Berlin airports pax up 9%, cargo up 42% in Aug-2014

Germany's Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg reported (11-Sep-2014) passenger numbers at Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schönefeld airports increased 8.8% year-on-year to 2.6 million in Aug-2014. Berlin Schönefeld reported an 11.4% increase in passengers to 677,620 and Berlin Tegel reported an 8.0% increase to 1.9 million. Aircraft movements increased 5.3% to 21,685, including a 7.9% growth to 5870 at Berlin Schönefeld and a 4.4% growth to 15,815 at Berlin Tegel. Cargo volume at the airports combined increased 41.6% to 3974 tons. [more - original PR - German]