the second big wave of travel after Easter at German airports. The airports are expecting around 2.5 million passengers on the Pentecost weekend, as the airport association ADV announced in Berlin on Wednesday. This corresponds to an increase of 5 percent compared to the previous year. “The traffic development on the long Pentecost weekend shows that the desire for vacation trips is unbroken,” said ADV Managing Director Ralph Beisel, according to the statement. Nevertheless, air traffic in Germany is recovering noticeably more slowly than in the rest of Europe.
After the corona pandemic, location costs in this country – especially aviation security fees and air traffic taxes – would have doubled. “This is not without consequences: the high demand for flights from private and business travelers is offset by weak offers from the airlines,” said Beisel. Air traffic needs a moratorium on charges in order to be able to rebuild the necessary connections for travelers and the economy.
Source: Stern
