Germany's air traffic connections are decreasing - the shift to rail is underway. In 2023 as a whole, German airports counted 197 million passengers, 20 percent more than in the previous year.
At 79 percent of the pre-crisis level, the airlines' offerings remained 17 percentage points behind the capacities in Europe. Without feeder flights to the long-haul flights at the Frankfurt and Munich hubs, there are only 25 percent of flights in 2019. The costs primarily dampen supply rather than demand, explained BDL managing director Matthias von Randow.