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.
Today the Supervisory Board appointed the Scandinavian Thomas Hoff Andersson (44) as its “Chief Operations Officer”, COO. Andersson possesses both the Danish and Swedish citizenship, studied Business administration at the School of Economics and Management – Lund University and has been working in the aviation sector since 1996. Important milestones of his career so far have been senior leadership positions at the airports of Copenhagen, Denmark and Bangalore, India. In his more than ten years he spent at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), he has worked intensively on topics related to the digitalisation and automation of the airport procedures and the development and improvement of the passenger processes. At Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) Hoff Andersson was responsible for the commissioning of the Southern Runway, which made BIAL the first airport in India with parallel independent runways. Most recently, he was responsible for the Northern European market on behalf of the global Scottish ground services provider Menzies Aviation. Thomas Hoff Andersson will be taking up his post at BER on May 1st 2022.
Jörg Simon, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “I am delighted that we have won Mr. Hoff Andersson as a manager for BER who was instrumental in developing Copenhagen Airport into a reference for sustainability and digitization. With his experience from an international environment, he will give BER operations the necessary impetus."
Aletta von Massenbach, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “It is good that the Executive Board is complete again with the appointment of Thomas Hoff Andersson. Thomas Hoff Andersson brings a good deal of international experience with him. Of particular value to us will be the fact that he is also able to view our processes from a number of different perspectives. This is why I am looking forward to working with him.”
Thomas Hoff Andersson: "I am honoured to join BER as its next Chief Operating Officer and would like to thank the Supervisory board for the trust they have shown me. Based on my previous experiences within the aviation industry as well as my assessment of the airport, I am convinced that BER has tremendous opportunities to grow into a leading international airport. I look forward to working closely together with our BER teams and partners to continuously enhance passenger experiences, focus on sustainable airport development and further strengthen the connectivity of our capital-region airport.”
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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.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) is the heart of the Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg and its gateway to the world. Many companies consider the direct connections between economic markets and growth industries as significant success factors and location assets. With flights to over 130 destinations the international BER airport connects the capital region with cities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Not least it offers shorter flight times to Asian destinations compared to e.g. Paris and London.
In addition to our flight route map, you will find a PDF list of all current flight connections.
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