Berlin Brandenburg Airport

{{Short description|International airport in Germany}} {{Redirect|Berlin Airport|the previous airports of Berlin|Airports of Berlin|the airport in New Hampshire, the United States|Berlin Regional Airport}} {{Use British English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020|cs1-dates=l}} {{Infobox airport | name = Berlin Brandenburg Airport | nativename = {{small|{{lang|de|Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg}}}} | image = BER Logo en.svg | image-width = 250 | image2 = Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 1.jpg | image2-width = 250 | IATA = BER | ICAO = EDDB | WMO = 10385 | type = Public | owner-oper = Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH | city-served = Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region | opened = {{start date and age|2020|10|31|df=yes}}<ref name="finaldate"/><ref name="license"/> | location = Schönefeld, Brandenburg | hub = | focus_city = | operating_base = {{ubl|class=nowrap | Condor | easyJet | Eurowings | Ryanair (ending October 24 2026) | Sundair}} | elevation-f = 157 | metric-elev = yes | coordinates = {{coord|52|22|00|N|013|30|12|E|region:DE-BB|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label = '''BER'''/EDDB | mapframe = yes | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | pushpin_map = Germany#Europe | pushpin_map_caption = Location at the Berlin-Brandenburg border | website = {{URL|ber.berlin-airport.de}} | r1-number = 07L/25R | r1-length-m = 3600 | r1-length-f = 11811 | r1-surface = Asphalt | r2-number = 07R/25L | r2-length-m = 4000 | r2-length-f = 13123 | r2-surface = Concrete | metric-rwy = yes | stat-year = 2024 | stat1-header = Passenger volume | stat1-data = 25,465,872 {{increase}} +10.4% | stat2-header = Aircraft movements | stat2-data = {{0|00,}}191,718 {{increase}} +8.5% | stat3-header = Cargo (metric tons) | stat3-data = {{0|00,0}}44,275 {{increase}} +30.0% | footnotes = '''Sources:'''<ref name="TrafficReport2024"/> }}

'''Berlin Brandenburg Airport''' ({{langx|de|Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg „Willy Brandt“}}; {{airport codes|BER|EDDB|p=n}}; {{IPA|de|beːʔeːˈʔɛɐ̯|-|De-BER.ogg}}) is an international airport in Schönefeld, just south of the German capital and state of Berlin, in the state of Brandenburg.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48527308|title=The airport with half a million faults|first=Chris|last=Bowlby|work=BBC News|date=29 June 2019}}</ref> It is located {{convert|18|km|mi}} south-east of the city centre and serves as a base for Condor, easyJet, Eurowings, Ryanair and Sundair. It mostly has flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations as well as a number of intercontinental services.

The new airport replaced Tempelhof, Schönefeld, and Tegel airports (with the first already closed in 2008, followed by the last two in 2020), and has since become the only commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding State of Brandenburg, an area with 6 million inhabitants; however, much of Schönefeld's underlying infrastructure, including a runway, has been re-used by the new airport, and some of Berlin Brandenburg's new infrastructure, such as the control tower, was used by Schönefeld's operations in the lead-up to BER's proper opening. With projected annual passenger numbers of around 34 million,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/hauptstadtflughafen-berlin-ist-selbst-eine-ber-eroeffnung-im-jahr-2018-gefaehrdet/13499816.html| title=Ist selbst eine BER-Eröffnung im Jahr 2018 gefährdet?| date=26 April 2016| newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel| first=Thorsten| last=Metzner| trans-title=Is even a 2018 BER opening at risk?| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wicker |first=Günter |date=5 January 2019 |title=Am BER beginnt ein (weiteres) Jahr der Wahrheit |trans-title=A (further) year of truth begins at BER |url=https://www.aero.de/news-30635/BER-beginnt-ein-weiteres-Jahr-der-Wahrheit.html |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=aero |language=de}}</ref> Berlin Brandenburg Airport has become the third busiest airport in Germany, surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and making it the twenty-fourth busiest in Europe.

At the time of opening, the airport had a theoretical capacity of 46 million passengers per year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabricius |first1=Michael |date=24 January 2020 |title=Die BER-Eröffnung lässt sich kaum noch verhindern |language=de |trans-title=The BER opening can hardly be prevented |work=welt |url=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article205294181/Pannenflughafen-Die-BER-Eroeffnung-laesst-sich-kaum-noch-verhindern.html |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref> Terminal 1 accounts for 28 million of this; Terminal 2, which did not open until 24 March 2022, having been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounts for 6 million; and Terminal 5, the terminal buildings of the former Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, accounts for another 12 million. Planned further expansion would bring the airport's total annual capacity to 58 million passengers by 2035.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kurpjuweit |first=Klaus |date=30 August 2017 |title=Flughafenchef Lütke Daldrup will neuen Starttermin für Flughafen nach dem 24. Dezember nennen |trans-title=Airport boss Lütke Daldrup wants to name a new start date for the airport after December 24th |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/brandenburg/ber-eroffnung-warten-aufs-christkind-7125580.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313224836/https://www.pnn.de/brandenburg/ber-eroeffnung-warten-aufs-christkind/21324858.html |archive-date=13 March 2022 |access-date=19 September 2022 |work=Tagesspiegel PNN |language=de}}</ref>

The airport was originally planned to open in October 2011, five years after starting construction in 2006. The project encountered successive delays due to poor construction planning, execution, management, and corruption. Berlin Brandenburg Airport finally received its operational licence in May 2020,<ref name="license">{{cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/ber-31-12-2020/52871|language=de|title=BER soll am 31. Oktober 2020 öffnen|date=29 November 2019|website=airliners.de}}</ref> and opened for commercial traffic on 31 October 2020, 14 years after construction started and 29 years after official planning was begun.<ref name="finaldate">{{cite news |title=BER: Luftfahrtbehörde erlaubt Inbetriebnahme am 31. Oktober |trans-title=BER: Aviation authority permits commissioning on 31 October |date=1 October 2020 |language=DE |url=https://www.berliner-kurier.de/berlin/ber-luftfahrtbehoerde-erlaubt-inbetriebnahme-am-31-oktober-li.108821 |work=Berliner Kurier |access-date=31 October 2020 }}</ref> Schönefeld's refurbished passenger facilities were incorporated as ''Terminal 5'' on 25 October 2020<ref name="SXFT5">{{Cite web |date=7 September 2020 |title=Berlin-Schönefeld ist am 25. Oktober 2020 Geschichte |trans-title=Berlin-Schoenefeld is history on October 25, 2020 |url=https://www.dmm.travel/nc/news/berlin-schoenefeld-ist-am-25-oktober-2020-geschichte/ |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=DMM |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH">{{cite web |date=15 April 2016 |title=Construction work at Schönefeld Airport: Upgrading of federal highway B96a, car park P4 closed |url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/press/press-releases/2016/2016-04-15-construction-work-b96a/index.php |url-status=dead |access-date=19 September 2022 |publisher=Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728033936/https://www.berlin-airport.de/en/press/press-releases/2016/2016-04-15-construction-work-b96a/index.php }}</ref><ref name="Fahrun">{{cite news| url=http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article205441567/Altes-Terminal-in-Schoenefeld-bleibt-nach-BER-Start-offen.html| title=Altes Terminal in Schönefeld bleibt nach BER-Start offen| date=3 July 2015| trans-title=Old terminal in Schönefeld to remain open after BER start| language=de| access-date=26 April 2016| first=Joachim| last=Fahrun| newspaper=Berliner Morgenpost}}</ref> while all other airlines completed the transition from Tegel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport by 8 November 2020.<ref name="BERallocations">{{Cite web|last=Nowack|first=Timo|date=1 October 2020|title=Wann welche Airline zum BER wechselt|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/zeitplan-umzug-wann-welche-airline-zum-ber-wechselt|access-date=13 March 2023|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|language=de-CH}}</ref>

==History== ===Plans for a new Berlin Airport=== [[File:Tupolev Tu-134A-3, CCCP-65783, Aeroflot.jpg|thumb|right|A view of the apron of Berlin Schönefeld Airport (1990)]] thumb|Map showing the infrastructure of the Schönefeld area and the relationship between the new and old airports After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and following German reunification in 1990, Berlin once again became the German federal capital; leaders made plans to recognise the city's increased importance by constructing a large commercial airport. The existing airports — Tegel, Schönefeld and Tempelhof — were ageing and becoming increasingly congested with rising passenger numbers. To ensure the economic viability of the project, they pursued the ''single airport concept'': the new airport would become the sole commercial airport for Berlin and Brandenburg. They planned to close Tegel, Schönefeld and Tempelhof upon opening the new airport, then ban commercial aviation from any other airport in Brandenburg.

On 2 May 1991, the ''Berlin Brandenburg Flughafen Holding GmbH'' (BBF) was founded, owned by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg (37% each) and the Federal Republic of Germany (the remaining 26%). Eberhard Diepgen, Mayor of Berlin, became the first chairman of the supervisory board. The holding company announced on 20 June 1993 that Sperenberg Airfield, Jüterbog Airfield and the area south of Schönefeld Airport, where the evaluation of the locations Sperenberg, Jüterbog East, Jüterbog West, Tietzow, Michelsdorf, Borkheide and Schönefeld South was carried out according to five criteria with different weighting. Each site was advocated by various factions in the ensuing political discussion.<ref name="timeline">{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-ber-die-akte-schoenefeld-1989-bis-1996/5916252.html| work=Der Tagesspiegel| title=Die Akte Schönefeld – 1989 bis 1996| date=2 December 2011| first=Gerd| last=Appenzeller| language=de| trans-title=The Schönefeld Act – 1989–1996}}</ref> With regard to land-use planning and noise pollution, rural Sperenberg and Jüterbog were considered more suitable for construction of a large airport. Economic considerations favoured an airport located near the city centre, with existing road and rail links (as is the case with Schönefeld).<ref name="timeline"/><ref>{{cite book| title=Missed Opportunities: The Restructuring of Berlin's Airport System and the City's Position in International Airline Networks| last1=Alberts| first1=Heike C.| last2=Bowen| first2=John T. Jr.| last3=Cidell| first3=Julie L.| url=https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/54558/FinalFinal.pdf?sequence=2| publisher=Taylor & Francis| date=12 June 2008| access-date=21 July 2017| archive-date=21 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121072311/https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/54558/FinalFinal.pdf?sequence=2| url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 28 May 1996, Mayor Diepgen, Minister-President of Brandenburg Manfred Stolpe and Federal Minister for Transport Matthias Wissmann committed to Schönefeld as the site for the new airport. This so-called ''consensus decision'' was later affirmed by the respective state legislatures.<ref name=consensus>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/verkehr/dokumentation-konsensbeschluss-zur-tempelhof-schliessung/876062.html| work=Der Tagesspiegel| title=Konsensbeschluss zur Tempelhof-Schließung| language=de| date=18 June 2007| trans-title=Consensus decision for the closure of Tempelhof}}</ref> The new airport would use some infrastructure, such as a runway, from the existing Schönefeld Airport.

===Failed privatisation=== Originally, BBF anticipated that the new airport would be owned and operated by a private investor. They called for proposals, which led to two bidding consortia emerging as serious contenders. One was led by Hochtief through its Hochtief Airport subsidiary and included ABB, Fraport and Bankengesellschaft Berlin as partners. The other consortium comprised IVG, Flughafen Wien AG, Dorsch-Consult, Commerzbank and Caisse des Dépôts. On 19 September 1998, BBF announced that the Hochtief consortium were the successful bidder. This saw them granted exclusive authority to negotiate the terms and conditions for an acquisition of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport holding and the construction and operation of the new airport for 50 years.<ref name="welt">{{cite news| url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article630849/Hochtief-baut-in-Schoenefeld.html| work=Die Welt| title=Hochtief baut in Schönefeld| date=19 September 1998| last=Schümann| first=Timm| language=de| trans-title=Hochtief expands in Schönefeld}}</ref>

On 31 March 1999, BBF officially commissioned Hochtief and its partners to construct the new airport, causing IVG to file a lawsuit. The Brandenburg Oberlandesgericht acknowledged the concerns voiced by IVG. In its review, it found that in certain points the assessment of the applications had been biased towards Hochtief. This led to annulment of the contract award on 3 August of that year.<ref name=neumann>{{cite news| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/warum-die-flughafen-privatisierung-1999-scheiterte--der-untersuchungsausschuss-beraet-heute-ueber-den-abschlussbericht-pleiten--pech-und-pannen-in-schoenefeld,10810590,10087618.html| title=Pleiten, Pech und Pannen in Schönefeld| work=Berliner Zeitung| first=Peter| last=Neumann| date=20 May 2003| language=de| trans-title=Bad luck and mishaps in Schonefeld}}</ref>

Hochtief Airport and IVG teamed up and created a plan for a joint bid on 10 November 2000 in an attempt to receive the contract to construct and operate the new airport.<ref name=hochtief10Nov>{{cite press release| url=http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/de/37110/rwe/presse-news/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen/?pmid=472| publisher=Hochtief| title=HOCHTIEF AirPort und IVG wollen Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg International gemeinsam realisieren| date=10 November 2000| language=de| trans-title=HOCHTIEF AirPort and IVG want to build Berlin Brandenburg International Airport jointly| access-date=25 February 2013| archive-date=14 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814154721/http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/de/37110/rwe/presse-news/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen/?pmid=472| url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time BBF hoped that the planning approval could be completed in 2002, with the tentative opening in 2007.<ref name=handelsblatt>{{cite news| url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/archiv/hochtief-und-ivg-wollen-zusammen-am-flughafen-arbeiten-grossflughafen-berlin-nimmt-offenbar-kartell-huerde/2038650.html| work=Handelsblatt| title=Großflughafen Berlin nimmt offenbar Kartell-Hürde| date=2 February 2001| agency=Reuters| language=de| trans-title=Berlin airport apparently clears antitrust hurdle}}</ref>

When Hochtief/IVG submitted its bid in February 2002, the BBF board consisted of Manfred Stolpe, who would become Federal Minister of Transportation; Klaus Wowereit, who replaced Eberhard Diepgen as Mayor of Berlin and chair of the board; and Matthias Platzeck, who replaced Stolpe as Minister-President of Brandenburg. The board determined that the proposal would not be practical and voted 22 May 2003 to scrap the privatisation plan.<ref name=allgemeine>{{cite news| title=Privatisierung von Hauptstadt-Flughafen gescheitert| url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/berlin-privatisierung-von-hauptstadt-flughafen-gescheitert-1104085.html| work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung| date=22 May 2003| language=de| trans-title=Privatisation of Capital Airport Failed}}</ref> Hochtief and IVG received approximately €50 million compensation for their planning effort.

===Public ownership and construction permit=== The new Berlin airport would be planned, owned and operated by BBF Holding. Shortly afterwards BBF Holding became ''Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH'' (FBB) and remained under the ownership of Berlin, Brandenburg and the federal government. On 13 August 2004, the Brandenburg state ministry for infrastructure and regional policy granted approval for the development of Schönefeld Airport into the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mir.brandenburg.de/cms/detail.php?id=173010&_siteid=45 |title=Planfeststellungsbeschluss des Landes Brandenburg für den Ausbau des Flughafens Berlin-Brandenburg International |publisher=Government of Brandenburg |date=13 August 2004 |location=Potsdam |language=de |trans-title=Resolution for the spatial planning of BBI by the state of Brandenburg |access-date=22 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427204618/http://www.mir.brandenburg.de/cms/detail.php?id=173010&_siteid=45 |archive-date=27 April 2009 }}</ref>

A legal battle ensued, as local residents filed lawsuits against the ministry's decision. The dispute ended 16 March 2006, when the Federal Administrative Court of Germany rejected the residents' arguments. The court imposed stipulations on flight operations at the new airport.<ref name=soar>{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/postcard-from-berlin-can-a-new-airport-make-this-city-soar-a-406321.html| work=Der Spiegel| title=Can a New Airport Make this City Soar?| date=16 March 2006}}</ref> The construction permit was granted only under the condition that once operational, the number of people living in the approach path would be lower compared to the situation surrounding the three existing airports – Tegel, Schönefeld and Tempelhof.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mir.brandenburg.de/cms/media.php/2239/PFSB_283-350.pdf |title=Planfeststellungsbeschluss zum BBI des Brandenburgischen Ministeriums für Infrastruktur und Raumordnung |publisher=Brandenburg Ministry for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning |date=13 August 2004 |pages=327–328, 355 |language=de |trans-title=Resolution of spatial planning for BBI|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326133524/http://www.mir.brandenburg.de/cms/media.php/2239/PFSB_283-350.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2009 }}</ref> Therefore, it was mandatory for Tegel and Schönefeld to close (Tempelhof was already decommissioned in 2008) once Berlin's air traffic was concentrated at the new airport.<ref name=court>{{cite web| url=http://www.bverwg.de/entscheidungen/pdf/160306U4A1073.04.0.pdf| title=Urteil des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts BVerwG 4 A 1073.04| date=16 March 2006| location=Leipzig| page=86| language=de| trans-title=Ruling by the Federal Administrative Court of Germany, paragraph 193}}</ref>

===Construction progress and issues=== {{Main|Construction of Berlin Brandenburg Airport}}

Berlin Brandenburg Airport was originally planned to open in October 2011, five years after starting construction in 2006. However, the project encountered a series of successive delays due to poor construction planning, execution, management, and corruption. The Airport finally received its operational licence in May 2020,<ref name="license"/> and opened for commercial traffic on 31 October 2020, 14 years after construction started and 29 years after official planning was begun.<ref name="finaldate"/> Schönefeld's refurbished passenger facilities were incorporated as ''Terminal 5'' on 25 October 2020<ref name="SXFT5"/><ref name="Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH"/><ref name="Fahrun"/> while all other airlines completed the transition from Tegel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport by 8 November 2020.<ref name="BERallocations"/>

The most significant cause for the continuing delays was the fire protection and alarm system. In the terminal building, the system was not built according to the construction permit and failed the mandatory acceptance test necessary to open the airport. FBB proposed an interim solution employing up to 700 human fire spotters, which the building supervision department of the local Dahme-Spreewald district rejected.<ref>{{cite news|author=Joshua Hammer |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-07-23/how-berlin-s-futuristic-airport-became-a-6-billion-embarrassment |title=How Berlin's Futuristic Airport Became a $6 Billion Embarrassment |work=Bloomberg |date=23 July 2015}}</ref> Inspectors uncovered flaws in the wiring, programming and implementation of the highly complex system designed by Siemens and Bosch. The system automatically controls sprinklers, smoke extractors and fire doors.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last=Eddy|first=Melissa|date=7 January 2013|title=Mayor to Leave Panel Overseeing Delayed Berlin Airport|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/world/europe/mayor-to-leave-panel-overseeing-delayed-berlin-airport.html}}</ref> For aesthetic reasons, designers decided that the terminal would have smoke extraction ducts in its ceiling but that they would not exhaust to its rooftop. During a fire, smoke would be pumped from the ceiling into a shaft running down and through the basement ''below'' the structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5X4QYIF1kA?t=41m12s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208075423/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5X4QYIF1kA| archive-date=8 February 2016 | url-status=dead|title=Interesting Engineering Blunders, Interview with Alfredo Di Mauro|website = YouTube|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref> This required the natural rising behaviour of hot air in the shaft to be reversed. Achieving this on the scale necessary for this airport is a unique undertaking and so far this elaborate smoke extraction system has not worked as planned.<ref name="spiegelJan13"/> To meet the acceptance test requirements, large scale reconstruction work of the fire system was needed.<ref name="failures">{{cite news| title=Die geheime Mängelliste| trans-title=The secret list of defects| url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg/berliner-flughafen-die-geheime-maengelliste-12023659.html| work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung| first1=Melanie| last1=Amann| first2=Dyrk| last2=Scherff| date=13 January 2013| language=de}}</ref> It emerged that Alfredo di Mauro, who designed the fire safety system, was not a qualified engineer. While his business cards stated he was an engineer, he was actually qualified as an engineering draughtsman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20140625/fake-engineer-di-mauro-designed-berlin-airport-fire-system|title=Fake engineer made Berlin Airport fire system|work=The Local Germany|date=25 June 2014}}</ref> Di Mauro was dismissed by the airport company in early May 2014. In the termination notice, the company cited "serious defects" in his work and that trust in their relationship was "now finally shattered". The airport company went on to state that Di Mauro's plans would be "disposed of". The system was to be rebuilt and divided into three areas in order to make it "manageable". The cost of this work was reported as being a nine-digit figure.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-ber-ex-planer-alfredo-di-mauro-war-offenbar-hochstapler/10092862.html|title=Ex-Planer Alfredo di Mauro war offenbar Hochstapler|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=25 June 2014|last1=Kurpjuweit|first1=Klaus}}</ref>

Another major factor impacting on the construction of the airport was insolvency of general planner ''Planungsgemeinschaft Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg International'' (pg bbi) and the dismissal of the Gerkan, Marg and Partners architects. Inspectors have uncovered many examples of poor workmanship due to a lack of proper supervision and documentation, most notably concerning the wiring. Reports have surfaced about cable conduits that held too many cables or held cables in incompatible combinations, such as phone lines next to high voltage wires. A total of {{convert|60|km|mi}} of cooling pipes were allegedly installed with no thermal insulation. To correct this, the demolition of numerous walls was necessary. Furthermore, exterior vents appeared to be in improper locations, which allowed rainwater from the western facade to enter them.<ref name="failures" />

===Financing=== By 2009, the construction cost was budgeted at €2.83 billion. FBB raised the financing for the project by a credit raising of €2.4 billion, a bank deposit of €430 million by the FBB partners, and an additional €440 million of equity capital provided by FBB.<ref name=neumann02>{{cite news| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/kosten-fuer-grossflughafen-steigen-um-160-millionen-euro--weil-mehr-passagiere-erwartet-werden-noch-nicht-gebaut-und-schon-teurer,10810590,10571740.html| work=Berliner Zeitung| last=Newmann| first=Peter| title=Noch nicht gebaut und schon teurer| date=7 October 2008| language=de| trans-title=Not yet built and already more expensive| access-date=14 January 2013| archive-date=4 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804171219/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/kosten-fuer-grossflughafen-steigen-um-160-millionen-euro--weil-mehr-passagiere-erwartet-werden-noch-nicht-gebaut-und-schon-teurer,10810590,10571740.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

During construction, it became clear that the airport's costs would significantly increase as a result of initial underestimates, construction flaws, and increased expenses for soundproofing nearby homes. By 2012, the series of delays in opening was expected to lead to a number of lawsuits against FBB with the now defunct Air Berlin announcing its intentions of such a move.<ref name="spiegelNov12">{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/further-delays-possible-for-new-berlin-airport-a-866691.html| work=Der Spiegel| title=More Fire Safety Problems: Berlin Airport Faces Further Possible Delays| date=12 November 2012}}</ref>

By late 2012, expenditures for Berlin Brandenburg Airport totaled €4.3 billion, almost twice the originally anticipated figure.<ref name="spiegelJan13">{{cite news |date=7 January 2013 |title=October Launch Scrapped: Berlin Airport Opening Delayed Yet Again |work=Der Spiegel |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/opening-of-berlin-airport-delayed-again-due-to-technical-problems-a-876103.html}}</ref>

It became clear in November 2015 that the financial concept of the airport was fundamentally flawed. The main purpose of the many stores planned at the airport was to serve passengers who were changing planes, assuming that Berlin would be a big international hub. It was acknowledged in 2015 that competition between the hubs was already too intense. Frankfurt Airport and London Heathrow would resist losing passenger shares without a price war and that few if any airlines would abandon their hubs for Berlin. The only remaining potential airline for operating a hub was Air Berlin, which was in financial difficulties and did not plan to provide long-distance service.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.rbb-online.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2017/06/air-berlin-plant-vorerst-kein-umsteige-drehkreuz-in-berlin.html |title=Air Berlin plant vorerst kein Drehkreuz in Berlin| work=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg(RBB)| trans-title=Air Berlin is not planning a hub in Berlin| date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/offiziell-provinz-flughafen-43279322.bild.html| title=BER wird jetzt offiziell Provinz-Flughafen—BER now officially province airport| trans-title=BER is now officially a provincial airport| date=5 November 2015| first=Olaf| last=Wedekind| work=Bild| language=de| archive-date=5 January 2016| access-date=9 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105140326/http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/offiziell-provinz-flughafen-43279322.bild.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

German Railways Deutsche Bahn also sued for non-usage of the ghost station below the airport in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |trans-title= Deutsche Bahn sues BER airport company for damages of 70 million euros |url= http://www.focus.de/finanzen/videos/zuege-im-geisterbahnhof-deutsche-bahn-verklagt-ber-flughafengesellschaft-auf-70-millionen-euro-schadenersatz_id_5054677.html |title= Deutsche Bahn verklagt BER-Flughafengesellschaft auf 70 Millionen Euro Schadenersatz |date= 1 November 2015 |work= Focus |language= de |access-date= 9 November 2015 |archive-date= 5 January 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160105140326/http://www.focus.de/finanzen/videos/zuege-im-geisterbahnhof-deutsche-bahn-verklagt-ber-flughafengesellschaft-auf-70-millionen-euro-schadenersatz_id_5054677.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> with the airport having to pay damages.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ber-flughafengesellschaft-zahlt-deutscher-bahn-offenbar-fuenf-millionen-a-1090234.html| title=Pannen-Airport: Berliner Flughafen soll Millionen für ungenutzte Bahnhöfe zahlen| trans-title=Defective Airport: BER to pay millions for unused station| date=1 May 2016| work=Der Spiegel| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-strenge-ber-auflagen-woanders-sind-die-standard/13528310.html| title=Strenge BER-Auflagen? Woanders sind die Standard| trans-title=Rigid requirements for BER? They are standard elsewhere| first=Gerd| last=Appenzeller| date=2 May 2016| work=Der Tagesspiegel| language=de}}</ref>

In November 2015, auditors with the Brandenburg Comptroller concluded that financial control executed by Berlin, Brandenburg, and Germany over the airport as owners was insufficient and inefficient.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pnn.de/brandenburg-berlin/1022720/| title=BER-Management wurde nicht unabhängig kontrolliert| trans-title=BER management was not independently controlled| first=Thorsten| last=Metzner| work=Der Tagesspiegel| date=9 November 2015| language=de}}</ref> The Comptroller published a 400-page report in February 2016 describing the flawed opening including several construction lapses. This led the BER boss to retaliate publicly against the comptroller on 27 February decrying the release of the numbers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/ber-rache-anrechnungshof-44696656.bild.html |title=Veröffentlichung der Zahlen nicht rechtmäßig? BER-Chef rächt sich an Brandenburgs Rechnungshof |language=de |trans-title=Unlawful publication of figures? BER boss retaliates against comptroller |first=Michael |last=Sauerbier |work=Bild |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221101208/http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/ber-rache-anrechnungshof-44696656.bild.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Soundproofing nearby homes would be €50{{nbsp}}million more expensive because of a verdict of the main administrative courts of the states of Berlin and Brandenburg.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/laermschutz-am-airport-kostet-noch-mal-mehr-45641834.bild.html| title=Lärmschutz am BER kostet bis zu 50 Mio. Euro mehr| trans-title=Soundproofing up to 50 million Euros more| first=Olaf| last=Wedekend| work=Bild| date=4 May 2016| language=de| archive-date=11 May 2016| access-date=9 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511090544/http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-international/laermschutz-am-airport-kostet-noch-mal-mehr-45641834.bild.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> On 5 May 2016, the Federal Administrative Court decided in favour of 25,500 plaintiffs. The key directive of the verdict was that rooms must be provided with adequate ventilation if windows are closed for noise, and the airport authority must also determine how air inside the structures can be vented. The airport avoided liability claims against Imtech and other firms involved in the construction of the fire exhaust system.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/wirtschaftsticker/bams-ber-verzichtet-auf-haftungsansprueche-wegen-baumaengeln_id_5554984.html| title=BER verzichtet laut "BamS" auf Haftungsansprüche wegen Baumängeln| trans-title=BER avoids liability claims due to construction failures| date=22 May 2016| work=Focus| language=de| access-date=21 July 2017| archive-date=22 January 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122073600/https://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/wirtschaftsticker/bams-ber-verzichtet-auf-haftungsansprueche-wegen-baumaengeln_id_5554984.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

By 2015, total costs amounted to €5.4 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/neuer-finanzbedarf-mehdorn-will-weitere-11-milliarden-fuer-pannenflughafen-2102758.html| title=Mehdorn will weitere 1,1 Milliarden für Pannenflughafen| date=10 April 2014| work=Stern|language=de| trans-title=Mehdorn wants additional 1.1 billion for defective airport| access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/debatte/kolumnen/zippert_zappt/article141463129/Claus-Weselsky-soll-den-BER-zuende-bauen.html| title=Claus Weselsky soll den BER zuende bauen| first=Hans| last=Zippert| date=25 May 2015| trans-title=Claus Weselsky will finish the BER| work=N24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Bummel-BER-kann-noch-teurer-werden-article15165681.html |title=Most embarrassing airport in the world: BER Could Become More Expensive| work=N24| date=25 May 2015| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| date=25 May 2015| title=Bund schließt weitere Kostenrisiken beim BER nicht aus| trans-title=State does not rule out further cost risks with BER| url=http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/bund-schliesst-weitere-kostenrisiken-beim-ber-nicht-aus-2196326.html| url-status=dead| journal=Stern |location=Hamburg |issn=0039-1239 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525142612/http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/bund-schliesst-weitere-kostenrisiken-beim-ber-nicht-aus-2196326.html| archive-date=25 May 2015| quote=Derzeit gehe die Flughafengesellschaft Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB) von rund 5,3 Milliarden Euro Gesamtkosten aus. ("Currently, the airport company Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB) expects approximately €5.3 billion total cost.")}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/hauptstadtflughafen/kleine-bundestagsanfrage-der-gruenen-zum-ber-hauptstadtflughafen-koennte-noch-teurer-werden,11546166,30778318.html| title=Hauptstadtflughafen könnte noch teurer warden| trans-title=Capital airport may become yet more expensive| date=25 May 2015| work=Berliner Zeitung| language=de}}</ref> Revised plans suggest additional costs amounting to an extra €2.19 billion. On 3 June 2015, Germany applied for a €2.5 billion spending approval from the EU, to be added to the previous total of €4.3 billion, bringing total costs to €6.8 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/noch-mehr-geld-fuer-den-ber-bundesverkehrministerium-gewaehrt-einsicht-in-eu-antrag/11861724.html| title=Bundesverkehrministerium gewährt Einsicht in EU-Antrag| trans-title=Federal Ministry of Transport granted insight into EU application| date=2 June 2015| first=Thorsten| last=Metzner| work=Der Tagesspiegel| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/eu-pruefverfahren-zum-ber-berlin-und-brandenburg-fordern-einsicht-in-antragspapiere/11849842.html| title=EU Pruefverfahren—Berlin und Brandenburg fordern Einsicht in Antragspapiere| trans-title=Berlin and Brandenburg require access to application| date=1 June 2016| first=Ulrich| last=Zawatka-Gerlach| work=Der Tagesspiegel| access-date=9 June 2015| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pnn.de/brandenburg-berlin/976501/| title=Brandenburger Milliardenhilfe für BER| trans-title=Brandenburg's Billions in Aid for BER| first=Thorsten| last=Metzner| work=Der Tagesspiegel| date=13 June 2015}}</ref> Financing for the entire airport appeared headed toward bankruptcy when the EU was unwilling to approve the pending request. If the request were to be denied, the airport authority stated it would be bankrupt by August 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thueringen24.de/welt/article207650647/BER-droht-im-Sommer-das-Geld-auszugehen.html |title=BER droht im Sommer das Geld auszugehen |trans-title=airport threatened by bankruptcy during summer |work=Thuringia24 |date=6 June 2017 |language=de |author1=Dpa |access-date=8 June 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221014112/http://www.thueringen24.de/welt/article207650647/BER-droht-im-Sommer-das-Geld-auszugehen.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/BER-Chef-uebt-sich-in-Optimismus-article17872566.html |title=Letzte Lösung Sprengen? BER-Chef übt sich in Optimismus|trans-title=last solution dynamite? BER head optimistic| date=6 June 2016| work=n-tv| language=de}}</ref> The EU would only permit an additional €2.2 billion, which it did on 3 August 2016.<ref name="tagesspiegel.de">{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/eu-erlaubt-finanzhilfe-fuer-flughafen-die-gute-milliardenteure-nachricht-fuer-den-ber/13964442.html| title=Die gute, milliardenteure Nachricht für den BER|trans-title=The good news worth billions for BER| date=3 August 2016| work=Der Tagesspiegel| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rbb-online.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2016/06/ber--geld-reicht-bis-2018.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701133949/http://www.rbb-online.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2016/06/ber--geld-reicht-bis-2018.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=1 July 2016| title=Kein Einspruch von der EU-Kommission erwartet| trans-title=No objection of EU commission expected: New billions for BER expected| date=30 June 2016| work=RBB| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.n-tv.de/politik/EU-deckelt-Zuschuesse-fuer-Flughafen-BER-article16579426.html| title=EU deckelt Zuschüsse für Flughafen BER| trans-title=EU covers grants for BER airport|date=16 December 2016| work=n-tv| language=de}}</ref> A €2.4 billion loan was signed on 13 February 2017 containing €1.1 billion for financing and €1.3 billion to resolve old bad loans. The German federal government and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg guaranteed the debt.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-die-naechsten-ber-milliarden-koennen-fliessen/19381412.html| title=Die nächsten BER-Milliarden können fließen| trans-title=Now BER Millions Can Flow| date=13 February 2017| work=Der Tagesspiegel| language=de| last1=Metzner| first1=Thorsten}}</ref>

Although the airport had yet to open, officials were already planning a possible third runway for approximately €1 billion, and other new projects, such as an additional terminal, expanded baggage system and another freight facility. The total additional spending would amount to €3.2 billion.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/BER-plant-weitere-Milliardenausgaben-article13886286.html|title=Fahnenmast und Brandt-Statue Weitere Milliardenausgaben für BER geplant| date=2 November 2014| work=n-tv| language=de| trans-title=Flag pole and Brandt statue BER plans for further additional spending}}</ref> The board warned of a further rise in costs because the airport would not open before 2017: the current cost frame at that time was limited to 2016;<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/ber-aufsichtsrat-warnt-vor-noch-hoeheren-kosten-a-1008686.html| title=BER-Aufsichtsrat warnt vor noch höheren Kosten| trans-title=BER Supervisory Board warns against even higher costs| journal=Manager Magazin| date=16 December 2014| language=de}}</ref> the estimated cost of €6.9 billion was current as of May 2016.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article155374698/Kratzt-der-BER-bald-an-der-Sieben-Milliarden-Grenze.html| title=Kratzt der BER bald an der Sieben-Milliarden-Grenze?| trans-title=Will BER break the 7bn mark soon?| date=16 May 2016| work=N24| language=de}}</ref> The airport company reportedly made the assurance to the European Investment Bank that the airport would open in September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/immobilien/videos/zusage-an-investoren-geheimes-ber-eroeffnungsdatum-hauptstadtfughafen-soll-im-september-2019-starten_id_7596671.html|title=Geheimes BER-Eröffnungsdatum: Hauptstadtfughafen soll im September 2019 starten|trans-title=secret BER opening date: capital city airport supposed to start in 19 sep|work=focus|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915144214/http://www.focus.de/immobilien/videos/zusage-an-investoren-geheimes-ber-eroeffnungsdatum-hauptstadtfughafen-soll-im-september-2019-starten_id_7596671.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, forecasts estimated the airport would not be ready to open until 2020. This would require an additional €500 million refinancing to bridge the gap between 2019 and 2020.<ref name="focus">{{cite web|url=http://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/pannenflughafen-macht-wieder-schlagzeilen-6-600-000-000-euro-verbraten-und-dem-ber-fehlt-schon-wieder-eine-halbe-milliarde_id_7861133.html|title=6.600.000.000 Euro verbraten – und dem BER fehlt schon wieder eine halbe Milliarde|trans-title=6.6 billion euros blown on BER – and another 500 million are needed|work=focus|access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> The airport published a need for another billion euros up until 2020. Thus the three years of work from 2018 onwards would cost at least €900 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/finanzen/flughafen-in-berlin-ber-braucht-bis-zu-eine-milliarde-euro-mehr_id_8254756.html|title=Flughafen in Berlin: BER braucht bis zu eine Milliarde Euro mehr|trans-title=Ber needs an additional billion|work=focus|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref> The total cost of the airport will top €6.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1075479.noch-eine-milliarde.html |title=BER: Offenbar noch größerer Finanzbedarf am Hauptstadt-Airport|trans-title=Obviously even bigger financial demand at BER|work=neues deutschland nd|access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gratis-mmorpg.com/2018/01/18/berliner-flughafen-chef-mehrkosten-weniger-als-eine/|title=Berliner Flughafen-Chef: "Mehrkosten weniger als eine Milliarde" G/|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119065143/http://gratis-mmorpg.com/2018/01/18/berliner-flughafen-chef-mehrkosten-weniger-als-eine/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 13 January 2018, the company requested an additional €2.8 billion for extensions until 2030.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-500-millionen-euro-mehr-ber-ausbau-soll-nun-2-8-milliarden-kosten/20840032.html|title=500 Millionen Euro mehr – BER-Ausbau soll nun 2,8 Milliarden kosten|work=Tagesspiegel|date=12 January 2018|access-date=14 January 2018|last1=Maroldt|first1=Lorenz}}</ref> Taking that into account, the total cost came to €9.4 billion,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pnn.de/brandenburg-berlin/1249127/|title=BER nimmt Anflug auf zehn Milliarden Euro|work=PNN|trans-title=BER nosediving towards 10bio|access-date=14 January 2018|archive-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001333/http://www.pnn.de/brandenburg-berlin/1249127/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/hauptstadtflughafen-das-zehn-milliarden-euro-projekt/20843412.html|title=Das Zehn-Milliarden-Euro-Projekt |work=Tagesspiegel|trans-title=the 10 bio Euro project|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> with a total of €10.3 billion if the €900 million in overhead costs for 2019–2020 were factored in. An economical estimate determined the costs for the overhead at a conservative figure of €770 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/ber-milliarden-euro/43789|title=BER kostet wohl mehr als sieben Milliarden Euro |trans-title=Highly likely the BER will cost more than 7bio}}</ref> The airport was planning to borrow €400 million.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/verkehr/770-millionen-euro--neuer-flughafen-ber-braucht-noch-mehr-geld--29807442|title=770 Millionen Euro Neuer Flughafen BER braucht noch mehr Geld –|date=2 March 2018 |trans-title=770mio Euro new airport needs even more money |access-date=5 March 2018}}</ref> Another issue arose when it became public that the airport head was earning an annual salary of €500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/umland/flughafen-boss-verdient-dreimal-so-viel-wie-der-ministerpraesident |title=Flughafen-Boss verdient dreimal so viel wie der Ministerpräsident |date=23 March 2018 |publisher=Axel Springer Infopool |access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> A new loan was granted by the German parliament on 30 June 2018 totaling €132 million. With the other two owners, the states of Brandenburg and Berlin, permitting their shares of the loan as well, the loan would total €500 million.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/BER-benoetigt-wohl-noch-mehr-Steuergeld-article20505806.html |title=BER benötigt wohl noch mehr Steuergeld|trans-title=BER likely to leech even more tax payer money}}</ref> The board postponed a decision concerning the loan until the end of August 2018, which left the entire finance planning in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.de/finanzplan-ber-ausbau/45898|title=Finanzplan für BER-Ausbau unklar|trans-title=Finance plan is not clear|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> At the end of August 2018, Berlin's head of finance, Matthias Kollatz, remarked that the airport may face abrupt bankruptcy on 1 January 2019 if no immediate measures were to be taken.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/hauptstadtflughafen-finanzsenator-kollatz-droht-mit-insolvenz-des-ber/22975564.html|title=Finanzsenator Kollatz droht mit Insolvenz des BER|website=Der Tagesspiegel|date=30 August 2018|language=de|last1=Maroldt|first1=Lorenz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1099450.hauptstadtflughafen-zappenduster-am-ber.html|title=Zappenduster am BER|trans-title=pitchfork dark at BER|access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> The financial head resigned from the holding company of Berlin's airports at the end of September 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/berlin/article200779046/Finanzchefin-der-Berliner-Flughaefen-hoert-vorzeitig-auf.html |title=Finanzchefin der Berliner Flughäfen hört vorzeitig auf|work=Die Welt |agency=dpa |date=23 September 2019 |access-date=1 April 2020 }}</ref> According to projections the airport was in dire need of additional €508 million from 2021 onwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/flughafen-BER/article227839001/Flughafen-BER-braucht-nach-2021-frisches-Geld.html|title=Flughafen BER braucht nach 2021 frisches Gled|date=6 December 2019|trans-title=airport BER needs fresh money after 2021 – Remaining funds will only suffice just after the opening – Federals stop plans for new govt terminal|access-date=28 December 2019}}</ref> Reports indicated another need for financial support from authorities for the next 2 years as of 29 April 2020 amounting to €1.8 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/BER-ist-ein-akuter-Sanierungsfall-article21747471.html|title=BER ist ein "akuter Sanierungsfall"|website=n-tv}}</ref> A new study claimed that the net worth of the current building was far lower than the credited €4.866 billion and would be settled at €3 billion less.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/corona-ist-nicht-die-ursache-milliardengrab-ber-flughafen-ist-endlich-fertig-jetzt-droht-ihm-die-insolvenz_id_11937457.html|title=Milliardengrab BER endlich fertig - aber Flughafengesellschaft droht jetzt Insolvenz|website=FOCUS Online}}</ref> The financial gap due to the COVID-19 pandemic was estimated to be €300 million for Tegel and Schönefeld combined, thus the new airport would be in need for financial support for years to come.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-ber-koennte-noch-mehrere-jahre-finanzhilfe-brauchen-a-ee994aea-4dce-4c1b-bae9-79565a342b05|title=Hauptstadtflughafen BER könnte noch mehrere Jahre Finanzhilfe brauchen|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=18 May 2020}}</ref> The 2019 annual report from BER's operating firm was criticised by The Left as extremely short and not transparent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Kritik-an-Geschaeftsbericht-von-BER-Betreiber-article21817138.html|title=Kritik an Geschäftsbericht von BER-Betreiber|trans-title= Criticism concerning the annual manager report of 2019 of BER's operating firm|access-date =1 June 2020}}</ref> Cash flow concerns amounted to an immediate €1.5 billion by 20 June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/flughafen-ber-pannenflughafen-braucht-wohl-weitere-1-5-milliarden-euro_id_12091816.html|title=Einnahmen schöngerechnet? Pannenflughafen BER braucht wohl weitere 1,5 Milliarden Euro|work=FOCUS online |trans-title=income falsified? airport needs additional 1.5bio€|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref>

On 13 July 2020, prosecutors filed a complaint on suspicion of falsifying the balance sheet. The financial auditors for FBB were the same as for the now insolvent Wirecard company, raising doubts about the validity of the audits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/flughafen-BER/article229517032/Flughafen-im-Visier-der-Strafverfolger.html|title=Flughafen im Visier der Strafverfolger|date=14 July 2020|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> The plan to generate profits starting in 2023/2024 had been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to airport head {{ill|Engelbert Lütke-Daldrup|de}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/luetke-daldrup-finanzplanung-ber/56689|title=Lütke-Daldrup: Finanzplanung für BER funktioniert nicht mehr |trans-title=financial plans will not work out|work=airliners|access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref>

The FBB announced on 9 October 2020 a need for €375 million for 2021 to cover current costs for BER. An additional €552 million were needed as a stabilization for missing passengers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/BER-braucht-weitere-halbe-Milliarde-article22090324.html |title=BER braucht weitere halbe Milliarde |work=n-tv |access-date=9 October 2020 }}</ref>

===Naming=== [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F057884-0009, Willy Brandt.jpg|thumb|upright|The airport is named after Nobel Peace Laureate Willy Brandt, former mayor of West Berlin and chancellor of West Germany.]]

During much of the planning and construction phase the new airport was known as '''Berlin Brandenburg International Airport''', abbreviated '''BBI'''. It was then discovered that the IATA code BBI already referred to Biju Patnaik Airport (also known as Bhubaneswar Airport) in India. When the planned opening date of 2 June 2012 drew nearer, the FBB launched a marketing campaign introducing the '''BER''' branding, reflecting the new airport code.<ref>{{cite web | title = Building Berlin's new airport is a race against time | first = Sabine | last = Kinkartz | others = Editor: Sam Edmonds | publisher = Deutsche Welle | date = 16 July 2011| url = http://www.dw.com/en/building-berlins-new-airport-is-a-race-against-time/a-15156483 }}</ref>

In 2007, the FBB board decided that Berlin Brandenburg Airport would be given a second name, honouring a person with a distinctive link to the city of Berlin.<ref name="airportname">{{cite news| url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-name-game-what-should-berlin-call-its-airport-a-512277.html| work=Der Spiegel| title=The Name Game: What Should Berlin Call Its Airport?| date=18 October 2007}}</ref> On 11 December 2009, the decision was made in favour of Willy Brandt.<ref name=beiklerkurpjuweit>{{cite news| first1=S.| last1=Beikler| first2=K.| last2=Kurpjuweit| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Verkehr-BBI-Willy-Brandt-Berliner-Flughaefen;art18614,2973414| title=Berlin bekommt einen Kanzlerflughafen| newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel | date=12 December 2009| location=Berlin| language=de| trans-title=Berlin gets a chancellor airport}}</ref> The Nobel Peace laureate of 1971 served as mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966 and as West German chancellor from 1969 to 1974. Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit and Minister-President of Brandenburg Matthias Platzeck, both members of the SPD (which Brandt led from 1964 to 1987) led the effort to add Brandt's name to the airport.

Other suggested honorees included Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Albert Einstein and Marlene Dietrich (suggested by members of the Christian Democratic Union), Gustav Stresemann (nominated by the Free Democratic Party), and Otto Lilienthal (advocated by the Green Party).<ref name="airportname" />

As a result of the construction problems affecting the airport and the continuous negative publicity it got in the German and international press, the {{interlanguage link|Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung|de|lt=Willy Brandt Foundation}} considered revoking the airport's permission to bear the former chancellor's name. This is due to concerns that an ongoing association might be considered disrespectful towards his legacy. However, no such measure has been taken up until the day of its opening.<ref name="Spiegel2013">{{Citation|title=Berlin's Blighted Airport May Need a New Name|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=15 January 2013|publisher=Spiegel Online|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/report-casts-doubt-on-berlin-airport-being-named-after-willy-brandt-a-877647.html}}</ref>

==Terminals== thumb|Terminal layout including Terminal 2 as well as the now closed Terminal 5, the former Schönefeld Airport thumb|Terminal 1 exterior thumb|Terminal 1 exterior thumb|Terminal 1 interior

===Terminal 1=== The U-shaped main terminal building of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, named Terminal 1 and consisting of sections A, B (01-25), C and D, was designed by gmp architects. They are the same company that designed the hexagonal Terminal A at Tegel Airport, which opened in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vellinga |first=Petra |date=3 July 2016 |title=Flughafen Tegel mit der Klassik NIKE gewürdigt |trans-title=Tegel Airport honored with the classic NIKE |url=https://www.bda-berlin.de/2016/07/flughafen-tegel-mit-der-klassik-nike-gewuerdigt/ |access-date=2 September 2020 |website=BDA |language=de |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013351/https://www.bda-berlin.de/2016/07/flughafen-tegel-mit-der-klassik-nike-gewuerdigt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> At BER, the terminal sits between the two runways, creating a so-called ''midfield airport'' above the underground train station. The terminal has four public levels, designated 0, 1, 2 and 3.

The check-in area is located in the public area at Level 1 and houses 118 counters organised in eight clusters, called ''check-in aisles''. Planners anticipate that a significant number of passengers will use the more than 100 self check-in machines that will be installed. Additionally, by May 2015, two extensions had been added to both sides of the main check-in area, containing 12 more check-in counters and eight security lanes each to avoid overcrowding of the main hall.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2015 |title=Pavillons am neuen Hauptstadtflughafen BER sind fertig |trans-title=Pavilions at the new capital airport BER are ready |url=https://www.airliners.de/pavillons-hauptstadtflughafen-ber/35849 |access-date=17 May 2016 |website=airliners.de |language=de}}</ref>

The airside area will be accessible only to ticketed and screened passengers. Securitas Germany will staff the 35 screening stations. BER is equipped with 25 jet bridges with another 85 aircraft stands on the apron. The boarding and arrival areas are divided into three piers with the main pier {{convert|715|m|ft|sigfig=3}} long, and the north and south piers at {{convert|350|m|ft|sigfig=3}} each. The main pier contains 16 jet-bridges; all but one have two levels, thus, separating arriving and departing passengers. Level 1 is intended for Schengen Area passengers (gates A01–A20, B01–B20), while Level 2 (gates C01–C19, D01–D17) is for non-Schengen passengers.<ref name="presskit">{{cite web| url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/_documents/press/basisinformationen/2014-02-14-press-kit.pdf| title=Press Kit| publisher=Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH| access-date=29 July 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730011906/http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/_documents/press/basisinformationen/2014-02-14-press-kit.pdf| archive-date=30 July 2014}}</ref>{{rp|8–10}} Eight of the gates can accommodate wide-body aircraft, and one gate has been designed to accommodate the Airbus A380. The apron has sufficient space to allow installation of a dual jetway allowing a quick boarding and disembarking process. A mezzanine (Level Z) at gates A21–22 and B21 allows for additional pre-boarding security checks for high-risk flights to the United States and Israel. Lufthansa operates an airport lounge at the north end of the main pier (gate B20), which will also be open for passengers of the respective alliance partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/cafes-shops-service/sgs-poi/903-lufthansa-lounge-berlin.html|title=Lufthansa Lounge Berlin Business Lounge|publisher=berlin-airport.de|access-date=25 September 2021|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925084232/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/cafes-shops-service/sgs-poi/903-lufthansa-lounge-berlin.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> An airport-operated lounge is located at the south end of the main pier (gate A20), which is contracted by most of the non-Star Alliance carriers operating from T1. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/cafes-shops-service/sgs-poi/901-lounge-tempelhof.html |title=Lounge Tempelhof|publisher=berlin-airport.de|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>

The south pier was reserved for near-exclusive use of defunct Air Berlin and its Oneworld partners. The south terminal contains nine single-storey jet bridges (gates A30–A38). The north pier features a more minimalist design compared to the other two piers. This is to meet the demands of low-cost carriers and has no jetbridges but boarding gates (B30–45) with direct apron access.

Major operators at Terminal 1 are easyJet, the Lufthansa Group, Condor, Aegean Airlines,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aegean Airlines Berlin Brandenburg International Airport – BER Terminal |url=https://allairportsterminal.com/airlines/aegean-airlines/aegean-airlines-berlin-brandenburg-international-airport-ber-terminal/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=All Airports Terminal |language=en-US}}</ref> Air France–KLM, British Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Qatar Airways, amongst others.<ref name="airlinelocations">{{Cite web|title=Wie sich die Fluggesellschaften am BER neu sortieren|url=https://www.airliners.de/wie-fluggesellschaften-ber/58022|access-date=13 March 2023|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref>

===Terminal 2=== thumb|Exterior of Terminal 2 Plans for a separate low-cost airline terminal costing €200 million were released in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/BER-bekommt-Billigflieger-Terminal-article17150971.html|title=Noch mehr Bau am Bau|language=de|trans-title=Still more construction within the construction-BER gets discount terminal-Plans for the capital airport are being revised again-now, a further terminal for discount airlines is supposed to be built}}</ref> Construction for the now-named Terminal 2 with section B (30–45) (which was originally constructed as part of Terminal 1) began in 2018 and finished in time in September 2020 to provide further capacity especially for low-cost carriers. Terminal 2 is constructed as a more basic-departures-and-arrivals facility next to the Terminal 1 main building, directly connected with its northern pier to gain more check-in capacity while sharing the same airside areas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stoffels|first=Felix|date=31 July 2019|title=Das Billigflugterminal des BER nimmt Form an|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/das-billigflugterminal-des-ber-nimmt-form-an|access-date=13 March 2023|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|language=de-CH}}</ref>

Originally Eurowings was supposed to operate their Berlin base out of Terminal 2.<ref name="TST2"/> However, the COVID-19 pandemic kept the facility closed, as the capacity was not needed for the foreseeable future.<ref name="TST2">{{Cite news|title=Sparmaßnahmen am Hauptstadtflughafen: Das BER-Terminal 2 ist betriebsbereit – und bleibt geschlossen|language=de-DE|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/das-ber-terminal-2-ist-betriebsbereit--und-bleibt-geschlossen-5082217.html|access-date=13 March 2023|issn=1865-2263}}</ref> Until then, all flights were handled in Terminal 1.<ref name="airlinelocations"/>

In November 2021 it was announced that demand for aviation had picked up so Terminal 1 had capacity issues. Therefore, Terminal 2 would open by April 2022 to offer relief.<ref>[https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2021/11/ber-terminalzwei-oeffnung-scheuer-berlin-brandenburg.html rbb24.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525024820/https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2021/11/ber-terminalzwei-oeffnung-scheuer-berlin-brandenburg.html |date=25 May 2022 }} (German) 11 November 2021</ref> Terminal 2 was opened on 24 March 2022 with Ryanair as the primary tenant, but later that year (in November) Wizz Air also moved its operations to the new terminal. The original intended user of the facility (Eurowings) remained in Terminal 1.<ref name="t2ryanair01">{{Cite web|last=Pireci|first=Granit|date=11 March 2022|title=BER eröffnet das Terminal 2: Ryanair wird Hauptnutzer|url=https://aviation.direct/ber-eroeffnet-das-terminal-2-ryanair-wird-hauptnutzer|access-date=13 March 2023|website=Aviation.Direct|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Airlines and destinations |url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/flying/airlines.html |access-date=13 November 2022 |website=rw |language=en}}</ref>

===Former Terminal 5=== Terminal 5 was made up of the former terminal facilities of old Berlin Schönefeld Airport, which were refurbished and renamed from sections A, B, C, and D to K, L, Q, and M, respectively. In 2019, it was decided to leave the old facilities operational to provide more capacity for the expected passenger volume.<ref name="bi9december2019">{{cite web|url=https://berlinspectator.com/2019/11/29/berlin-new-ber-airport-to-open-on-october-31st-2020/|language=en|title=Berlin: New 'BER Airport' to Open on October 31st, 2020|date=9 December 2019|website=berlinspectator.com|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930193850/https://berlinspectator.com/2019/11/29/berlin-new-ber-airport-to-open-on-october-31st-2020/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=15 December 2017|title=Berlin's new airport to finally open in October 2020|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/germany-airport-berlin-idUSL8N1OD27P|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> The old tarmac at Schönefeld, which was refurbished and upgraded, was also used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Aufsichtsrat-billigt-BER-Erweiterung-article20036423.html|title=Starttermin weiter offenAufsichtsrat billigt BERErweiterung|trans-title=Starting date still open – board agrees on BER expansion}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/berlin-flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-raeumt-kapazitaetsprobleme-ein-a-1167847.html|title=Berliner PannenprojektFlughafen BER könnte schnell an Grenzen stoßen|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=16 September 2017|trans-title=Berlin's flub project: Ber close to overflow??|last1=Traufetter|first1=Gerald}}</ref> Terminal 5, which was located on the north side of the airport, was connected with the central areas of the airport (Terminals 1 and 2) solely landside by the S-Bahn and public transit buses between the new airport station and the old station that formerly served Schönefeld Airport.<ref>[https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/orientierung/unsereterminalst1,t2undt5.html berlin-airport – Our Terminals T1, T2 and T5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101033511/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/orientierung/unsereterminalst1,t2undt5.html#:~:text=Mit%20dem%20Zug%20erreicht%20man,zu%20den%20Parkfl%C3%A4chen%20am%20T5.&text=Das%20Terminal%205%20verf%C3%BCgt%20%C3%BCber%20f%C3%BCnf%20Bereiche. |date=1 November 2020 }} retrieved 4 October 2020</ref>

Terminal 5 was scheduled to be operated until the inauguration of the planned Terminal 3 by 2030.<ref name="terminal3">{{Cite web|title=Aus Schönefeld wird BER-"Terminal 5"|url=https://www.airliners.de/aus-schoenefeld-ber-terminal/57771|access-date=13 March 2023|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref> In November 2020, it was announced that Terminal 5 would be shut down temporarily for low passenger volume in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with all flights relocating to the main Terminal 1.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Temporäres Aus für BER-Terminal 5: Alter Flughafen Schönefeld schließt im März 2021|language=de-DE|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/alter-flughafen-schonefeld-schliesst-im-marz-2021-4213216.html|access-date=13 March 2023|issn=1865-2263}}</ref> The terminal was closed until further notice on 22 February 2021<ref name=march-covid-passenger-shortage>{{cite web|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/corona-flaute-am-ber-fluggastzahl-in-berlin-erreicht-neuen-tiefstand-li.143673|title=Corona-Flaute am BER: Fluggastzahl in Berlin erreicht neuen Tiefstand|date=3 March 2021 |language=de|access-date=3 March 2021|publisher=Berliner Zeitung}}</ref> and was, at the time of closure, not expected to reopen again.<ref name=march-covid-passenger-shortage />

In January 2021, a vaccination center had opened at Terminal 5 to administer COVID-19 vaccines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlin-airport.de/en/press/press-releases/2021/2021-01-11-impfzentrum/index.php|title = Media portal | work=Berlin Brandenburg Airport }}</ref> The vaccination center also remained open after the closure of the terminal to flights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/news/schliessung-t5.html|title=Terminal 5 vorübergehend geschlossen|website=rw|access-date=14 November 2021|archive-date=14 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114160101/https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/news/schliessung-t5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2022, Terminal 5 was converted into a makeshift shelter to house refugees fleeing Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-refugees-berlin-train-station-edb2091066361e30c80d0a4ab5bc342a |title=Berlin train station turns into refugee town for Ukrainians |last=Grieshaber |first=Kirsten |website=Associated Press |date=17 March 2022 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>

In November 2022, the airport authority confirmed that Terminal 5 will remain closed permanently while airlines that previously operated from this terminal now operate from Terminal 2.<ref>[https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2022/11/berlin-brandenburg-flughafen-ber-terminal-fuenf.html rbb24.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422131047/https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2022/11/berlin-brandenburg-flughafen-ber-terminal-fuenf.html |date=22 April 2023 }} 18 November 2022</ref>

==Airport overview== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = EDDB BER Layout.png | width1 = 200 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Map_Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport.png | width2 = 185 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Current and planned layout of the airport, November 2020 }}

===Runways=== thumb|Aerial view, 2019 Berlin Brandenburg Airport has two parallel runways. With a spacing of {{convert|1900|m|ft|sigfig=2}}, they allow simultaneous instrument approaches.

The northern runway of BER is the southern runway of the old Schönefeld Airport and has been in use since the 1960s. To adapt it for the new airport, it has been renovated and lengthened from {{convert|3000|to|3600|m|ft|sigfig=2}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/press/press-releases/2007/2007-10-12-closure-south-runway/index.php| title=Closure of the south runway at Schoenefeld| work=Berlin Brandenburg Airport| publisher=Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH| date=12 October 2007}}</ref> The newly built southern runway has a length of {{convert|4000|m|ft|sigfig=2}} and was officially commissioned on 31 May 2012. Blackouts of the runway beacon of the southern runway led to investigations concerning air traffic safety.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-berlin-schoenefeld-stromausfall-am-ber-jetzt-prueft-die-luftfahrtbehoerde/12306420.html|title=Stromausfall am BER – jetzt prüft die Luftfahrtbehörde|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=11 September 2015|access-date=12 September 2015|last1=Metzner|first1=Thorsten}}</ref>

BER covers 1,470 hectares (3,632 acres) of land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/en/company-media/ber/flughafenanlagen.html|title=Berlin Airport Portrait|accessdate= October 13, 2023}}</ref>

On October 3, 2024, the two runways received new designations due to shifts in the Earth's magnetic field. Runway 07L/25R changed to 06L/24R, runway 07R/25L to 06R/24L.<ref name=rwyrename1>{{cite web| url=https://avsn.co.uk/its-magnetic-berlin-brandenburg-runway-directions-to-be-redesignated/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003084034/https://avsn.co.uk/its-magnetic-berlin-brandenburg-runway-directions-to-be-redesignated/| url-status=usurped| archive-date=3 October 2024|title=Its Magnetic! Berlin Brandenburg Runway Directions to be Redesignated|date=2 October 2024 |accessdate= October 3, 2024}}</ref><ref name=rwyrename2>{{cite web| url=https://www.aviation24.be/airports/berlin/berlin-brandenburg-airport-to-rename-runways-due-to-shifts-in-earths-magnetic-field/|title=Berlin Brandenburg Airport to rename runways due to shifts in Earth's magnetic field|date=October 2024 |accessdate= October 3, 2024}}</ref><ref name=rwyrename3>{{cite web| url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/berlin-brandenburg-airport_ber-ber-activity-7246821619506057217-7ieZ/|title=The runways at #BER will be renamed.|accessdate= October 3, 2024}}</ref>

===Air traffic control=== thumb|upright|right|Air traffic control tower Deutsche Flugsicherung is responsible for air traffic control and apron control at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. At {{convert|72|m|ft|sigfig=2}}, the control tower is the third highest in Germany (only surpassed by the control towers at Munich Airport and Düsseldorf Airport). On 25 March 2012, the new tower opened replacing the one at Schönefeld.<ref name=toweropening>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0uiXm0qKCk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/L0uiXm0qKCk| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live| title=Opening of the BER control tower| publisher=youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Technical control (power supply and IT) went into operation on 16 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.austrianwings.info/2018/03/technische-leitstelle-am-ber-erfolgreich-in-betrieb-genommen/| title=Technische Leitstelle am BER erfolgreich in Betrieb genommen|work=Austrian Wings| date=16 March 2018}}.</ref>

===Cargo and general aviation=== The initial module of the midfield cargo facilities has a capacity of {{convert|60|e3t|e6lb|abbr=off}} of cargo per year. With the completion of all planned expansions this could handle up to {{convert|600|e3t|e9lb|abbr=off}} per year. The general aviation terminal is located in the northern part of BER.

===Airport tourism facilities=== The Infotower was a {{convert|32|m|ft|adj=on}} observation tower located adjacent to the northern cargo terminal that included a museum and a gift shop. It was closed and demolished in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/BER-laesst-Infotower-abreissen-article17888956.html |title=BER lässt Infotower abreißen [BER has ''Infotower'' demolished] |date=8 June 2016}}</ref> FBB also offers guided tours of the airport which have grown in popularity since the delayed opening.<ref name=infotower>{{cite web|title=Infotower |publisher=Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers/the-excitement-of-airports/infotower/ |access-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124421/http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers/the-excitement-of-airports/infotower/ |archive-date=13 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name=nyt20140410>{{cite news| first=Chris| last=Cottrell| title=In a Land of On-Time Arrivals, a Tour of Anything But| work=The New York Times| page=A9| date=10 April 2014| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/world/europe/berlins-over-budget-behind-schedule-airport-becomes-an-attraction.html }}</ref>

===Aircraft maintenance=== The two large hangars at BER were to be used by Lufthansa and Air Berlin respectively. However, Air Berlin have ceased operations as of 28 October 2017. Both provide enough space for maintenance work on four to five narrow-body aircraft.<ref name=hangar>{{cite web |url=http://www.airberlingroup.com/en/press/pressreleases/2011/03/2011-03-21-airberlin-Germania-Harder---Partner-and-Berlin-Airports-celebrate-laying-of-foundation-stone-for-first-maintenance-hangar-at-BBI |title=airberlin, Germania, Harder & Partner and Berlin Airports celebrate laying of foundation stone for first maintenance hangar at BBI |publisher=Airberlin.com |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110170316/http://www.airberlingroup.com/en/press/pressreleases/2011/03/2011-03-21-airberlin-Germania-Harder---Partner-and-Berlin-Airports-celebrate-laying-of-foundation-stone-for-first-maintenance-hangar-at-BBI |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=airliners>{{cite web| title=Lufthansa Technik: Spatenstich für BER-Wartungshalle| url=http://www.airliners.de/verkehr/infrastruktur/lufthansa-technik-spatenstich-fuer-ber-wartungshalle/24453| publisher=airliners.de| date=21 June 2011| language=de| trans-title=Lufthansa Technik: Groundbreaking for BER maintenance hangar| access-date=27 August 2011| archive-date=5 October 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005044207/http://www.airliners.de/verkehr/infrastruktur/lufthansa-technik-spatenstich-fuer-ber-wartungshalle/24453| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Government use=== The Executive Transport Wing of the German Defence Ministry (''Flugbereitschaft''), responsible for government flights, will move large parts of its operations to Berlin Brandenburg Airport from its still-current base at Cologne Bonn Airport near the former West German capital Bonn. It operates a fleet of Bombardier Global Express, Airbus A319, Airbus A321, Airbus A340-300 and Airbus A350-900 VIP-configured aircraft.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} However Cologne/Bonn will remain the home base of the government fleet for the time being.<ref name="govterm"/>

The Institute for Federal Real Estate has been planning to construct a terminal on the northern edge of the airport for use by government officials and to welcome foreign dignitaries during state visits. The former Terminal A of Schönefeld Airport was planned to serve as an interim terminal until the new building was to be finished.<ref name=ulrichpaul>{{cite news| title=Bauverzögerung führt zu Mehrkosten| last=Paul| first=Ulrich| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/hauptstadtflughafen/regierungsterminal-bauverzoegerung-fuehrt-zu-mehrkosten,11546166,15234454.html| date=14 May 2012| work=Berliner Zeitung| language=de| trans-title=Construction delay leads to additional costs}}</ref><ref name=schoelkopf>{{cite news| first=Katrin| last=Schoelkopf| title=Warum die Bundesregierung umweltschädlich ist| url=http://www.morgenpost.de/politik/article734255/Warum_die_Bundesregierung_umweltschaedlich_ist.html| work=Berliner Morgenpost| date=27 July 2008| language=de| trans-title=Why the Federal Government is harmful to the environment}}</ref> However, in March 2016 the management of the airport terminated the contract with the German government that guaranteed usage of Terminal A of Schönefeld Airport upon the completion of BER for the area to be used for a different purpose. The termination was disputed between airport officials and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/berliner-flughaefen/schon-wieder-stress-um-ber-44797784.bild.html |date=4 March 2016 |language=de| title=Bundesminister Dobrindt attackiert neuen Chef: Schon wieder Stress um Pannenflughafen BER |trans-title=Dobrindt attacks Mühlenfeld: Renewed stress for Defective Airport BER}}</ref>

Mühlenfeld suggested a provisional ramp area west of Schönefeld's main terminal as a replacement solution and construction site for an interim government terminal at the end of February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Streit-um-Regierungsterminal-verschaerft-sich-article17075731.html|language=de| title=BER-Drama und kein Ende Streit um Regierungsterminal verschärft sich|trans-title=battle for govt terminal escalating}}</ref> This then supposed interim government terminal was finished at a cost of around €70 million while the permanent government terminal was planned to begin operations around 2025, at a cost of additionally around €344 million, which left its completion in doubt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Bund-rueckt-von-BER-Regierungsterminal-ab-article21271655.html|title=Bund rückt von BER-Regierungsterminal ab|work=n-tv|trans-title=German federal eventually budged away from the new terminal|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> In December 2019, the German government cancelled all plans to construct a more representative facility until at least 2030.<ref>[https://www.rbb24.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2019/12/ber-bund-stoppt-regierungsterminal-.html rbb24.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018151340/https://www.rbb24.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2019/12/ber-bund-stoppt-regierungsterminal-.html |date=18 October 2020 }} (German) 5 December 2019</ref>

The government terminal was inaugurated and put in use on 21 October 2020.<ref name="govterm">[https://www.rbb24.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2020/10/berlin-brandenburg-flughafen-ber-bundeswehr-luftwaffe-regierungsterminal.html rbb24.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109185113/https://www.rbb24.de/politik/Flughafen-BER/BER-Aktuelles/akteure_aktuell/2020/10/berlin-brandenburg-flughafen-ber-bundeswehr-luftwaffe-regierungsterminal.html |date=9 November 2021 }} (German) 21 October 2020</ref>

===Operating hours=== Noise abatement regulations in the airport's operating licence prohibit takeoffs and landings between 00:00 and 05:00. The Federal Administrative Court of Germany rejected a lawsuit by residents to extend this night flight ban from 23:00 to 06:00 on 13 October 2011. It was also ruled that affected residents should be provided with additional noise insulation.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=20 November 2015|title=Effective Delivery of Large Infrastructure Projects|journal=OECD Public Governance Reviews|pages=43|doi=10.1787/9789264248335-en|isbn=9789264248328|issn=2219-0414}}</ref>

===Major operators=== Until its demise, Air Berlin had planned to move its primary hub from Tegel to Berlin Brandenburg. As a member of the Oneworld airline alliance, Air Berlin required airport facilities capable of meeting the demands of its connecting passengers that Tegel could not provide. However, Air Berlin filed for insolvency on 15 August 2017 and large parts of it were bought by Lufthansa, Germany's largest airline, ahead of its collapse on the 27th of that month.<ref name="n-tv.de">{{cite web |url=http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Endlich-ein-Lichtblick-fuer-Air-Berlin-article20079787.html|title=Gut für Personal und Passagiere-Endlich ein Lichtblick für Air Berlin|trans-title= good for personnel and passengers -Finally some glow of light – |access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> The airport leadership declared in September 2017 that the bankruptcy of Air Berlin would have had no imminent impact on the expected traffic volume at the new airport<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/verkehr/ber-chef-air-berlin-insolvenz-hat-kaum-folgen-fuer-berliner-flughaefen-28423618|title=Air-Berlin-Insolvenz hat kaum Folgen für Berliner Flughäfen – |date=16 September 2017 }}</ref><ref name="welt18august2017">{{cite news| url=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article167785871/Was-bedeutet-das-Ende-von-Air-Berlin-fuer-den-BER.html|title=Was bedeutet das Ende von Air Berlin für den BER?|newspaper=Die Welt|date=18 August 2017|trans-title=what does the end of Air Berlin mean for BER?|access-date=16 September 2017 |last1=Gassmann|first1=Michael}}</ref> as several of Air Berlin's routes had been taken over by other airlines, e.g., easyJet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1064670.air-berlin-wird-zerschlagen.html|title=Air Berlin wird zerschlagen |website=neues deutschland}}</ref>

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, easyJet was due to become the overall largest airline at the airport in terms of routes served, ahead of Ryanair. In May 2019, Ryanair announced that they would not move to the new facilities, and would keep using the old building at the side of Berlin Schönefeld Airport, which has now become part of Berlin Brandenburg Airport as its Terminal 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/flughafen-ryanair-zieht-nicht-mit-um-zum-ber-neubau/24318568.html |title=Ryanair zieht nicht mit um zum BER-Neubau|date=8 May 2019|language=de|publisher=Handelsblatt}}</ref> As of 2021, Ryanair remained in the new main building because Terminal 5 was closed for the foreseeable future. In 2022, Ryanair moved to Terminal 2.<ref name="t2ryanair01" />

Lufthansa does not use Berlin Brandenburg Airport as a hub.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/lufthansa-schliesst-berliner-flughafen-drehkreuz-aus-100.html|title=Flughafen Berlin wird nicht zu Lufthansa-Drehkreuz ausgebaut|work=Bavarian Broadcasting BR|date=10 November 2017 |access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/berlin/article170519683/BER-wird-kein-Drehkreuz.html|title=BER wird kein Drehkreuz|work=welt|date=10 November 2017|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> By 2011, they planned to greatly expand its presence in Berlin. At its former facilities at Tegel Airport the airline added several European destinations<ref name=LHgrowing>{{cite press release| url=http://www.lufthansagroup.com/nc/en/press/news-releases/singleview/archive/2011/november/10/article/2027.html?cHash=9a0d7e52afbadb51843320bd7c735c38&sword_list%5B0%5D=add&sword_list%5B1%5D=flights&sword_list%5B2%5D=tegel| title=Lufthansa is growing in Berlin| publisher=Lufthansa| date=10 November 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808033024/http://www.lufthansagroup.com/nc/en/press/news-releases/singleview/archive/2011/november/10/article/2027.html?cHash=9a0d7e52afbadb51843320bd7c735c38&sword_list%5B0%5D=add&sword_list%5B1%5D=flights&sword_list%5B2%5D=tegel| archive-date=8 August 2014 }}</ref> which have all since ceased or were turned over to Eurowings.

Furthermore, the airlines Condor and Sundair operate bases at the airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/condor-stattet-a320-neo-unterschiedlichen-sitzen/72921 |title=Condor stattet A320 Neo mit unterschiedlichen Sitzen aus|date=12 February 2024|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/die-tage-des-air-berlin-jets-bei-sundair-sind-gezaehlt |title=Die Tage des Air-Berlin-Jets bei Sundair sind gezählt|date=6 December 2023|language=de}}</ref>

In summer 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, eight originally schedules destinations in the US, Asia, and the Middle East could not be served.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corona-Krise lässt Berliner Langstrecken wackeln|url=https://www.airliners.de/corona-krise-berliner-langstrecken/55791|access-date=13 March 2023|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Scoot removes Athens / Berlin schedule from July 2020|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/291775/scoot-removes-athens-berlin-schedule-from-july-2020/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=Routes|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2 July 2020|title=American gibt Philadelphia - Berlin und Dallas - München auf|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/american-gibt-philadelphia-berlin-und-dallas-muenchen-auf|access-date=13 March 2023|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|language=de-CH}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Delta NS21 Long-Haul operation changes as of 23AUG20|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/293288/delta-ns21-long-haul-operation-changes-as-of-23aug20/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=Routes|language=en-GB}}</ref> Some routes, such as to Singapore with Scoot, have since resumed. In 2021, the airport authority sought to establish 25 long-haul routes from Berlin by 2025 including negotiations for a revised bilateral agreement to allow Emirates to serve a fifth German city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Berlin wirbt für mehr Langstrecken - Emirates würde sofort fliegen|url=https://www.airliners.de/berlin-wirbt-langstrecken-emirates-fliegen/60924|access-date=13 March 2023|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref> United Airlines announced its return to Berlin with a service to Newark, which already had been served from Tegel, as well as a new route to Washington, D.C., in 2023.<ref name="united">{{Cite web|title=United Airlines kündigt Berlin-Routen an|url=https://www.airliners.de/united-airlines-kuendigt-berlin-routen/62384|access-date=13 March 2023|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref> In July 2022, Delta Air Lines announced its 2023 return to Berlin with a service to New York–Kennedy, which it had last served from Tegel from 2017 to 2019.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} Currently this is a seasonal connection, only in the summer flight schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/news/2023-05-26-delta-airlines-new-york.html|title=From BER to the USA with Delta Air Lines|website=rw}}</ref>

===Projected passenger volume and expansion plans=== Since German reunification, air traffic in Berlin has increased greatly. In 1991, the combined passenger volume of the city's airports was 7.9 million per year. By 2014, this number had risen to 28 million.<ref name=ADVtraffic>{{cite book |title=ADV Monthly Traffic Report| url=http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2014/12.2014_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen (ADV) |date=5 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205183545/http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2014/12.2014_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2015 }}</ref> By Berlin Brandenburg's opening, it was projected to have a capacity of 27 million passengers per year.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-13/berlin-airport-fiasco-shows-chinks-in-german-engineering-armor.html| title=Berlin Airport Fiasco Shows Chinks in German Engineering Armor| first=Leon| last=Mangasarian| publisher=Bloomberg L.P.| date=14 March 2013| access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> There were concerns that the airport could have insufficient capacity upon opening and plans were already in place for expansion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20140502/berlins-new-airport-too-small|title=Berlin's new airport is already too small|work=The Local Germany|date=2 May 2014}}</ref> It may be expanded by up to two satellite concourses, bringing the terminal capacity to 45 million with runways capable of accommodating 50 million passengers per year. The two satellites located on the apron parallel to the main pier and linked by tunnel, are included in the construction permit of Berlin Brandenburg Airport. This means they could be built at any time without further regulatory hurdles or the possibility of third-party objections. A possible third runway could be located in the south, though no such plans exist to date.<ref name="Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/Presse/Basisinfo/BerlinerFlughaefen/TXL.html |title=Tegel – the business airport |publisher=Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH |access-date=22 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812081238/http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/Presse/Basisinfo/BerlinerFlughaefen/TXL.html |archive-date=12 August 2010 }}</ref>

It was planned to build a Terminal 3 next to Terminal 2 by 2029.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite web|url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/en/company-media/berlin-brandenburg-airport/ausblick.html |title=Outlook |access-date=20 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/flughafen-BER/article227402955/Aufsichtsrat-Bau-neuer-Terminals-am-BER-im-Plan.html |title=Aufsichtsrat: Bau neuer Terminals am BER im Plan |date=18 October 2019 |access-date=11 February 2024 |language=de}}</ref> This plan was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

==Airlines and destinations== ===Passenger=== The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter flights at Berlin Brandenburg Airport:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abflüge und Ankünfte|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/fliegen/abfluege-ankuenfte.html|access-date=13 March 2023|website=rw|language=de}}</ref>

{{Airport destination list  | Aegean Airlines | Athens,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Alma |title=New Long-Haul Routes & Summer Flight Schedule Expansion at BER |url=https://www.travelwires.com/new-long-haul-routes-summer-flight-schedule-expansion-at-ber |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=TravelWires |date=26 March 2025}}</ref> Thessaloniki<ref>{{cite news |title=AEGEAN, Fraport Greece have Thessaloniki at Core of Development Plans |url=https://news.gtp.gr/2022/12/14/aegean-fraport-greece-have-thessaloniki-at-core-of-development-plans/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=14 December 2022}}</ref>  | Aer Lingus | Dublin<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Autumn |title=Aer Lingus warn of airport strikes as flights cancelled for Irish passengers |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/life/travel/aer-lingus-warn-german-airport-32020928 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=RSVP Live |date=1 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  | Air Cairo | Hurghada<ref>{{cite news |title=AIR CAIRO STARTS NEW FLIGHTS TO HURGHADA FROM BUDAPEST, MILAN AND NAPLES |url=https://wavesofegypt.com/air-cairo-starts-new-flights-to-hurghada-from-budapest-milan-and-naples/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Waves OF Egypt |date=28 August 2025}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Sharm El Sheikh<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aviation.direct/winter-2023-24-air-cairo-plant-260-sharm-el-sheikh-fluege-ab-deutschland | title=Winter 2023/24: Air Cairo plant 260 Sharm-El-Sheikh-Flüge ab Deutschland | date=9 June 2023 }}</ref>  | Air Canada | '''Seasonal:''' Montréal–Trudeau (begins 3 July 2026)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/air-canada-fliegt-mit-dem-airbus-a321-xlr-nach-berlin/z9wh4xw|title=Air Canada fliegt mit dem Airbus A321 XLR nach Berlin|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|date=25 November 2025 |accessdate=25 November 2025|language=German}}</ref>  | Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle<ref>{{cite news |last1=Citrinot |first1=Luc |title=Test bench: Air France Business Class Berlin-Paris |url=https://www.voyages-d-affaires.com/en/air-france-business-class-test-bench |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Business travel |date=16 March 2025}}</ref>  | Air Mediterranean | Athens<ref>{{cite news |title=Air Mediterranean: New connections to Berlin, Cologne and Vienna from Athens |url=https://tornosnews.gr/en/transport/airlines/52496-air-mediterranean-new-connections-to-berlin-cologne-and-vienna-from-athens.html |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=17 July 2025}}</ref>  | Air Serbia | Belgrade<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peters |first1=Luke |title=Air Serbia bucks recent trend by announcing new flights to Shanghai - AeroTime |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/aair-serbia-belgrade-shanghai-new-flights |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Aerotime Aero |date=10 October 2024}}</ref>  | Air Transat | '''Seasonal:''' Toronto–Pearson<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/air-transat-to-connect-toronto-to-berlin-in-summer-2025-826374175.html | title=Air Transat to Connect Toronto to Berlin in Summer 2025 }}</ref>  | Air Uniqon (operated by Avanti Air)<ref name=f519/> | Friedrichshafen<ref name=f519>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/flughaefen/flughafen-friedrichshafen-bekommt-wieder-inlandsfluege-mit-avanti-air/ym0rk8f|title=Flughafen Friedrichshafen bekommt wieder Inlandsflüge - mit Avanti Air|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|date=17 November 2025 |accessdate=22 November 2025|language=German}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/die-vielen-fragezeichen-hinter-air-uniqon/yff64h8|title=Die vielen Fragezeichen hinter Air Uniqon|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|date=21 November 2025 |accessdate=22 November 2025|language=German}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Sylt (begins 2 July 2026)<ref>{{cite web | last=Yilmaz | first=Cüneyt | title=Zum 2. Juli: Air Uniqon nimmt Strecke Berlin–Sylt auf | website=FVW TravelTalk | date=2026-05-19 | url=https://www.fvw.de/touristik/verkehr/zum-2.-juli-air-uniqon-nimmt-streckeberlinsylt-auf-261340 | language=de | access-date=2026-05-20}}</ref>  | airBaltic | Riga,<ref>{{cite web |title=airBaltic to resume flights to Helsinki, Munich and Berlin |url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/airbaltic-to-resume-flights-to-helsinki-munich-and-berlin.a360453/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |language=en |date=20 May 2020}}</ref> Tallinn,<ref>{{cite news |title=Expert: Estonia lacks clear plan if airBaltic axes flights from Tallinn |url=https://news.err.ee/1609564216/expert-estonia-lacks-clear-plan-if-airbaltic-axes-flights-from-tallinn |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=ERR |date=1 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Vilnius<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirilova |first1=Patricija |title=Cancelled flight to Berlin angers Vilnius residents |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2119068/cancelled-flight-to-berlin-angers-vilnius-residents?srsltid=AfmBOoqs-s2xxSjorbbBvpPN36saf0ZywNzVQAEU8A2ayElbLq2-YWLZ |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Kuusamo (begins 12 December 2026)<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://company.airbaltic.com/en/newsroom?press=2026/airbaltic-expands-network-for-upcoming-winter-season-adds-12-new-routes |title=airBaltic Expands Network for Upcoming Winter Season, Adds 12 New Routes |publisher=airBaltic |date=24 March 2026 |access-date=24 March 2026 |archive-date=24 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260324113108/https://company.airbaltic.com/en/newsroom?press=2026/airbaltic-expands-network-for-upcoming-winter-season-adds-12-new-routes |url-status=live }}</ref>  | AJet | Ankara,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hradecky |first1=Simon |title=Incident: Ajet B738 at Berlin on Jul 20th 2025, hydraulic problems |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=52a94c98&opt=769#:~:text=An%20Ajet%20Boeing%20737%2D800%2C%20registration%20TC%2DJFP%20performing,(Germany)%20with%20164%20people%20on%20board%2C%20was |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=21 July 2025}}</ref> Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen '''Seasonal:''' Bodrum (begins 30 June 2026),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.turizmnews.com/ajet-bodrum-dan-avrupa-ya-15-hatla-ucacak/37767/|title=AJet, Bodrum'dan Avrupa'ya 15 hatla uçacak|website=www.turizmnews.com}}</ref> Gaziantep, Samsun  | Austrian Airlines | Vienna<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dimitrova |first1=Marta |title=Austrian Airlines and Vienna Airport offer rapid COVID-19 antigen tests |url=https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2020/10/austrian-airlines-and-vienna-airport-offer-rapid-covid-19-antigen-tests/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Future Travel Experience |date=30 October 2020}}</ref>  | Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation.direct/azerbaijan-airlines-kehrt-nach-berlin-und-mailand-malpensa-zurueck|title=Azerbaijan Airlines kehrt nach Berlin und Mailand-Malpensa zurück|date=19 April 2022}}</ref>  | BlueBird Airways | Tel Aviv<ref name="BlueBird_TLV_NS26">{{cite news |last1=Peretz |first1=Sapir |title=החל מ-111 אירו לכיוון: חברת התעופה היוונית משיקה שלושה קווים חדשים ליעדים המבוקשים |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/205906 |access-date=17 May 2026 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=17 May 2026 |language=he}}</ref>  | British Airways | London–City,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=Megan |title=Full list of London flight cancellations as Storm Eowyn hits UK |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/storm-eowyn-flights-cancelled-heathrow-gatwick-british-airways-b1206848.html |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=The Standard |date=24 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> London–Heathrow<ref>{{cite news |last1=Truelove |first1=Sam |title=Flight from Berlin to Heathrow given priority landing after passenger taken ill |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/heathrow-airport-live-british-airways-16974081 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=My London |date=25 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>  | Brussels Airlines | Brussels<ref>{{cite news |title=Brussels Airlines flight with 139 evacuated after bomb threat |url=https://brusselsmorning.com/brussels-airlines-flight-with-139-evacuated-after-bomb-threat/79822/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=1 October 2025}}</ref>  | Bulgaria Air | Sofia<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casey |first1=David |title=Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C July 8, 2024) {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/routes-networks-latest-rolling-daily-updates-wc-july-8-2024 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Aviation Week |date=12 July 2024}}</ref>  | Condor | Abu Dhabi (begins 25 October 2026),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/condor-fliegt-von-berlin-und-frankfurt-nach-abu-dhabi-und-bandelt-mit-etihad-an/2s9knr7|title=Condor fliegt von Berlin und Frankfurt nach Abu Dhabi - und bandelt mit Etihad an|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|accessdate=5 December 2025|language=German}}</ref> Frankfurt<ref>{{cite news |last1=Birch |first1=Kate |title=Etihad, Condor to launch daily Frankfurt and Berlin flights to Abu Dhabi |url=https://connectingtravel.com/news/etihad-condor-to-launch-daily-frankfurt-and-berlin-flights-to-abu-dhabi |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Connecting Travel |date=8 December 2025 |language=En}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Dubai–International,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Nowack, Timo|title=Condor macht Eurowings zwischen Berlin und Dubai Konkurrenz |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/condor-macht-eurowings-zwischen-berlin-und-dubai-konkurrenz|work=aeroTELEGRAPH|date=6 February 2024|access-date=6 February 2024|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Recklies, Benjamin|title=Condor fliegt im Sommer nicht mehr zwischen Berlin und Dubai |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/condor-fliegt-im-sommer-nicht-mehr-zwischen-berlin-und-dubai/474f8nv|date=5 February 2026|access-date=9 February 2026|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|language=de}}</ref> Heraklion,<ref name="Condor">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Ausbau am BER: Condor fliegt wieder auf Berlin |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/condor-fliegt-wieder-auf-berlin/dfcgej6 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=aeroTELEGRAPH |language=de-ch}}</ref> Kos,<ref name="airliners.de">url=https://www.airliners.de/condor-ergaenzt-sommerflugplan-zielen-berlin-uesseldorf/75381</ref> Rhodes<ref name="airliners.de"/>  | Corendon Airlines | '''Seasonal:''' Antalya,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karantzavelou |first1=Vicky |title=Corendon Airlines celebrates two decades of operations |url=https://www.traveldailynews.com/aviation/corendon-airlines-celebrates-two-decades-of-operations/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=3 June 2025}}</ref> Heraklion,<ref>{{cite news |title=Corendon: More flights in Summer 2026 |url=https://money-tourism.gr/en/corendon-more-flights-in-summer-2026-new-flight-to-heraklion/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=ΧΡΗΜΑ & ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ money-tourism.gr |date=25 August 2025}}</ref> Hurghada<ref>{{cite news |title=Corendon Airlines Announces its summer flight schedule for 2026 |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/travel/corendon-airlines-announces-summer-flight-schedule-2026-1428420.html |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=26 August 2025 |language=en}}</ref>  | Croatia Airlines | Zagreb<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/07/croatia-airlines-adds-new-winter-flights.html | title=Croatia Airlines adds new winter flights | date=13 July 2025 }}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Split<ref>{{cite news |title=Croatia Airlines connecting Croatia to 30 European destinations this summer |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-airlines-connecting-croatia-to-30-european-destinations-this-summer/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Croatia Week |date=26 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>  | DAT | Saarbrücken<ref name="saarbruecken">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/dat-loest-luxair-auf-strecke-saarbruecken-berlin-ab|title=DAT löst Luxair auf Strecke Saarbrücken - Berlin ab|date=30 October 2019}}</ref>  | Delta Air Lines | '''Seasonal:''' New York–JFK<ref>[https://www.airliners.de/delta-air-lines-kehrt-sommer-berlin-stuttgart-ueck/73513 airliners.de - "Delta Air Lines to return to Berlin and Stuttgart during summer"] (German) 25 March 2024</ref>  | easyJet | Agadir,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Barcelona,<ref>{{cite news |title=EasyJet cancels 8 flights in Barcelona airport on last day of cabin crew strike |url=https://www.catalannews.com/business/item/easyjet-cabin-crew-strike-barcelona-27-june-2025 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=27 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Basel/Mulhouse,<ref>{{cite news |title=Drohnen-Sichtung: Hauptstadtflughafen vorübergehend gesperrt - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/panorama_nt/article69052c62e33f08e05509a331/drohnen-sichtung-hauptstadtflughafen-voruebergehend-gesperrt.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=DIE WELT |date=31 October 2025 |language=de}}</ref> Birmingham,<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeSouza |first1=Naomi |title=New easyJet Birmingham Airport routes announced - huge list |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-easyjet-birmingham-airport-routes-27225149 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Birmingham Live |date=29 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Bordeaux,<ref>{{cite news |title=Easyjet gibt neue Sommerziele ab Berlin bekannt |url=https://www.airliners.de/easyjet-sommerziele-berlin/73546 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=18 March 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Bristol,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Belcher |first1=Annette |title=Bristol Airport issues check in advice ahead of 'busiest festive period ever' |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/christmas-check-advice-bristol-airport-9816749 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Bristol Live |date=24 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Catania,<ref name="Easyjetitaly">{{cite news |last1=Cattaneo |first1=Mariella |title=easyJet. Italy is the second largest market with 4 bases and 27 new routes by 2025 |url=https://italiabsolutely.com/news/transportation/italy-is-easyjet-s-second-largest-market-4-bases-and-27-new-routes-by-2025 |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=19 December 2024 |language=en-gb}}</ref> Copenhagen<ref>{{cite news |last1=Granville |first1=Alan |title=She had a ticket to fly to Germany on Easyjet, how did she end up in Italy on Ryanair? |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360707062/she-had-ticket-fly-germany-easyjet-how-did-she-end-italy-ryanair |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=29 May 2025}}</ref> Edinburgh,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flockhart |first1=Gary |title=Budget airline offering flights from Edinburgh to Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam for under £40 |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/travel/edinburgh-airport-easyjet-sale-offers-flights-from-edinburgh-to-paris-berlin-and-amsterdam-for-under-ps40-4564742 |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Edinburgh News |date=21 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Fuerteventura,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sack |first1=Josefine |title=Direktflüge ab BER: Diese günstigen Reiseziele sind vom Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg zu erreichen |url=https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/dahme-spreewald/direktfluege-ab-ber-diese-guenstigen-reiseziele-sind-vom-flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-zu-erreichen-JX3NZHKE5RCBXAPFZFSI4HXIK4.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=24 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref> Funchal,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Geneva,<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Loy |first1=Thomas |title=Easyjet baut sein Angebot am BER aus: Berliner „Heimatairline“ bietet fünf neue Flugziele |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berliner-wirtschaft/easyjet-baut-sein-angebot-am-ber-aus-berliner-heimatairline-bietet-funf-neue-flugziele-11315779.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=5 March 2024 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Gran Canaria,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Larnaca,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jahberg |first1=Heike |title=Drehkreuz Richtung Westen: In Larnaka baden Menschen, während andere aus Israel fliehen |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/drehkreuz-richtung-westen-in-larnaka-baden-menschen-wahrend-andere-aus-israel-fliehen-10610857.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |language=de-DE}}</ref> Liverpool,<ref name="GalenBER2024">{{cite web |last1=Galen |first1=Dell |title=EasyJet Adds New Winter Destinations from BER for 2024/2025 |url=https://www.travelwires.com/easyjet-adds-new-winter-destinations-from-ber-for-2024-2025 |website=TravelWires |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=20 June 2024}}</ref> London–Gatwick,<ref>{{cite news |title=easyJet cancels more than 200 flights |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/28/easyjet-cancels-more-than-200-flights |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=cyprus-mail |date=28 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> London–Luton,{{cn|date=January 2026}} London–Southend,<ref>{{cite web | title=More new easyJet routes to fly from Southend Airport this year | date=17 June 2025 | url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/25243755.new-easyjet-routes-fly-southend-airport-year/ }}</ref> Lyon,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galen |first1=Dell |title=EasyJet Adds New Winter Destinations from BER for 2024/2025 |url=https://www.travelwires.com/easyjet-adds-new-winter-destinations-from-ber-for-2024-2025 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=TravelWires |date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Málaga,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Manchester,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neumann |first2=Wiebke |last2=Hollersen |first1=Peter |title=Chaos am BER: So viele Flüge fallen aus - und diesen Ärger erleben Berliner Fluggäste |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/ferien-chaos-am-flughafen-ber-so-viele-fluege-fallen-aus-und-diesen-aerger-haben-berliner-fluggaeste-erlebt-li.241999 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |date=1 July 2022 |language=de}}</ref> Milan–Linate,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Incorvati |first1=Lucilla |last2=Dominici |first2=Laura |title=Summer time of travel and flights to plan: here is what the major airlines offer |url=https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/summer-time-travel-and-flight-planning-heres-what-major-airlines-offer-AH3U2qz |website=Il Sole 24 ORE |access-date=29 January 2026 |language=en |date=29 May 2025}}</ref> Nantes,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Neerja |title=Heavy Snowfall in Europe Trigger Mass Flight Cancellations: Check Major Airports Hit, Most Affected Regions & Key Routes |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/heavy-snowfall-in-europe-trigger-mass-flight-cancellations-check-major-airports-hit-most-affected-regions-key-routes-163354/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=The Sunday Guardian |date=4 January 2026 |language=en}}</ref> Nice,<ref name="auto"/> Palma de Mallorca,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Paris–Charles de Gaulle,<ref>{{cite news |title=easyJet stationiert zwei neue A321neo am Flughafen BER {{!}} airportzentrale.de |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/easyjet-stationiert-zwei-neue-a321neo-am-flughafen-ber/88567/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=17 June 2025 |language=de}}</ref> Pristina,<ref>{{cite news |title=easyJet to discontinue select Pristina routes |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/02/easyjet-to-discontinue-select-pristina.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=4 February 2025}}</ref> Rome–Fiumicino,<ref>{{cite news |title=Berlin Airport Expands Winter 2025/26 Flight Network Amid Passenger Growth - Focus on Travel News |url=https://ftnnews.com/travel-news/aviation/berlin-airport-expands-winter-2025-26-flight-network-amid-passenger-growth/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=13 October 2025}}</ref> Tenerife–South,<ref name="Easyjetexpand">{{cite news |title=Winter flight schedule 2025/26: Easyjet increases its commitment in Germany |url=https://www.fvw.de/international/travel-news/winter-flight-schedule-202526-easyjet-increases-its-commitment-in-germany-253119 |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=17 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Thessaloniki,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=Berlin: Numerous destinations have been removed from the 2022/23 winter flight schedule |url=https://aviation.direct/en/berlin-zahlreiche-destinationen-aus-dem-winterflugplan-2022-23-gestrichen |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=9 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Valencia,<ref>{{cite news |title=Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg: 70 Airlines und 160 Ziele sind im Sommer 2021 geplant|url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-70-airlines-und-160-ziele-sind-im-sommer-2021-geplant/71140/#google_vignette |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=16 June 2021 |language=de}}</ref> Venice,<ref name="Easyjetitaly"/> Zurich<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizzi |first1=Amely |title=Easyjet stations new Airbus A321neo in Berlin and expands route network |url=https://aviation.direct/en/easyjet-stationiert-neue-airbus-a321neo-in-berlin-und-erweitert-streckennetz |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation.Direct |date=20 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Antalya,<ref name="aerotelegraph.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/easyjet-mit-vier-neuen-sommerzielen-ab-berlin | title=Easyjet mit vier neuen Sommerzielen ab Berlin | date=30 November 2023 }}</ref> Burgas, Chania,<ref name="Easyjetgreece"/> Corfu,<ref name="Easyjetgreece">{{cite news |last1=Incorvati |first1=Lucilla |last2=Dominici |first2=Laura |title=Summer time of travel and flights to plan: here is what the major airlines offer |url=https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/summer-time-travel-and-flight-planning-heres-what-major-airlines-offer-AH3U2qz |access-date=29 January 2026 |work=Il Sole 24 ORE |date=29 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Giza,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/easyjet-weitet-fluege-von-berlin-zu-den-pyramiden-aus | title=Easyjet weitet Flüge von Berlin zu den Pyramiden aus |date=20 June 2024}}</ref> Glasgow,<ref>{{cite news |title=Scots passengers warned over 'nightmare' easyJet strikes during Easter holidays |url=https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/14594672/scots-passengers-warned-nightmare-easyjet-strikes-easter-holidays/ |access-date=29 January 2026 |date=4 April 2025}}</ref> Heraklion,<ref name="Easyjetgreece"/> Hurghada,<ref>{{cite news |title=Wohin es im Winterflugplan 2023/2024 ab dem BER geht |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/wohin-es-im-winterflugplan-20232024-ab-dem-ber-geht/w6ckfj6 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=aeroTELEGRAPH |date=26 October 2023 |language=de-ch}}</ref> Kos,<ref name="Easyjetgreece"/> La Palma,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loy |first1=Thomas |title=Easyjet vermittelt auch Bahntickets: Besserer Service in den Sommerferien |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berliner-wirtschaft/easyjet-vermittelt-auch-bahntickets-besserer-service-in-den-sommerferien-10105255.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=6 July 2023 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Marsa Alam,<ref name="Easyjetexpand"/> Milan–Malpensa (resumes 23 June 2026),<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Naples,<ref name="Easyjetitaly"/> Olbia,<ref name="Easyjetitaly"/> Pisa,<ref name="Easyjetitaly"/> Porto,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=Berlin: Zahlreiche Destinationen aus dem Winterflugplan 2022/23 gestrichen |url=https://aviation.direct/berlin-zahlreiche-destinationen-aus-dem-winterflugplan-2022-23-gestrichen |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=9 September 2022 |language=de}}</ref> Preveza/Lefkada,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=Easyjet is reducing frequencies at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport |url=https://aviation.direct/en/eayjet-is-reducing-frequencies-at-berlin-brandenburg-airport |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation.Direct |date=8 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Pula,<ref>{{cite news |title=Larnaka Airport Aims To Serve High Traffic Demand Across Europe And India |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/larnaka-airport-aims-serve-high-traffic-demand-across-europe-india |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Week |date=1 April 2025}}</ref> Rhodes,<ref name="Easyjetgreece"/> Rovaniemi,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=Easyjet expands BER route network to include Rovaniemi in Lapland |url=https://aviation.direct/en/easyjet-erweitert-ber-streckennetz-um-rovaniemi-in-lappland |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=28 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Seville,<ref>{{cite news |title=easyJet Opens Berlin–Seville Route, Expands Capital’s Winter Network |url=https://www.visahq.com/news/2025-10-27/de/easyjet-opens-berlin-seville-route-expands-capitals-winter-network/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=VisaHQ |date=28 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Sharm El Sheikh,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mediengruppe |first1=FUNKE |title=Easyjet veröffentlicht schon Winterflugplan für 2026 – die BER-Highlights |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article410689276/easyjet-veroeffentlicht-schon-winterflugplan-fuer-2026-die-ber-highlights.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=www.morgenpost.de |date=12 December 2025 |language=de}}</ref> Split,<ref>{{cite news |title=Winterflugplan 2025/2026: Mehr easyJet ab BER und neue Münchenstrecke |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/winterflugplan-2025-2026-mehr-easyjet-ab-ber-und-neue-muenchenstrecke/90108/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=27 October 2025 |language=de}}</ref> Tivat,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lazarevic |first1=David |title=EasyJet to connect Tivat Airport with six destinations in upcoming tourist season |url=https://montenegrobusiness.eu/easyjet-to-connect-tivat-airport-with-six-destinations-in-upcoming-tourist-season/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Montenegro Business |date=21 January 2025}}</ref> Tromsø<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/easyjet-ziel-norwegen-berlin/76301|title=Easyjet nimmt neues Ziel in Norwegen ab Berlin auf|website=airliners.de}}</ref>  | Egyptair | Cairo<ref>{{cite news |last1=Attia |first1=Mohamed |title=EgyptAir soars at ITB Berlin 2025 to boost European tourism - Egyptian Gazette |url=https://egyptian-gazette.com/skyward/egyptair-soars-at-itb-berlin-2025-to-boost-european-tourism/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=8 March 2025}}</ref>  | El Al | Tel Aviv<ref>{{cite news |title=El Al supports WJC Holocaust education initiative #WeRemember |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/with-we-remember-affixed-to-airplane-for-the-next-year-el-al-demonstrates-support-for-wjc-holocaust-education-initiative |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=World Jewish Congress |date=25 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>  | Eurowings |Beirut,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Birns |first1=Hilka |title=Eurowings to open Berlin base in 2Q21 |url=https://careers.ch-aviation.com/news/101279-eurowings-to-open-berlin-base-in-2q21 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=9 March 2021}}</ref> Bologna (begins 25 October 2026),<ref name="BLQBER26">{{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2026/05/20/eurowings-sostituisce-ryanair-sulla-rotta-bologna-berlino/ |title=Eurowings Sostituisce Ryanair sulla Rotta Bologna-Berlino |date=20 May 2026 |website=Italiavola.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Eurowings to substitute Ryanair on the Bologna-Berlin route}}</ref> Cologne/Bonn,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lassetter |first1=Jon |title=Ryanair nearly as big as Eurowings at Cologne Bonn; airport's 2 longest routes are new |url=https://airserviceone.com/ryanair-nearly-as-big-as-eurowings-at-cologne-bonn-airports-2-longest-routes-are-new/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Air Service One |date=27 November 2024}}</ref> Dubai–Al Maktoum,<ref>{{cite news |title=Eurowings verlängert Dubai-Flüge ab Berlin und startet neue Rom-Verbindung |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/eurowings-verlaengert-dubai-fluege-ab-berlin-und-startet-neue-rom-verbindung/yne1ttp |access-date=26 February 2026 |work=aeroTELEGRAPH |date=26 February 2026 |language=de-ch}}</ref> Düsseldorf,<ref name="eurowings2024ex"/> Erbil,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurowings erweitert Sommerflugplan am BER um vier neue Ziele |url=https://www.airliners.de/eurowings-erweitert-sommerflugplan-ber-ziele/80532 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=airliners.de |language=de}}</ref> Faro,<ref name="Eurowingsdest">{{cite news |last1=Molyneaux |first1=Ian |title=Eurowings ramps up winter flight schedule, adds new routes |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/eurowings-winter-schedule-dubai-saudi-arabia-cairo |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aerotime Aero |date=27 September 2024}}</ref> Gothenburg,<ref name="Euro2943">{{cite news |title=Eurowings New routes from Berlin – including Kavala |url=https://tornosnews.gr/en/transport/airlines/54602-eurowings-new-routes-from-berlin-including-kavala.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=2 December 2025}}</ref> Graz,<ref name="eurowings2024ex">{{cite news |title=Eurowings: Über 40 Ziele ab BER im nächsten Sommer |url=https://www.touristik-aktuell.de/verkehr/eurowings-ueber-40-ziele-ab-ber-im-naechsten-sommer/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=touristik aktuell |date=21 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Helsinki,<ref name="Euro2943"/> Jeddah,<ref name="at5march2024">{{Cite web |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/eurowings-und-flynas-starten-berlin-duell-nach-jeddah |title=Eurowings und Flynas starten Berlin-Duell nach Jeddah |date=5 March 2024}}</ref> Lisbon,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Málaga,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Metzner |first1=Thorsten |title=„Andere ziehen sich zurück, wir bauen auf“: Eurowings expandiert am BER – ab März 2023 doppelt so viele Flugziele |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/andere-ziehen-sich-zuruck-wir-bauen-auf-eurowings-expandiert-am-ber--ab-marz-2023-doppelt-so-viele-flugziele-8900338.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=21 November 2022 |language=de-DE}}</ref> London–Heathrow,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Palma de Mallorca,<ref name="Eurowingsdest"/> Porto,<ref name="Euro8220"/> Rome–Fiumicino (begins 2 November 2026),<ref>{{cite news|title=Eurowings verlängert Dubai-Flüge ab Berlin und startet neue Rom-Verbindung |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/eurowings-verlaengert-dubai-fluege-ab-berlin-und-startet-neue-rom-verbindung/yne1ttp|date=26 February 2026 |work=aeroTELEGRAPH|access-date=26 February 2026|language=de-ch}}</ref> Salzburg,<ref name="Euro8220">{{cite news |title=Eurowings stellt Sommerflugplan 2023 ab Berlin vor |url=https://www.austrianwings.info/2022/12/eurowings-stellt-sommerflugplan-2023-ab-berlin-vor/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Austrian Wings |date=19 December 2022 |language=de-AT}}</ref> Sarajevo,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Stockholm–Arlanda,<ref name="Eurowingsdest"/> Stuttgart,<ref>{{cite news |last1=NACHRICHTEN |first1=n-tv |title=Eurowings streicht weitere innerdeutsche Verbindungen |url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Eurowings-streicht-weitere-innerdeutsche-Verbindungen-article25378589.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=ntv.de |date=21 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Yerevan,<ref name="eurowings2024ex"/> Zurich<ref name="Euro2943"/> '''Seasonal:''' Abu Dhabi,<ref name="Eurowings erweitert Nahostprogramm ab Berlin, Hannover und Stuttgart">{{cite web | url=https://www.airliners.de/eurowings-erweitert-ber-winterflugplan-nahost-verbindung/79474 | title=Eurowings erweitert Nahostprogramm ab Berlin, Hannover und Stuttgart | date=28 February 2025 }}</ref> Bastia,<ref name="BZ2405">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Neue Ziele am Flughafen BER: Eurowings nimmt Jerewan und Tivat ins Angebot auf |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/eurowings-ab-ber-fluggesellschaft-nimmt-jerewan-und-tivat-in-angebot-auf-li.2212484 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> Bilbao,<ref name="Eurowings ab Berlin mit mehr Europa">{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/eurowings-ab-berlin-mit-mehr-europa-und-weniger-deutschland-fluegen | title=Eurowings ab Berlin mit mehr Europa- und weniger Deutschland-Flügen | date=21 November 2024 }}</ref> Corfu,<ref name="Eurowings ab Berlin mit mehr Europa"/> Dubai–International,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Frommberg, Laura|title=Eurowings fliegt ab Berlin und Stuttgart mit Airbus A321 Neo nach Dubai |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/eurowings-fliegt-ab-berlin-und-stuttgart-mit-airbus-a321-neo-nach-dubai |work=Aero Telegraph|date=24 April 2023|access-date=6 May 2023|language=de}}</ref> Dubrovnik,<ref name="BZ2405"/> Fuerteventura,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=Eurowings is reactivating the Canary Islands routes |url=https://aviation.direct/en/eurowings-reactivates-the-canary-islands |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation.Direct |date=23 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Gran Canaria,<ref>{{cite news |title=Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg (BER): Winterflugplan 2021/2022 bringt 76 Airlines und 144 Ziele {{!}} airportzentrale.de |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-ber-winterflugplan-2021-2022-bringt-76-airlines-und-144-ziele/72934/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=29 October 2021 |language=de}}</ref> Heraklion,<ref name="eurowings2024ex"/> Hurghada,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leber |first1=Sebastian |title=Hurghada am Roten Meer: Wo die Abzocke all inclusive ist |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/hurghada-am-roten-meer-wo-die-abzocke-all-inclusive-ist-12640016.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=8 November 2024 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Ibiza,<ref name="Euro8220"/> Jerez de la Frontera,<ref name="Eurowings ab Berlin mit mehr Europa"/> Kavala (begins 9 July 2026),<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Kuusamo (begins 20 December 2026),<ref>{{cite web|title=NEW Eurowings/EW route to Finnish Lapland as of Winter 26/27!|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roland-hladin-678965152_eurowings-lufthansagroup-kuusamoairport-activity-7440645861182693376-JC-y|website=Linkedin=access-date=March 21, 2026}}</ref> Kittilä,<ref name="Winterflugplan"/> Kos,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/eurowings/eurowings-flies-to-more-destinations-in-summer-2022-than-ever-before/|title = Eurowings flies to more destinations in summer 2022 than ever before| work=Aviation24.Be |date = 20 December 2021}}</ref> Lanzarote,<ref>{{cite news |title=Eurowings fliegt jetzt ab BER direkt zum Roten Meer |url=https://www.luftfahrtmagazin.de/luftfahrt/allgemeine-luftfahrt/flughafen/eurowings-fliegt-jetzt-ab-ber-direkt-zum-roten-meer-255574.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=9 November 2024 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Larnaca,<ref>{{cite news |title=Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg: Eurowings startet Langstrecke nach Dschidda |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-eurowings-startet-langstrecke-nach-dschidda/86078/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=6 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Marsa Alam,<ref name="Winterflugplan">{{cite news |title=Winterflugplan 2025/2026: Diese Ziele sind ab jetzt von Berlin aus zu erreichen |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/winterflugplan-20252026-diese-ziele-sind-ab-jetzt-von-berlin-aus-zu-erreichen-14555054.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=13 October 2025 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Naples,<ref name="Euro2943"/> Newcastle upon Tyne,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/news-details/8667|title=Eurowings adds new route from Newcastle|website=Travel Gossip}}</ref> Olbia,<ref>{{cite news |title=Sommerflugplan 2026. Vom BER zu 155 Zielen in Europa und der Welt |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/105323/6243279 |access-date=25 March 2026 |work=Presseportal |date=25 March 2026 |language=German}}</ref> Nice,<ref name="eurowings2024ex"/> Rhodes,<ref name="eurowings2024ex"/> Rovaniemi,<ref name="Euro9399"/> Split,<ref name="EuroCrotia">{{cite news |title=Eurowings announce 16 routes to Croatia from Germany in June |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/eurowings-announce-16-routes-to-croatia-from-germany-in-june/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Croatia Week |date=24 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Tivat,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luković |first1=Siniša |title=Eurowings is introducing the Berlin-Tivat route for the next summer season |url=https://en.vijesti.me/news-b/economy-d/685362/the-German-low-cost-company-eurowings-is-introducing-the-berlin-tivat-line-for-the-next-summer-season |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=12 October 2023}}</ref> Tromsø,<ref name="Euro9399">{{cite news |title=Eurowings Adds Routes to Expand Network from Berlin |url=https://www.airwaysmag.com/legacy-posts/eurowings-adds-routes-berlin |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Airways Mag |date=21 December 2023}}</ref> Zakynthos<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nath |first1=Kanchan |title=The Eurowings summer programme from BER is now complete |url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/the-eurowings-summer-programme-from-ber-is-now-complete/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=20 December 2022}}</ref>  | Finnair | Helsinki<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beresnevicius |first1=Rytis |title=Finnair bolsters its summer flight offering with new routes- AeroTime |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/finnair-bolsters-its-summer-flight-offering-with-new-routes-across-europe |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aerotime Aero |date=18 January 2023}}</ref>  | FlyErbil | Erbil<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muji |first1=Ermal |title=FlyErbil fliegt nach Berlin und Damaskus |url=https://aviation.direct/flyerbil-fliegt-nach-berlin-und-damaskus |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=12 June 2023 |language=de}}</ref>  | Flynas | Jeddah<ref>{{cite news |title=Flynas to operate three weekly flights linking Berlin to Jeddah |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/flynas-operate-three-weekly-flights-linking-berlin-jeddah |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Week |date=5 March 2024}}</ref>  | FlyOne | Chișinău<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Amore |first1=Dino |title=Flyone Adds Five European Destinations From Chisinau |url=https://aviationnews-online.com/public/article/flyone-adds-five-european-destinations-from-chisinau |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Airline Economics Ltd |date=7 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>  | Freebird Airlines | '''Seasonal:''' Antalya<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizzi |first1=Amely |title=Freebird Airlines expands flight offer between Germany and Antalya |url=https://aviation.direct/en/freebird-airlines-erweitert-flugangebot-zwischen-deutschland-und-antalya |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=31 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  | Georgian Airways | Tbilisi<ref>{{Cite web |title=Georgian Airways launches Tbilisi-Forlì direct flights |url=https://1tv.ge/lang/en/news/georgian-airways-launches-tbilisi-forli-direct-flights/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=1TV |language=en-US}}</ref>  | Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gruber |first1=Jan |title=From August 12, 2022: Hainan Airlines returns to Berlin |url=https://aviation.direct/en/ab-12-august-2022-hainan-airlines-kehrt-nach-berlin-zurueck |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=2 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>  | Iberia | Madrid<ref>{{cite news |last1=Damaske |first1=Jule |title=Streik bei spanischer Fluglinie Iberia: Mehr als 400 Flüge fallen aus – Berlin betroffen |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/streik-bei-spanischer-fluglinie-iberia-mehr-als-400-fluege-fallen-aus-berlin-betroffen-li.2173867 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Berliner Zeitung |date=4 January 2024 |language=de}}</ref>  | Icelandair | Reykjavík–Keflavík<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds stranded in Germany due to airport strikes |url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2025/03/10/hundreds_stranded_in_germany_due_to_airport_strikes/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Iceland Monitor |date=10 March 2025}}</ref>  | Iraqi Airways | Baghdad,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=Iraqi ministry signals re-opening of services to Germany and Denmark |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/iraqi-ministry-signals-re-opening-of-services-to-germany-and-denmark/155721.article |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Flight Global |date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Erbil<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casey |first1=David |title=Eurowings Adds Iraq And Armenia Routes |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/eurowings-adds-iraq-armenia-routes |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Week |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>  | Israir | Tel Aviv<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizzi |first1=Amely |title=BER expects strong demand during the summer holidays |url=https://aviation.direct/en/ber-expects-strong-demand-during-the-summer-holidays |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=16 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>  | Jet2.com | '''Seasonal:''' Bristol,<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Natalie |date=2025-03-31 |title=Jet2 announces new routes from Bristol Airport this winter |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/jet2-announces-new-routes-bristol-10069064 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Bristol Live |language=en}}</ref> East Midlands,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jet2.com and Jet2holidays celebrate 15 years at East Midlands Airport |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/jet2com-and-jet2holidays-celebrate-15-years-at-east-midlands-airport/ar-AA1F8iS8 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref> Glasgow,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jet2 expand Christmas markets programme from Glasgow Airport |url=https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2025/02/24/jet2-expand-christmas-markets-programme-from-glasgow-airport/|website=deadlinenews|date=24 February 2025 |accessdate=29 May 2025 }}</ref> Leeds/Bradford,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Craig |date=2025-02-21 |title=Jet2 announces new Leeds Bradford Airport Christmas market flights |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/jet2-announces-new-leeds-bradford-31050699 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Yorkshire Live |language=en}}</ref> Manchester,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Liv |date=2025-02-21 |title=Jet2 announces expansion to fairytale Christmas markets from Manchester Airport |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/jet2-announces-huge-expansion-fairytale-31050768 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref> Newcastle upon Tyne<ref>{{Cite news |title=The 8 European destinations added to 'Christmas Market' route at North East airport |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24967675.newcastle-airport-add-eight-european-christmas-market-routes/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316030910/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24967675.newcastle-airport-add-eight-european-christmas-market-routes/ |archive-date=16 March 2025 |access-date=2025-05-29 |work=The Northern Echo |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>  | KLM | Amsterdam<ref>{{cite news |last1=Molyneaux |first1=Ian |title=KLM’s first Airbus A321neo takes flight with busy schedule |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/klm-airbus-neo-amsterdam-berlin-copenhagen-stockholm |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aerotime Aero |date=16 September 2024}}</ref>  | KM Malta Airlines | Malta<ref name="Malta">{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/new-airline-replacing-air-malta-fly-march-31.1058754|title=New airline replacing Air Malta to fly on March 31, 2024|date=2 October 2023}}</ref>  | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw–Chopin<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizzi |first1=Amely |title=Berlin: Lot stockt Warschau-Anbindung auf |url=https://aviation.direct/berlin-lot-stockt-warschau-anbindung-auf |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=14 March 2024 |language=de}}</ref>  | Lufthansa | Frankfurt,<ref name="Lufthansa"/> Munich<ref name="Lufthansa">{{cite news |title=More than 1,000 flights disrupted across Europe as winter weather snarls German hubs |url=https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-01-22/de/more-than-1000-flights-disrupted-across-europe-as-winter-weather-snarls-german-hubs/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=VisaHQ |date=23 January 2026 |language=en}}</ref>  | Lufthansa City Airlines | Frankfurt,<ref name="Lufthansa"/> Munich<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/lufthansa-city-airlines-uebernimmt-weitere-routen-ab-muenchen/pt8v6m4|title=Lufthansa City Airlines übernimmt weitere Routen ab München|date=28 February 2025}}</ref>  | Luxair | Luxembourg<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heindrichs |first1=Tracy |title=Luxair cancels flights due to strikes in Germany |url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/luxair-cancels-flights-due-to-strikes-in-germany/48178809.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=3 October 2025}}</ref>  | Marabu|'''Seasonal:''' Hurghada<ref name="ReferenceC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/marabu-uebernimmt-condor-verbindung-berlin/84160|title=Marabu übernimmt Condor-Verbindung in Berlin|website=airliners.de|accessdate=7 December 2025|language=German}}</ref>  | Middle East Airlines | Beirut (begins 26 June 2026) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.lebanondebate.com/article/836114-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%82-%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86|title= "الميدل إيست" تطلق خطاً مباشراً بين بيروت وبرلين|date=14 May 2026}}</ref>  | Norwegian Air Shuttle | Bergen,<ref name="Galen2024">{{cite news |last1=Galen |first1=Dell |title=Norwegian Air Shuttle Launches Direct Flights from BER to Tromsø, the Northern Lights Capital |url=https://www.travelwires.com/norwegian-air-shuttle-launches-direct-flights-from-ber-to-troms-the-northern-lights-capital |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Travel Wires |date=18 February 2024}}</ref> Copenhagen,<ref name="Galen2024"/> Oslo,<ref name="Galen2024"/> Stockholm–Arlanda<ref name="Galen2024"/> '''Seasonal:''' Tromsø<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetravelinspector.no/news/norwegians-sommerruter-2024 |title=Her er Norwegians nye sommerruter for 2024 |work=THE TRAVEL INSPECTOR |date=13 September 2023}}</ref>  | Nouvelair | Monastir,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/galerie/nouvelair-baut-airbus-a320-neo-flotte-kraeftig-aus-und-hat-interesse-am-a321-neo/4zk7dcd|title=Nouvelair baut Airbus-A320-Neo-Flotte kräftig aus - und hat Interesse am A321 Neo|website=aeroTELEGRAPH|accessdate=7 December 2025|language=German}}</ref> Tunis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/nouvelair-a320-neo-flotte-fokus-deutschland-erweitern/79317|title=Nouvelair fokussiert mit größerer Flotte verstärkt Deutschland|website=airliners.de|accessdate=7 December 2025|language=German}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Djerba<ref>{{cite news |title=Nouvelair: Neue Linienflüge nach Tunis |url=https://www.touristik-aktuell.de/verkehr/nouvelair-neue-linienfluege-nach-tunis/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=touristik aktuell |date=5 January 2023 |language=de}}</ref>  | Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen<ref name="Kutay">{{cite news |last1=Kutay |first1=Defne |title=Pegasus Airlines Expands Network with 6 New Routes Across Turkey and Europe |url=https://travelradar.aero/pegasus-airlines-expands-network-with-6-new-routes-across-turkey-and-europe/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Travel Radar - Aviation News |date=28 May 2025}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Ankara, Antalya,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pegasus launches new route to Chisinau, Moldova |url=https://aeromorning.com/en/pegasus-launches-new-route-to-chisinau-moldova/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=AeroMorning |date=28 January 2021}}</ref> Adana/Mersin,<ref name="centreforaviation.com">{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/pegasus-airlines-to-launch-new-europe-services-1315509 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA }}</ref> Gaziantep,<ref name="centreforaviation.com"/> Izmir, Samsun<ref name="centreforaviation.com"/>  | Qatar Airways | Doha<ref>{{cite news |title=Qatar Airways increases frequency of Doha to Berlin route - Falstaff |url=https://www.falstaff.com/en/news/qatar-airways-increases-frequency-of-doha-to-berlin-route |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Fal Staff |date=3 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref>  | Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reisetopia.de/news/royal-jordanian-berlin/ |title=Royal Jordanian fliegt nach zwei Jahren wieder nach Berlin |date=14 May 2024}}</ref>  | Ryanair| Alicante<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pichlmayr |first1=Alexander |title=Ryanair summer 2022 flight schedule for Alicante Airport revealed |url=https://www.lazenia.com/ryanair-summer-2022-alicante-airport/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=La Zenia |date=18 September 2021}}</ref>, Barcelona,<ref>{{cite news |title=So baut Ryanair zwischen Spanien und Deutschland, Österreich sowie Luxemburg ab |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/so-baut-ryanair-zwischen-spanien-und-deutschland-oesterreich-sowie-luxemburg-ab/zlfjlvc |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=aeroTELEGRAPH |date=12 September 2025 |language=de-ch}}</ref> Bari,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vorsatz |first1=Marc |title=Schlemmen und Entspannen in Apulien: Die Virtuosen mit dem Hackebeilchen |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/reise/schlemmen-und-entspannen-in-apulien-die-virtuosen-mit-dem-hackebeilchen-12323504.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=4 October 2024 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Bergamo,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orban |first1=André |title=Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air for the first time in Milan Linate, with routes to Brussels, Berlin and Catania |url=https://www.aviation24.be/airports/milan-linate-airport-lin/low-cost-airlines-ryanair-and-wizz-air-for-the-first-time-in-milan-linate-with-routes-to-brussels-berlin-and-catania/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation 24 be |date=9 April 2021}}</ref> Birmingham,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britaintraveldeals.com/ryanair-will-launch-a-new-route-from-birmingham-bristol-cardiff-exeter-leeds-and-london/ | title=Ryanair will launch a new routes from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Leeds and London}}</ref> Bologna (ends 24 October 2026),<ref name="BLQBER26">{{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2026/05/20/eurowings-sostituisce-ryanair-sulla-rotta-bologna-berlino/ |title=Eurowings Sostituisce Ryanair sulla Rotta Bologna-Berlino |date=20 May 2026 |website=Italiavola.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Eurowings to substitute Ryanair on the Bologna-Berlin route}}</ref> Bucharest–Otopeni<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marica |first1=Irina |title=Ryanair launches first low-cost flights from Bucharest to Berlin |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/ryanair-launches-low-cost-flights-from-bucharest-to-berlin |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Romania Insider |date=20 April 2016 |language=en}}</ref>, Budapest,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nath |first1=Kanchan |title=Budapest Airport celebrates expansion with Ryanair’s new routes |url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/budapest-airport-celebrates-expansion-with-ryanairs-new-routes/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=7 June 2024}}</ref> Catania<ref>{{cite web |title=New Ryanair routes for the Fontanarossa airport in Catania |url=https://www.propertyinsicily.com/ryanair-new-routes-for-catania-fontanarossa/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=8 October 2016}}</ref>, Dublin,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marello |first1=Poppy |title=Ryanair Berlin Base Brings Competition to German Rivals {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/ryanair-berlin-base-brings-competition-german-rivals |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Week |date=5 March 2015}}</ref> East Midlands<ref>{{cite news |last1=Britton |first1=Ruaraidh |title=35 Ryanair destinations unavailable from airport in 2022 |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/ryanair-flights-35-destinations-east-5886430 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Staffordshire Live |date=8 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>, Edinburgh<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nugent |first1=George |title=Ryanair Unveils Initial Winter Schedule |url=https://georgentravels.com/2025/05/04/ryanair-unveils-initial-winter-schedule/ |website=George Nugent Travels |access-date=30 January 2026 |language=en |date=4 May 2025}}</ref>, Faro<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lopes |first1=Inês |title=Faro Airport exceeds 10 million passengers for first time |url=https://www.portugalresident.com/faro-airport-exceeds-10-million-passengers-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Portugal Resident |date=19 December 2025}}</ref>, Gran Canaria<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schlappig |first1=Ben |title=Ouch: Ryanair 737 Misses Berlin Curfew By Seconds, Forced To Divert |url=https://onemileatatime.com/news/ryanair-737-misses-berlin-curfew-divert/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=One Mile at a Time |date=8 January 2025}}</ref>, Lisbon<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair flight to Portugal cancelled |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-06-02/ryanair-flight-to-portugal-cancelled/98182 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=The Portugal News |date=2 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> London–Stansted,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Josie |title=Ryanair adds six routes to Stansted summer schedule |url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/ryanair-adds-six-routes-to-stansted-summer-schedule |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Travel Weekly |date=17 January 2023 |language=En}}</ref> Madrid<ref name="Orban"/>, Málaga,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alcalá |first1=María José Díaz |title=Catorce vuelos cancelados en Málaga por la huelga tripulantes de cabina de Ryanair |url=https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga/vuelos-cancelados-Malaga-huelga-Ryanair-tripulantes-cabina_0_1697531028.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Málaga Hoy |date=30 June 2022 |language=es}}</ref> Manchester,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Timan |first1=Joseph |title=All Manchester Airport delayed and cancelled flights amid major snow disruption |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-snow-cancelled-delayed-30710852 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=5 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Marrakesh<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sack |first1=Josefine |title=Direktflüge ab BER: Diese günstigen Reiseziele sind vom Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg zu erreichen |url=https://www.maz-online.de/lokales/dahme-spreewald/direktfluege-ab-ber-diese-guenstigen-reiseziele-sind-vom-flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-zu-erreichen-JX3NZHKE5RCBXAPFZFSI4HXIK4.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Maz Online |date=24 May 2023 |language=de}}</ref>, Marseille<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair verbindet Berlin mit Marseille |url=https://www.airliners.de/ryanair-verbindet-berlin-marseille/62638 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Airliners |date=3 November 2021 |language=de}}</ref>, Milan–Malpensa,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Rich |title=Nine injured as storm causes violent turbulence on Ryanair flight over Europe |url=https://www.the-independent.com/travel/news-and-advice/ryanair-turbulence-germany-storms-flight-b2764129.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=The Independent |date=5 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Palermo<ref name="Orban">{{cite news |last1=Orban |first1=André |title=Berlin to be new Ryanair base as of autumn - Fly Ryanair to Madrid and Palermo |url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/berlin-to-be-new-ryanair-base-as-of-autumn-fly-ryanair-to-madrid-and-palermo/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation 24 |date=10 April 2015}}</ref>,Palma de Mallorca<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Ella |last2=May |first2=Adam |title=The latest Ryanair destinations you can travel to this summer |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/latest-ryanair-destinations-you-can-4297271 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Herts Live |date=6 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>, Paphos<ref>{{cite news |title=Paphos to boost German tourism with new Ryanair and Lufthansa flights |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/01/07/paphos-to-boost-german-tourism-with-new-ryanair-and-lufthansa-flights |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Cyprus Mail |date=7 January 2026 |language=en}}</ref>, Pisa<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizzi |first1=Amely |title=Ryanair has included Berlin-Billund |url=https://aviation.direct/en/ryanair-hat-berlin-billund-aufgenommen |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=30 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>, Podgorica<ref>{{cite news |title=Air Montenegro, Ryanair and Jet2 winter 23/24 flights |url=https://digital-nomads.me/local-info/air-montenegro-ryanair-and-jet2-winter-03-04-flights |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Digital Nomads Montenegro |date=8 November 2023 |language=en-gb}}</ref>, Porto<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair cuts German winter traffic, cites failure to lower taxes |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/ryanair-cuts-german-winter-traffic-cites-failure-lower-taxes-2025-10-15/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=15 October 2025}}</ref>, Reggio Calabria<ref>{{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2024/02/15/reggio-calabria-e-base-ryanair-8-rotte-e-primo-volo-per-bologna/ |title=Reggio Calabria è base Ryanair. 8 rotte e primo volo per Bologna | date=15 February 2024 }}</ref >, Rome–Fiumicino,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair to cut capacity at Berlin airport, citing high access costs |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/08/28/ryanair-to-cut-capacity-at-berlin-airport-citing-high-access-costs |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Cyprus Mail |date=28 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Sofia<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair verdoppelt seine Präsenz in Berlin-Schönefeld |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/ryanair-verdoppelt-seine-praesenz-in-berlin-schoenefeld/4rtffg8 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=aeroTELEGRAPH |date=20 April 2016 |language=de-ch}}</ref>, Tallinn<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair cuts routes, cancels flights from Tallinn Airport |url=https://news.err.ee/1609601675/ryanair-cuts-routes-cancels-flights-from-tallinn-airport |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=11 February 2025 |language=en}}</ref>, Tenerife–South,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mokrani |first1=Farah |title=Ryanair Cuts Routes Across Europe in 2026 |url=https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/01/06/flying-with-ryanair-in-2026-these-routes-are-disappearing-across-europe/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Euro Weekly News |date=6 January 2026}}</ref> Thessaloniki<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair reduces Athens-Thessaloniki routes due to works at airport |url=https://tornosnews.gr/en/transport/airlines/21000-ryanair-reduces-athens-thessaloniki-routes-due-to-works-at-airport.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=TornosNews.GR |date=1 December 2016 |language=el-GR}}</ref>, Trieste<ref name="Das ist das Sommerangebot am BER">{{Cite news |url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/das-ist-das-sommerangebot-am-ber |title=Das ist das Sommerangebot am BER |work=Aerotelegraph |date=26 March 2024}}</ref>, Valencia<ref>{{cite news |title=Zwei Millionen für eigene Wartungsbasis: Billigflieger Easyjet schafft 80 neue Jobs in Schönefeld |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/billigflieger-easyjet-schafft-80-neue-jobs-in-schonefeld-4135246.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=13 January 2020 |language=de-DE}}</ref>, Vilnius<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maszczynski |first1=Mateusz |title=Ryanair Furious After Berlin Airport Refuses Landing Over 7-Minute Delay |url=https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/05/24/ryanair-furious-after-berlin-airport-refuses-landing-over-7-minute-delay/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=PYOK |date=24 May 2025}}</ref>, '''Seasonal:''' Athens,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair flight makes emergency landing in Greece after reporting fire |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/ryanair-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-greece-after-reporting-fire-idUSKBN244293/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=3 July 2020}}</ref> Castellón<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airliners.de/ryanair-ziele-berlin/72407|title=Ryanair nimmt vier neue Ziele ab Berlin auf|website=airliners.de}}</ref>, Corfu<ref>{{cite news |title=First tourists arriving at Corfu Airport on March 9 |url=https://enimerosi.com/news/85778/first-tourists-arriving-at-corfu-airport-on-march-9 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ On Line |date=16 February 2024 |language=el}}</ref> Dubrovnik,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gradtrebinje.com/ekskluzivno-ryanair-ce-dubrovnik-povezati-sa-17-odredista-prema-dublinu-becu-i-londonu-ce-letjeti-i-zimi/ |title=EKSKLUZIVNO! Ryanair će Dubrovnik povezati sa 17 odredišta, prema Dublinu, Beču i Londonu će letjeti i zimi |date=28 November 2023}}</ref> Heraklion<ref name="RyanairGreece">{{cite news |last1=Alexaki |title=Many new flights to Greece in 2025 |url=https://money-tourism.gr/en/many-new-flights-to-greece-in-2025-athens-international-airport-is-leading-the-way-airlines-invest-in-greek-tourism/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=ΧΡΗΜΑ & ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ money-tourism.gr |date=2 January 2025}}</ref>, Ibiza<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheap flights: Ryanair cancels connections from BER for winter flight schedule – here's where you can still fly |url=https://www.berliner-kurier.de/berlin/billigfluege-ryanair-streicht-verbindungen-ab-ber-fuer-winterflugplan-hier-koennen-sie-noch-hinfliegen-li.276883 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=14 October 2022}}</ref>, Kos<ref name="RyanairGreece"/>, Rhodes<ref name="RyanairGreece"/>, Treviso, Venice, Zadar<ref>{{cite news |title=Ryanair to launch new routes from Zadar and Banja Luka |url=https://www.caa.gov.qa/en/news/ryanair-launch-new-routes-zadar-and-banja-luka |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=4 December 2023}}</ref>  | Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Molyneaux |first1=Ian |title=Five facts about Copenhagen Airport on its 100th birthday |url=https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/copenhagen-airport-100-anniversary |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aerotime Aero |date=20 April 2025}}</ref> Stockholm–Arlanda<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eichenauer |first1=Till |title=Eis am Flughafen BER: Flüge gestrichen, Flugzeuge stauen sich auf dem Rollfeld |url=https://www.moz.de/lokales/koenigs-wusterhausen/eis-am-flughafen-ber-fluege-gestrichen-flugzeuge-stauen-sich-auf-dem-rollfeld-78602963.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Moz |date=26 January 2026 |language=de}}</ref> '''Seasonal:'''Oslo  | Sky Alps | Bolzano<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hofmann |first1=Kurt |title=Italy’s Sky Alps Resumes Operations With Regional Routes {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/italys-sky-alps-resumes-operations-regional-routes |work=Aviation Week |date=15 December 2021}}</ref>  | Sky Express | Athens<ref>{{cite news |title=SKY express Now Operating Direct Athens-Hamburg Flights |url=https://news.gtp.gr/2025/12/10/sky-express-now-operating-direct-athens-hamburg-flights/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=10 December 2025}}</ref>  | Southwind Airlines | '''Seasonal charter:''' Antalya<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight from AYT to BER|url=https://flyteam.jp/en/airline_route/ayt_ber/flight_schedule/2026/03|website=flyteam.jp|access-date=February 28, 2026}}</ref>  | Sundair | Beirut,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jan |first1=Gruber |title=Sundair flies from Bremen to Beirut |url=https://aviation.direct/en/sundair-fliegt-von-bremen-nach-beirut |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Direct |date=8 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Hurghada<ref name="Sundair"/> '''Seasonal:''' Burgas, Gran Canaria,<ref name="Sundair">{{cite news |last1=Vega |first1=Yurena |title=Sundair will bring tourism to the south of Gran Canaria from Münster starting in November |url=https://maspalomas24h.uk/Article/6911/sundair-will-bring-tourism-to-the-south-of-gran-canaria-from-muenster-starting-in-november |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=27 August 2024}}</ref> Heraklion, Kos, Monastir,<ref>{{cite web | title=Sundair mit neuen Strecken im Sommer 2023 | website=Aviation.Direct | date=2023-01-31 | url=https://aviation.direct/sundair-mit-neuen-strecken-im-sommer-2023 | language=de | access-date=2026-04-04}}</ref> Palma de Mallorca,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schulz |first1=Simon |title=Wie kommt das? Air-Berlin-Flieger hebt im Sommer wieder ab |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/air-berlin-hebt-im-sommer-wieder-ab |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=9 June 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Rhodes<ref>{{cite news |title=Condor ergänzt Sommerflugplan mit drei Zielen ab Berlin und Düsseldorf |url=https://www.airliners.de/condor-ergaenzt-sommerflugplan-zielen-berlin-uesseldorf/75381 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=4 July 2024 |language=de}}</ref> Tenerife–South, Varna  | SunExpress | Antalya,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Field |first1=James |title=Onboard Oven Causes Smoke in the Cabin on SunExpress Flight Antalya-Berlin |url=https://aviationsourcenews.com/onboard-oven-causes-smoke-in-the-cabin-on-sunexpress-flight-antalya-berlin/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Source News |date=11 September 2024}}</ref> Gaziantep,<ref>{{cite news |title=SunExpress Germany shifts to a more pan-European model {{!}} TornosNews.gr |url=https://tornosnews.gr/en/transport/airlines/15573-sunexpress-germany-shifts-to-a-more-pan-european-model.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Tornos News GR |date=16 April 2016 |language=el-GR}}</ref> Izmir<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mediengruppe |first1=FUNKE |title=Flug von Hamburg nach Izmir endet in Berlin |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article212022209/Flug-von-Hamburg-nach-Izmir-endet-in-Berlin.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Abendblatt |date=24 September 2017 |language=de}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Adana/Mersin,<ref name="Cukurova"/> Ankara,<ref name="Cukurova"/> Bodrum,<ref name="Cukurova">{{cite news |title=Çukurova International Airport Celebrated its First Anniversary |url=https://www.aviationturkey.com/en/content/cukurova-international-airport-celebrated-its-first-anniversary-1226 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation Turkey |date=2025}}</ref> Dalaman,<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Sun Express: More flights to Turkey in summer 2025 |url=https://money-tourism.gr/en/sun-express-more-flights-to-turkey-in-summer-2025-new-routes-to-bulgaria/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=ΧΡΗΜΑ & ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΣ money-tourism.gr |date=11 February 2025}}</ref> Diyarbakir<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orban |first1=André |title=SunExpress to increase flights from Berlin to Turkey in 2024 |url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/sunexpress/sunexpress-to-increase-flights-from-berlin-to-turkey-in-2024/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation 24 |date=10 October 2023}}</ref> Kayseri,<ref name=XQ24>{{cite web|title=SUNEXPRESS NS24 NETWORK ADDITIONS – 24SEP23|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230925-xqns24|website=aeroroutes.com|date=27 September 2023}}</ref> Samsun  | {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Geneva,<ref>{{cite news |title=Swiss to cancel a quarter of destinations from Geneva in the 2026 summer timetable |url=https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/swiss-to-cancel-a-quarter-of-destinations-from-geneva-in-the-2026-summer-timetable-2939781.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=blue News |date=29 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Zurich<ref>{{cite news |title=These are the new flight destinations from Zurich, Basel and Geneva |url=https://www.travelnews.ch/english-corner/27629-these-are-the-new-flight-destinations-from-zurich-basel-and-geneva.html |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Travelnews |date=28 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>  | TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon<ref>{{cite news |title=Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg (BER): Winterflugplan 2021/2022 bringt 76 Airlines und 144 Ziele |url=https://www.airportzentrale.de/flughafen-berlin-brandenburg-ber-winterflugplan-2021-2022-bringt-76-airlines-und-144-ziele/72934/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=29 October 2021 |language=de}}</ref>  | Transavia | Paris–Orly<ref>{{cite news |last1=Citrinot |first1=Luc |title=More Europe with Transavia, more Africa and Asia with Air France |url=https://www.voyages-d-affaires.com/en/air-france-transavia-winter-2021-22 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Business travel |date=6 July 2021}}</ref> '''Seasonal:''' Agadir,<ref name="Transavia fliegt ab Berlin zwei Städte in Marokko an">{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/transavia-fliegt-ab-berlin-zwei-staedte-in-marokko-an/d5qgzky | title=Konkurrenz für Easyjet und Ryanair, Transavia fliegt ab Berlin zwei Städte in Marokko an | date=20 May 2025 | language=German | website=aeroTELEGRAPH }}</ref> Marrakesh,<ref name="Transavia fliegt ab Berlin zwei Städte in Marokko an"/> Nantes<ref>{{cite web |title=Transavia expands services from BER |url=https://www.publicnow.com/view/485E3A10F735330172326DB685CD7271C2F731D7?1761583666 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=27 October 2025}}</ref>  | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul<ref>{{cite news |last1=Avcıoğlu |first1=Mücahithan |title=Turkish Airlines cancels flights to 9 German cities amid strikes |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/turkish-airlines-cancels-flights-to-9-german-cities-amid-strikes/3505312 |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=3 October 2025}}</ref>  | United Airlines | Newark<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Edward |title=Berlin Airport Prepares for Busy Summer as EasyJet, Eurowings, Others Add Routes |url=https://airlineweekly.skift.com/2022/03/berlin-airport-prepares-for-busy-summer-as-easyjet-eurowings-others-add-routes/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Airline Weekly |date=25 March 2022}}</ref>  | Volotea |'''Seasonal:''' Florence (begins 22 September 2026)<ref>{{cite web | title=Volotea verbindet Berlin und Straßburg mit Florenz | website=aeroTELEGRAPH | date=2025-11-06 | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ticker/volotea-verbindet-berlin-und-strassburg-mit-florenz/mwjse68 | language=de | access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>  | Vueling | Barcelona<ref>{{cite news |title=Vueling resumes A321neo operations from Barcelona this July |url=https://gazettelife.com/news/vueling-resumes-a321neo-operations-from-barcelona-this-july/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=4 April 2025}}</ref>  | Wizz Air | Belgrade,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/wizz-air-verbindet-berlin-und-belgrad|title=Wizz Air verbindet Berlin und Belgrad|date=22 December 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> Bratislava,<ref name="j891">{{cite web | author=Petit Press a.s. | title=Wizz Air neustupuje, v Bratislave pridáva ďalších dvanásť nových liniek | website=closer.sme.sk | date=2025-10-16 | url=https://closer.sme.sk/c/23558093/wizzair-bratislava-slovensko-ryanair-letenky-lacne.html | language=sk | access-date=2025-10-16}}</ref> Bucharest–Otopeni,<ref name="Wizzair">{{cite news |last1=Orban |first1=André |title=Wizz Air expands Berlin operations with new route to Bucharest and increased winter capacity |url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/wizz-air/wizz-air-expands-berlin-operations-with-new-route-to-bucharest-and-increased-winter-capacity/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=Aviation 24 |date=28 October 2025}}</ref> Budapest,<ref name="Adams2025">{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Jake |title=BER Winter 2025/26: New Routes and Fleet Upgrades from easyJet, Transavia France, and Wizz Air |url=https://www.travelwires.com/ber-winter-2025-26-new-routes-and-fleet-upgrades-from-easyjet-transavia-france-and-wizz-air |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=TravelWires |date=30 October 2025}}</ref> Chișinău,<ref name="Wizzair"/> Cluj-Napoca,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yilmaz |first1=Cüneyt |title=Nach Cluj-Napoca: Wizz Air mit neuer Verbindung ab Berlin |url=https://www.fvw.de/touristik/verkehr/nach-cluj-napoca-wizz-air-mit-neuer-verbindung-ab-berlin-257593?cx_testId=1&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=2#cxrecs_s |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=FVW |date=18 December 2025 |language=de}}</ref> Kutaisi,<ref>{{cite web |last1=St |title=Kutaisi International Airport: The Gateway to Georgia's Wizz Air Adventures |url=https://drifttravel.com/kutaisi-international-airport-the-gateway-to-georgias-wizz-air-adventures/ |website=Drift Travel Magazine |access-date=30 January 2026 |date=1 May 2023}}</ref> Skopje,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petrushevska |first1=Dragana |title=Wizz Air launches Skopje-Stuttgart service |url=https://seenews.com/news/wizz-air-launches-skopje-stuttgart-service-1282340 |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=See News |date=29 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Timișoara,<ref>{{cite news |title=Wizz Air Unveils New Routes for Summer 2026 |url=https://www.romaniajournal.ro/business/wizz-air-unveils-new-routes-for-summer-2026/ |access-date=30 January 2026 |work=The Romania Journal |date=23 January 2026}}</ref> Tirana,<ref name="Wizzair"/> Tuzla,<ref name="Adams2025"/> Varna<ref name="Wizzair"/>  }}

===Cargo=== {{More citations needed section|date=December 2025}} {{Airport-dest-list  | ASL Airlines France<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cargo network|url=https://www.aslairlines.fr/en/cargo-flights/scheduled-cargo-flights/cargo-network/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=ASL Airlines France}}</ref> | Paris–Charles de Gaulle  |FedEx Express<ref>{{Cite web|title=FedEx route map - Europe from Paris CDG|url=https://www.airlineroutemaps.com/maps/FedEx/Europe/Paris_CDG|access-date=13 March 2023|website=www.airlineroutemaps.com}}</ref> | Paris–Charles de Gaulle  |Singapore Airlines Cargo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siacargo.com/e-services/etimetable_public/|title=Singapore Airlines Cargo Timetable 2025/2026|date=18 December 2025}}</ref> |Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich  |UPS Airlines<ref name="sprintair">{{Cite web|title=Port Lotniczy Gdańsk|url=https://www.airport.gdansk.pl/lotnisko/aktualnosci/ups-otworzyl-baze-na-gdanskim-lotnisku--n1903.html/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=www.airport.gdansk.pl|language=pl}}</ref> | Cologne/Bonn, Gdańsk  }}

==Statistics== ===Annual traffic===  In 2019, the two Berlin operational airports together served 35.6 million passengers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12.2019-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf|title=adv.aero - Statistics}}</ref> which sharply decreased to 9 million for 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19-pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2020-ADV-Monatsstatistik-1.pdf|title=adv.aero - Statistics}}</ref> In 2021, Berlin Brandenburg Airport slightly increased that figure to 9.9 million passengers.<ref name="statistics2021"/> In 2024, the airport served 25.5 million passengers.<ref name="TrafficReport2024"/>

{| class="wikitable" |+ Annual passenger traffic ! Year ! Passengers ! % change ! {{Refh}} |- |2020|| 444,893 || — || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlin-airport.de/de/_dokumente/presse/basisinformationen/verkehrsstatistik/2020/2020-11-BER-DE.pdf|title=adv.aero - Statistics}}</ref> |- |2021|| 9,947,006 || {{increase}} 2,135.8% ||<ref name="statistics2021">{{Cite web|url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2021-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf|title=adv.aero - Statistics}}</ref> |- |2022|| 19,845,046 || {{increase}} 99.5% || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adv.aero/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/12.2022-ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |title=ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022 |website=adv.aero |publisher=Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. |date=13 February 2023 |accessdate=17 February 2023 |language=en |format=PDF; 919 KB}}</ref> |- |2023|| 23,071,865 || {{increase}} 16.3% || <ref name="Traffic Report">{{cite web |url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/content/dam/corporate/en/unternehmen-presse/ber/verkehrsstatistik/2023/20241101_Traffic_Statistics_December.pdf |title=Traffic statistics BER |accessdate=15 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="aviation24.be">{{cite web |url=https://www.aviation24.be/airports/berlin/23-07-million-passengers-travelled-via-berlin-airport-last-year-16-steady-passenger-numbers-in-december/ |title=23.07 million passengers travelled via Berlin Airport last year (+16%) – Steady passenger numbers in December |date=8 January 2024 |accessdate=8 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2024|| 25,465,872 || {{increase}} 10.4% || <ref name="TrafficReport2024">{{cite web |url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/en/company-media/media-portal/pressemitteilungen/2025-01-08-verkehrsbericht-2024-dez.html |title=Traffic Report |accessdate=13 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2025|| 26,050,740 || {{increase}} 2% || <ref name="TrafficReport2025">{{cite web |url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/content/dam/corporate/en/unternehmen-presse/ber/verkehrsstatistik/2025/2025-12-verkehrsbericht-dezember-en.pdf |title=Traffic Report |accessdate=13 February 2026 |language=en}}</ref> |} {| class="wikitable" |+ '''Monthly passenger traffic''' <ref name="TrafficReport2026">{{cite web |url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/en/unternehmen-presse/ber/verkehrsstatistik.html |title=Traffic Report |accessdate=16 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> ! Month !! 2026 Pax !! % !! 2025 Pax !! % !! 2024 Pax !! % !! 2023 Pax !! % !! 2022 Pax !! % !! 2021 Pax !! % |- | January ||1,550,880||{{decrease}}-0.8%|| 1,563,535|| {{increase}}5.8%|| 1,477,579 || {{increase}}12.8% || 1,309,645 || {{increase}}70.6% || 767,710 || {{increase}}269.6% || 207,587 || {{decrease}}-90.8% |- | February ||1,631,825||{{decrease}}-4.7%|| 1,713,150|| {{increase}}8.9%|| 1,572,985 || {{increase}}10.9% || 1,418,368 || {{increase}}48.9% || 952,663 || {{increase}}548.6% || 146,945 || {{decrease}}-93.6% |- | March ||1,977,367|| {{increase}}1.2%|| 1,954,301|| {{increase}}1.7%|| 1,921,062 || {{increase}}15.0% || 1,670,091 || {{increase}}28.3% || 1,301,449 || {{increase}}490.8% || 220,257 || {{decrease}}-78.7% |- | April ||2,136,870|| {{decrease}}-4.1%|| 2,228,016||{{increase}}3.5%|| 2,152,146 ||{{increase}}12.6% || 1,910,670 ||{{increase}}6.8% || 1,789,655 ||{{increase}}576.0% || 264,710 ||{{increase}}859.2% |- | May |||||| 2,317,526|| {{decrease}} -2.2% || 2,368,531 || {{increase}}13.2% || 2,091,691 || {{increase}}8.4% || 1,929,380 || {{increase}}433.2% || 362,305 || {{increase}}596.3% |- | June |||||| 2,288,933 || {{decrease}} -2.1%|| 2,338,226 || {{increase}}11.6% || 2,095,407 || {{increase}} 7.9% || 1,941,107 || {{increase}}197.5% || 652,194 || {{increase}}288.5% |- | July |||||| 2,367,963|| {{increase}}0.3%|| 2,362,051 || {{increase}} 7.1% || 2,205,150 || {{increase}}11.8% || 1,973,258 || {{increase}} 57.7% || 1,251,383 || {{increase}}78.4% |- | August |||||| 2,441,769 || {{increase}}2.2% || 2,389,611 || {{increase}}7.7% || 2,219,669 || {{increase}}14.7% || 1,935,183 || {{increase}}35.0% || 1,433,612 || {{increase}}73.0% |- | September |||||| 2,500,834 || {{increase}}1.0% || 2,477,032 || {{increase}}9.1% || 2,269,769 || {{increase}}9.9% || 2,066,204 || {{increase}} 41.3% || 1,462,530 || {{increase}}110.8% |- | October |||||| 2,660,484 || {{increase}}3.8% || 2,562,551 || {{increase}}8.6% || 2,359,832 || {{increase}}12.3% || 2,100,789 || {{increase}}25.6% || 1,672,009 || {{increase}}187.6% |- | November |||||| 2,009,641 || {{increase}}5.7% || 1,901,705 || {{increase}}8.4% || 1,754,461 || {{increase}}12.5% || 1,559,578 || {{increase}} 28.1% || 1,217,142 || {{increase}}472.0% |- | December |||||| 2,004,588 || {{increase}} 3% || 1,942,393 || {{increase}}9.9% || 1,767,112 || {{increase}}15.6% || 1,529,138 || {{increase}}44.8% || 1,056,221 || {{increase}}298.6% |- | Year ||7,296,942|||| 26,050,740 || {{increase}} 2% || 25,465,872 || {{increase}} 10.4% || 23,071,865 || {{increase}} 16.3% || 19,845,046 || {{increase}} 99.5% || 9,947,006 || {{increase}} 2,135.8% |}

Data for 2019 (pre-pandemic year; closure of Berlin Schönefeld and Berlin Tegel airports). The data is taken from the official airport website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/en/unternehmen-presse/ber/verkehrsstatistik.html|title=Traffic statistics|website=corporate.berlin-airport.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://corporate.berlin-airport.de/content/dam/corporate/de/unternehmen-presse/ber/verkehrsstatistik-ab-2020/2025/2025-11-verkehrsbericht-november..pdf |title=Traffic statistics November|website=corporate.berlin-airport.de}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |+ '''Passenger traffic ''' ! Month !! Last 12 months !! % Change !! 2019 (pre-pandemic)

|- | May 2025 || 2,317,526 || {{decrease}}-27.6% || 3,200,803 |- | June 2025 || 2,288,933 || {{decrease}}-29.8% || 3,261,495 |- | July 2025 || 2,367,963 || {{decrease}}-29.5% || 3,358,651 |- | August 2025 || 2,441,769 || {{decrease}}-23.2% || 3,180,931 |- | September 2025 || 2,500,834 || {{decrease}}-23.4% || 3,266,592 |- | October 2025 || 2,660,484 || {{decrease}}-17.7% || 3,233,026 |- | November 2025 || 2,009,641 || {{decrease}}-21.0% || 2,544,520 |- | December 2025 || 2,004,588 || {{decrease}}-23.1% || 2,606,366 |- | January 2026 || 1,550,880 || {{decrease}}-35.9% || 2,418,966 |- | February 2026 || 1,631,825 || {{decrease}}-35.7% || 2,537,951 |- | March 2026 || 1,977,367 || {{decrease}}-32.6% || 2,933,576 |- | April 2026 || 2,136,870 || {{decrease}}-31.1% || 3,102,128 |- | style="font-weight:bold;" | '''Total''' || '''25,897,176''' || {{decrease}}-25.2% || '''34,635,005''' |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" |+Busiest domestic routes from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (2023)<ref name=eurostat>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/bookmark/f8afc568-12d8-45da-ac13-32712ac050a5?lang=en|title=Air passenger transport between partner airports and main airports of Germany|publisher=Eurostat|access-date=8 January 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108221241/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_par_de__custom_14909107/bookmark/table?lang=en&bookmarkId=f8afc568-12d8-45da-ac13-32712ac050a5 |archive-date=2025-01-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> ! Rank|| Airport || Departing passengers || Change % |- | 1 || Frankfurt||style="text-align:right;"| 1,180,261 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}16.3 |- | 2 || Munich|| style="text-align:right;" | 900,468 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}19.7 |- | 3 || Stuttgart|| style="text-align:right;" | 349,595 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}29.0 |- | 4 || Düsseldorf||style="text-align:right;"| 264,393 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}21.3 |- | 5 || Cologne-Bonn||style="text-align:right;"| 252,813 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}0.1 |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" |+Busiest European routes from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (2023)<ref name=eurostat /> ! Rank|| Airport || Departing passengers || Change % |- | 1 || Amsterdam|| style="text-align:right;" | 811,041 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}19.6 |- | 2 || Palma de Mallorca|| style="text-align:right;" | 779,767 || style="text-align:right;" | {{decrease}}-0.9 |- | 3 || Zurich|| style="text-align:right;" | 756,743 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}10.3 |- | 4 || Paris-Charles de Gaulle||style="text-align:right;"| 715,768 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}11.3 |- | 5 || Istanbul|| style="text-align:right;" | 597,287 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}14.3 |- | 6 || Vienna|| style="text-align:right;" | 595,519 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}18.4 |- | 7 || Barcelona-El Prat|| style="text-align:right;" | 537,236 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}20.4 |- | 8 || London-Heathrow||style="text-align:right;"| 536,754 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}40.8 |- | 9 || Madrid-Barajas||style="text-align:right;"| 457,386 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}6.9 |- | 10 || Copenhagen|| style="text-align:right;" | 434,513 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}20.6 |}

{|class="wikitable sortable" |+Busiest intercontinental routes from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (2023)<ref name=eurostat /> ! Rank|| Airport || Departing passengers || Change % |- | 1 || Antalya|| style="text-align:right;" | 737,881 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}26.1 |- | 2 || Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen|| style="text-align:right;" | 416,657 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}18.6 |- | 3 || Doha|| style="text-align:right;" | 344,482 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}78.8 |- | 4 || Tel Aviv|| style="text-align:right;" | 308,561 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}2.7 |- | 5 || Hurghada|| style="text-align:right;" | 221,613 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}21.6 |- | 6 || Izmir|| style="text-align:right;" | 218,859 || style="text-align:right;" | {{increase}}14.0 |- | 7 || New York-JFK|| style="text-align:right;" | 141,459 || style="text-align:right;" | New |- | 8 || New York-Newark|| style="text-align:right;" | 132,253 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}18.2 |- | 9 || Singapore-Changi|| style="text-align:right;" | 85,958 || style="text-align:right;" |{{increase}}8.1 |- | 10 || Cairo|| style="text-align:right;" | 77,524 ||style="text-align:right;" | New |}

==Ground transportation== {{See also|Transport in Berlin}}

===Rail=== {{main|BER Airport station}}

[[File:BER_Anbindung_2020.jpg|thumb|Map of railway connections at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. An express line (''FEX'') serves Berlin Hauptbahnhof in 22 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/orientierung/anreiseundabreise/oeffentlicheverkehrsmittel.html|title=Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel|access-date=27 December 2020|publisher=FBB GmBH|language=de}}</ref>]] [[File:BfFlughafenBERFernbahnsteige.jpg|thumb|Interior of the BER Airport station]]

The terminal connects to a {{convert|3.1|km|mi|adj=on}} east–west railway tunnel under the apron and the terminal complex. As the nine tunnel sections were the first structures to be built, they were constructed by conventional excavations.

BER Airport station has six tracks and forms the lowest level of Terminal 1–2.<ref name=businessonde>{{cite news| url=http://berlin.business-on.de/auftraege-fuer-schienenanbindung-flughafen-bbi-vergeben_id99.html| title=Deutsche Bahn: Aufträge für Schienenanbindung Flughafen BBI vergeben| date=21 November 2007| language=de| trans-title=Contracts awarded for rail link Airport BBI| access-date=22 July 2010| archive-date=9 July 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709211625/http://berlin.business-on.de/auftraege-fuer-schienenanbindung-flughafen-bbi-vergeben_id99.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> Two tracks serve as a terminus for the S-Bahn – with the S9 serving the Stadtbahn and the S45 serving the southern Ringbahn. The other four tracks handle EuroCity, InterCity, Intercity-Express and Regional-Express trains. The Terminal 5 complex is served by Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station which previously served the former Schönefeld Airport.

Deutsche Bahn confirmed in August 2011 that multiple daily Intercity-Express and InterCity trains will connect the airport to Bielefeld, Hannover, Hamburg, Dresden and Wolfsburg. EuroCity trains will also connect to Wrocław and Kraków in Poland and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news| title=Schnell zum Flughafen geht es erst ab 2020| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/die-fertigstellung-der-dresdner-bahn-verzoegert-sich-weiter--der-bau-soll-erst-in-drei-jahren-beginnen-schnell-zum-flughafen-geht-es-erst-ab-2020,10810590,10950944.html| work=Berliner Zeitung| last=Newmann| first=Peter| date=27 August 2011| trans-title=Fast trips to the airport will come only after 2020| access-date=30 July 2014| archive-date=5 January 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105140326/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/die-fertigstellung-der-dresdner-bahn-verzoegert-sich-weiter--der-bau-soll-erst-in-drei-jahren-beginnen-schnell-zum-flughafen-geht-es-erst-ab-2020,10810590,10950944.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Anbindung an den neuen Flughafen Schönefeld steht| url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/anbindung-an-den-neuen-flughafen-schonefeld-steht-alle-zehn-minuten-eine-s-bahn-1988620.html| date=8 September 2011| access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> After the delayed opening, it is not clear when this will happen. Currently there is only an InterCity train to Dresden and Rostock.

About half of the passengers are expected to access BER by rail. An Airport Express line (FEX, Regionalbahn) connects the airport with the Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin main station) in 22 minutes.<ref name=bahnof>{{cite web|url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers/to-and-from/buses-and-trains/local-and-long-distance-transport/index.php |title=Local and long-distance transport |author=Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH |access-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818082702/http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers/to-and-from/buses-and-trains/local-and-long-distance-transport/index.php |archive-date=18 August 2014 }}</ref> Two more stops at Potsdamer Platz and Berlin Südkreuz are part of the Airport Express.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Rebuilding the Berlin–Dresden railway that allows the 20-minute trip to Hauptbahnhof was finished in 2025.<ref name=dresdner-bahn-2019/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vbb.de/unsere-themen/planen-fr-die-zukunft/ber-anbindung |title=Mit Bus und Bahn schnell und bequem zum BER [Bus and train connections to BER] |date=6 December 2019 |access-date=27 January 2020 |work=vbb.de |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127132438/https://www.vbb.de/unsere-themen/planen-fr-die-zukunft/ber-anbindung |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to the district administrator of Dahme-Spreewald, train rides from southern Brandenburg towards BER might be complicated and require changing trains. He suggested a new rail concept might be necessary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1029110.landrat-loge-warnt-vor-verkehrskollaps-am-ber.html |title=Nach BER-Eröffnung Kollaps|trans-title=Loge warns of traffic collapse |date= 18 October 2016 }}</ref> Final construction permission for the railway station was granted on 26 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/flughafen-ber-bauamt-genehmigt-ber-bahnhof/21116496.html|title=Bauamt genehmigt BER-Bahnhof|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=26 March 2018|trans-title=Controller permits BER-station| access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> The final permit for Dresdner Bahn construction was granted on 13 September 2019.<ref name=dresdner-bahn-2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/zug-verbindung-zum-ber-baugenehmigung-fuer-letzten-abschnitt-der-dresdner-bahn/25012320.html|title=Baugenehmigung für letzten Abschnitt der Dresdner Bahn |newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

Because Terminal 5 was closed, both stations serving the airport area were renamed in December 2023, to BER Airport station and to Schönefeld (bei Berlin) station.<ref name=naming>[https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/mobilitaet-neue-stationsnamen-flughafen-ber-umbenennung-in-sicht-so-heissen-die-berliner-flughafenbahnhoefe-kuenftig-li.325866 berliner-zeitung.de] (German) 9 March 2023</ref>

====Proposed expansions==== =====U-Bahn===== Line U7 terminates short of the airport (at Rudow) but there are plans to extend it towards the airport if and when funds become available. The issue is complicated by the fact that the line would have to cross the state border between Berlin and Brandenburg and it is unclear who would have to pay for which parts of construction operations and maintenance. While Berlin has many "ghost stations" built in preparation for potential future construction, there is no provision underneath the terminal building for a station.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anker|first=Jens|date=22 November 2018|title=U-Bahn: Der Ausbau der U7 rückt ein Stück näher|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article215847355/U-Bahn-Der-Ausbau-der-U7-rueckt-ein-Stueck-naeher.html|access-date=6 July 2020|website=morgenpost.de|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kugler|first=Nina|date=24 January 2019|title=Neukölln und Schönefeld fordern Verlängerung der U7 bis BER|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/bezirke/neukoelln/article216284005/Neukoelln-und-Schoenefeld-fordern-Verlaengerung-der-U7-bis-BER.html|access-date=6 July 2020|website=morgenpost.de|language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Mit der U7 zum BER|url=https://m.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/ihk-fuer-schnellen-ausbau-des-u-bahn-netzes-mit-der-u7-zum-ber/25614034.html|access-date=6 July 2020|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=IHK für schnellen Ausbau des U-Bahn-Netzes|url=https://m.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/erstmals-zahlen-zu-kosten-und-fahrgaesten-ihk-fuer-schnellen-ausbau-des-u-bahn-netzes/25610466.html|access-date=6 July 2020|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de}}</ref>

===Maglev=== In June 2020, the CDU Berlin (then in opposition at the state level) proposed building a Maglev of the Transport System Bögl (developed by the Bavarian construction company Max Bögl) to the airport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Berliner CDU will Magnetschwebebahn zum BER bauen|url=https://www.airliners.de/berliner-cdu-magnetschwebebahn-ber/56060|access-date=6 July 2020|website=airliners.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CDU fordert eine Magnetschwebebahn zum BER-Flughafen|url=https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2020/06/berlin-cdu-wegner-schwebebahn-verkehrspolitik.html|access-date=6 July 2020|website=rbb24.de|language=de|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622061605/https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2020/06/berlin-cdu-wegner-schwebebahn-verkehrspolitik.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=CDU schlägt Magnetschwebebahn zum BER vor|url=https://m.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/neues-verkehrskonzept-der-berliner-cdu-cdu-schlaegt-magnetschwebebahn-zum-ber-vor/25932526.html|access-date=6 July 2020|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CDU will Magnetschwebebahn für Berlin|url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/CDU-will-Magnetschwebebahn-fuer-Berlin-article21858441.html|access-date=6 July 2020|website=n-tv|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Flughafen BER: Berliner CDU will Magnetschwebebahn statt U-Bahn|url=https://www.heise.de/news/Flughafen-BER-Berliner-CDU-will-Magnetschwebebahn-statt-U-Bahn-4789719.html|access-date=6 July 2020|website=Autos|date=19 June 2020 |language=de}}</ref>

===Road=== {{update section|date=September 2023}} thumb|Map of motorways in Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport is connected by its own exit to the A113. The road carries traffic into Berlin via the A100 and out to the A10 where it continues south as the A13 in the direction of Dresden. Highway 96a along the north side of the airport is being expanded to four lanes towards Potsdam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parken |url=https://www.johann-bunte.de/newsroom/news-/-archive/details/a-10-fertigstellung-der-achtstreifigen-erweiterung-der-a-10-zwischen-den-autobahndreiecken-potsdam-und-nuthetal |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=rw |language=de}}</ref>

The airport has five multi-storey car parks and 13 open parking areas on the site with a total capacity for around 10,000 vehicles. In addition, there are car parks offered by third-party providers at lower prices in the immediate vicinity. There are also separate car parks for employees.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parken |url=https://ber.berlin-airport.de/de/parken.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=rw |language=de}}</ref>

A study released in September 2016 attested that BER would double the amount of vehicular traffic, causing frequent traffic jams on the Autobahn once the airport opened. The A100 and A113 did not have enough lanes to support the expected volume of traffic. The approach to BER was deemed insufficient for the expected traffic and was expected to lead to heavy congestion on the highways throughout south-central Berlin.<ref name="traffic-disaster">{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/flughafen-BER/article227368591/Zu-viele-Autos-Am-BER-droht-ein-Verkehrschaos-Ausbau-der-Bahn-gefordert.html|title=Am BER droht ein Verkehrschaos|trans-title=A traffic disaster in the making|work=Berliner Morgenpost|date=16 October 2019|access-date=17 October 2019|language=de}}</ref> There were also concerns about increases in vehicle crashes and air pollution.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/neues-verkehrsgutachten-zum-hauptstadtflughafen-der-ber-koennte-die-stadtautobahn-lahmlegen/14535896.html |title=Der BER könnte die Stadtautobahn lahmlegen|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=13 September 2016|trans-title=BER could cripple traffic on city highways |access-date=14 September 2016|last1=Metzner|first1=Thorsten}}</ref> Congestion was expected to be high in tunnels leading to the airport, causing frequent closings of the Britz tunnel on the A100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/kolumne/wenn-der-flughafen-ber-oeffnet-dann-schliesst-der-tunnel-britz-2|title=Wenn der Flughafen BER öffnet, dann schließt der Tunnel Britz|date=14 September 2016 |trans-title=once BER opens tunnel Britz closes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.maz-online.de/Brandenburg/BER-Verkehrschaos-bei-der-Anreise-zum-Flughafen-in-Schoenefeld-moeglich| title=Fahrt zum BER könnte länger dauern | date=16 February 2018 |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/id_83242522/verkehrsbehoerde-sieht-probleme-bei-autoverkehr-zum-ber.html| title=Verkehrsbehörde sieht Probleme bei Autoverkehr zum BER| date=16 February 2018|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>

Over 10% of passengers were expected to come from Poland,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/verkehr/hauptstadtflughafen-landkreis-warnt-vor--verkehrsinfarkt--am-ber-29614178| title=Hauptstadtflughafen Landkreis warnt vor "Verkehrsinfarkt" am BER |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> via upgraded highways on the Polish side of the border. It was hoped that these upgrades would make the airport accessible for air travelers from the western regions of that country.<ref name=motorway>{{cite news| url=http://www.moz.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/998615/| title=Polen eröffnet neue Autobahn| work=Märkische Oderzeitung| date=30 November 2011| trans-title=Poland opens new motorway| access-date=1 December 2011| archive-date=8 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040356/http://www.moz.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/998615/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Bus=== Public transport connections at the new airport include numerous bus services. BER is served by the express buses X7, X71 and X11. The X7 connects to the U7 subway at Rudow station. X71 connects the airport to Alt Mariendorf along the U6 via Rudow. The X11 bus continues to Lichterfelde-West and to Dahlem. There are also special express buses costing a surcharge dubbed "BER1" and "BER2" which connect the airport with Rathaus Steglitz and Potsdam main station respectively. Other bus lines also stop at a number of stations, providing connections with Berlin's public transport network and destinations in Brandenburg.

===Bicycle=== The access to the airport by bicycle is considered lacking by the local ADFC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://checkpoint.tagesspiegel.de/telegramm/3mfk0qk6hHbOFStgFYV7MV|title=Fahrradclub fordert Radschnellweg zum BER - Tagesspiegel Checkpoint|website=checkpoint.tagesspiegel.de}}</ref> who demand a bicycle highway to the new airport. A reason cited for the lacking bicycle access is that the plans dating to 2006 made no such provision.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/die-infrastruktur-beruht-auf-der-planung-von-2006-warum-der-ber-so-schlecht-mit-dem-rad-erreichbar-ist/26654790.html|title=Warum der BER so schlecht mit dem Rad erreichbar ist|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |date=24 November 2020|last1=Jacobs|first1=Stefan}}</ref>

==Commercial and exposition area==

===Berlin Air Show (ILA)=== [[File:F-WWIQ Airbus A320 sharklet ILA 2012 02.jpg|thumb|right|A flight display performed by an Airbus A320-200 at the Berlin Air Show]] On 3 July 2012, the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport opened on the southeastern portion of the airport grounds.<ref name=expocenter>{{cite press release| title=Berlin ExpoCenter Airport built in record time| url=http://www.berlin-expocenter-airport.de/en/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/index.jsp?lang=en&id=219969| publisher=Messe Berlin| date=3 July 2012| access-date=30 July 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050150/http://www.berlin-expocenter-airport.de/en/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/index.jsp?lang=en&id=219969| archive-date=8 August 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref> Messe Berlin operates the {{convert|250000|m2|adj=off}} exposition facility that is primarily intended as the site of the biennial ILA Berlin Air Show.<ref name=bdli>{{cite press release| url=http://www.bdli.de/en/images/pm_spatenstich%20e_.pdf| title=Groundbreaking ceremony at new ILA grounds| publisher=BDLI| date=18 August 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101205634/http://www.bdli.de/en/images/pm_spatenstich%20e_.pdf| archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref>

===Airport Information Centre=== Coinciding with groundbreaking for construction of the new airport, an information and public relations centre called airportworld opened near the old Schönefeld Airport. On 14 November 2007, the Infotower, a {{convert|32|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} public viewing tower containing an exhibition about the new airport opened on the BER construction site.<ref name=BBI.Infotower>{{cite press release| title=BBI Infotower for East Germany's largest building site| url=http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/press/press-releases/2006/2006-12-07-bbi-tower/index.php| date=7 December 2012| publisher=Berliner Flughafen-Gesellschaft mbH}}</ref>

===Business park=== The area surrounding BER is zoned as a commercial district. Plans call for the construction of shopping centres and parking structures as well as industrial, commercial and office spaces. Situated at the terminal complex will be the BER Airport City with an area of {{convert|16|ha}}. Marketing of the real estate began in autumn 2006 and beginning in 2009 offices, hotels, car rentals, four car parks with a capacity of 10,000, restaurants and retail spaces were built here.

To the north is the BER Business Park Berlin with a planned area of {{convert|109|ha}} for industrial and commercial use as well as congress centers. A further ''Business Park North'' was proposed as a future use of the area of the old Schönefeld terminal. However, those plans were put on hold in view of the decision to incorporate the terminal into the new airport.

==Controversies== In September 2010, Deutsche Flugsicherung published aircraft arrival and departure routes for Berlin Brandenburg Airport which significantly differ from earlier ones used in the court decision for the construction permit. In the original maps, aircraft were expected to take off and land in a path parallel with the runway. The new plans saw flight paths that deviate from the runway direction by 15 degrees. Therefore, aircraft would now fly over areas in southern Berlin (Lichtenrade, Steglitz and Zehlendorf) and adjacent Brandenburg (Teltow, Stahnsdorf, Kleinmachnow and Potsdam) to the surprise of local residents. This prompted a wave of protests and a lawsuit that the courts rejected.<ref name=warner>{{cite news| url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-749894.html| work=Der Spiegel| title=Resistance Builds to Planned Flight Paths at New Berlin Airport| date=3 November 2011| first=Mary Beth| last=Warner|language=en-UK}}</ref>

Both the expansion of Schönefeld Airport into BER and the quality of the connection to the railway network are the subject of public debate. The ''Bürgerverein Brandenburg-Berlin e.V.'' represents local residents who protest an expansion of air traffic to and from the south of Berlin. Also, traffic and environmental experts denounce the late completion dates for the fast connection to the Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Still, Berlin Hauptbahnhof was only a 30-minute journey with trains departing every 15 minutes after inauguration. At the time of the originally planned opening date of BER, in 2011, this was expected to be reduced to 20 minutes after reconstruction of the Berlin section of the Berlin–Dresden railway, which was planned to be finished by 2020.<ref name=dresdnerbahn>{{cite news| title=Reisezeitverlängerungen für Airport-Express-Reisende| url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/newsticker/reisezeitverlaengerungen-fuer-airport-express-reisende,10917074,10928694.html| work=Berliner Zeitung| date=26 August 2011| trans-title=Longer travel times for Airport Express travelers| language=de}}</ref> However, delays in both the BER construction and the construction of the railway meant that the travel time was 30 minutes until December 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/der-ber-bahnhof-wird-aufgeruestet-ein-flughafenbahnhof-fuer-45-millionen-fahrgaeste/25534622.html|title=Ein Flughafenbahnhof für 45 Millionen Fahrgäste|work=Tagesspiegel|date=12 February 2020|access-date=19 February 2020|language=de}}</ref>

In 2015, a whistleblower alleged that Imtech, which filed for bankruptcy in 2015, had bribed airport officials to receive inflated payments for their work. Prosecutors in Brandenburg launched a probe into the allegations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 2016 |title=Berlin airport scandal: Probe into possible poison attack |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20160502/police-probe-possible-revenge-poison-attack-on-ber-whistleblower |work=The Local Germany}}</ref> In May 2016, it emerged that the whistleblower had been poisoned with a "deadly substance" but survived after a three-month period of illness.<ref name="bbcpoison">{{cite news |date=2 May 2016 |title=Berlin Brandenburg airport corruption 'whistleblower poisoned' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36185194 |work=BBC News |language=en-UK}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{cite book| last=Kuhlmann| first=Bernd| title=Schönefeld bei Berlin: 1 Amt, 1 Flughafen und 11 Bahnhöfe| trans-title=Schönefeld near Berlin: 1 Office, 1 Airport, and 11 railway stations| year=1996| publisher=Gesellschaft für Verkehrspolitik und Eisenbahnwesen <nowiki>[</nowiki>Society for Transport Policy and Railways<nowiki>]</nowiki>|location= Berlin|isbn= 978-3-89218-038-8|oclc= 75906791}} * {{Cite book| last=von Przychowski| first=Hans| title=Fehlstart oder Bruchlandung? Berlin-Brandenburger Flughafen-Politik. Verlorene Jahre – verlorene Millionen. Das Ringen um den BBI, 1990–2000, eine Zeittafel mit Kommentaren| trans-title= Aborted start or crash landing? Lost years – lost millions. The struggle over the BBI, 1990–2000, a chronology with commentary| year= 2001| publisher= NoRa| location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-935445-26-9|oclc=76312197}}

==External links== * [https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en.html Official website] *{{NWS-current|EDDB}}

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