Aviation

In February, the number of flight passengers at BER, a fancy new airport in Brandenburg province, decreased substantially yet again. Lufthansa's numbers for 2020, which it will release today, will likely be pretty bad too.

If there was a competition in shutting down airports, Berlin and Brandenburg would win it. They are now closing down former Schönefeld Airport. Again.

In this world, there are airports which deserve to be called that way, and others that look like tool sheds. There are airports that should be avoided at all…

Tegel used to be West Berlin's main airport. In November, the last flight was waved off. Three months later, the owners are auctioning off everything they found on the premises.

In Berlin, the government is preparing an entry ban for passengers from countries in which newly identified Coronavirus mutants are spreading. A decision is…

At Germany's largest airport, the passenger volume is shrinking. The numbers for 2020 are alarmingly low, and 2021 will not look much better.

Welcome to Schönhagen Airport. Here, at this spot in Brandenburg, the world is still perfect. This is where Cessnas graze on pastures peacefully, and where pilots are still pilots.

A million a day keeps the bankruptcy away. But this applies to earning the money instead of losing it like BER Airport does. There is trouble in commercial…

At airports in Germany, an entry ban the government put in place for passengers from the United Kingdom, because of a more aggressive Coronavirus mutation that…

A French flight crew, hundreds of employees, one Governing Mayor, one airport boss, an Ambassador, passengers and onlookers were part of quite a ceremony at Tegel Airport on Sunday. It was time to say goodbye.