A dynamic economic region stretching from the busy Berlin environs to the south of the city and right up to the municipalities around Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) – this is the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg. Its excellent infrastructure, first-class business locations, innovative technology centers and motivated skilled workforce make it an ideal company location. Be it global corporations, medium-sized companies or startups – the company landscape of the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg is just as diverse as the industries represented here.
The Airport Region Team is a cooperation of the two business development agencies, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and the Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB) and is focused on economically strengthening the region around Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). With headquarters directly at BER Airport, we are the first point of contact for companies interested in opening new branches or offices in the region.
Our close cooperation with the respective industry experts of each economic development agency means that we can support you with all your questions regarding company expansions and settlements.
"The region around BER airport is developing into one of the outstanding business locations in the German capital region." Dr. Steffen Kammradt (Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg, CEO)
"We are already registering concrete settlement projects that can be traced back to the international airport. This knock-on effect will only increase because the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg is extremely attractive for investors." Dr. Stefan Franzke (Berlin Partner, CEO)
In May 2023, Berlin Brandenburg Airport counted around 2.1 million passengers passing through BER.
This means that the number of passengers has increased by around 200,000 since the previous month of April. In May of the previous year, around 1.9 million people travelled via BER Airport. In the pre-Corona of year 2019, passenger traffic in May was around 3.2 million. BER recorded 16,133 take-offs and landings in May. In May of the previous year, there were 15,669 flight movements and in 2019, before the pandemic, 26,142 flight movements at the airports of Tegel and Schönefeld at the time.
Last month, a total of 2,505 tons of air freight were shipped through BER. In May of the previous year this figure was 2,433 tons while in 2019 it was 3,089 tons.
For further information about the growth industries, economic development, business and technology support for companies, investors and scientific institutions in the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg please contact:
Sandra Koletzki | sandra.koletzki(at)airport-region.de
(Source: press release Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, June 7, 2023 | " In May, more than two million passengers travelled via BER. 200,000 more passengers than in the previous month")
Our brand alliance partners, experienced and long-standing players in the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg, gave us short interviews in which they explained their views on the region's development potential and its locational advantages. They also gave us an insight into their future projects and plans.