The summer holidays in Berlin and Brandenburg begin in a week’s time. From Wednesday 23 July to Sunday 7 September, BER Airport is expecting a total of around 3.7 million passengers. That is around 100,000 more passengers than in the 2024 summer holidays.
By the start of the holidays, 20 control lanes in Terminals 1 and 2 will already be equipped with new CT scanners, four more than originally planned. Control area 1 has been equipped with the new technology since May 2025. All eight lanes there were originally scheduled for completion in autumn. Thanks to the excellent cooperation of all partners, four of these lanes will be in place in time for the start of the holiday season. In Terminal 2, all eight lanes are already equipped with CT scanners, while in Terminal 1, control area 5 was put into operation in March of this year. Waiting times there have already been significantly reduced.
On the first holiday weekend, from Wednesday 23 July to Sunday 27 July, BER is expecting around 390,000 passengers. During the entire holiday period, a total of around 24,300 aircraft will take off or land at BER.
Once again this year, holiday destinations on the Mediterranean, such as Turkey, Spain, Italy and France, are particularly popular. Palma de Mallorca remains the most popular holiday destination. During the holidays, a total of up to 70 flights a week take off from Eurowings, easyJet, Ryanair and Sundair to the largest Balearic island. Throughout the summer flight schedule, more than 70 airlines will connect BER directly with 150 destinations in 50 countries.
“I am particularly pleased that we will be able to put four new lanes with CT scanners into operation in control area 1 during the summer holidays. Thanks to modern CT technology, our passengers no longer have to remove electronic devices and liquid containers of up to 100 ml from their hand baggage at the lanes equipped in this way. This simplifies the checks and reduces potential waiting times,” says Aletta von Massenbach, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH.
