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2020-09-04T19:06:42.480Z


Air traffic in Germany fell by 66 percent in the first half of the year. The industry is thus more affected by the corona pandemic than the global average.


Air traffic in Germany fell by 66 percent in the first half of the year.

The industry is thus more affected by the corona pandemic than the global average.

Airport - Globally, air traffic fell by 53 percent.

The Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) gives these figures.

In March and April almost no aircraft took off or landed.

According to BDL statistics, German and foreign airlines have been gradually resuming their flight connections since June.

In the period from July to August, compared to the previous year, 40 percent of passenger flights took place from European airports.

In Germany, however, this development is even lower.

Here only 33 percent of the passenger flights were offered again.

Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) counted almost 30,000 aircraft movements and nearly three million passengers in February.

In March, when the lockdown began, there were only 18,000 flight movements and 1.3 million passengers in Erdinger Moos, in April just 2,000 flights and 23,000 guests, in May 2,300 flights and 40,000 passengers, in June 4,800 flights and 220,000 passengers and in July another 10,000 flights and 667,000 passengers.

Now the end of the holiday is having a negative effect nationwide: The resumption rate is falling again, the BDL has determined.

In the opinion of the industry association, this is also due to the restrictions imposed by politics.

“If we want air traffic to be able to finance itself again, the blockades must end.

There is a demand.

That is why we must continue to work on lifting travel restrictions and finding alternatives to the current blocking rules that are responsible for health ”, says BDL boss Peter Gerber.

As early as April, the aviation industry established measures along the entire travel chain with the federal and state authorities to ensure safe flying.

"What is needed now, in particular, is measures to resume transatlantic traffic," said Gerber.

There are currently 83,000 employees on short-time working at German airlines and airports.

Gerber predicts deep cuts in workforces, fleets and airport infrastructure.

The demands of the BDL for this reason: The short-time work regulation must be extended until 2022.

“In addition, it must be ensured that the airports that have been operating during the entire crisis now have swift access to financial bridges.

And the federal government must take precautions in order to compensate for the massive revenue shortfalls in air traffic control with funds from the federal budget, ”demands Gerber.

He assumes that around 90 percent of the 2019 level will be reached in 2023.

Only from 2024 can we expect - marginal - growth beyond the results of the previous year.

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Source: merkur

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