BBI Berlin Airport: No Hub For Lufthansa

Suprising news were published in May when Lufthansa said they would not invest into an expansion in Berlin; Frankfurt and Munich would be more than enough, but they would speak to their Star Alliance partners to fly to Berlin. In the past Lufthansa had said right the opposite. The new airport in Schönefeld, close to Berlin will open in June 2012. Last week the company had said that they want to "be more active in Berlin", but a decision would be taken in summer. What exactly does that now mean? More important: how will that influence the arrival and departure flight routes over the city. This is a subject that annoyed many Berliners that after many years of
planning nothing was sure and new flight routes were proposed.

The winner of the Lufthansa roulette could be AirBerlin. They are planning a hub in Schönefeld and chances are, they will stick to it.

Another new kid on the block is SCHENKER LOGISTICS. They announced today that they will move their Berlin office to Schönefeldin April 2012, the airport is supposed to open in June 2012.