Passenger numbers at BER slump to new low Primary tabs 5th March 2021 Due to lockdown measures, less than 150,000 customers passed through the airport last month The pandemic is still causing detrimental damage to passenger traffic, as Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) experienced yet another decline last month. A total of 146,945 passengers were handled at the facility throughout February – 60,000 fewer than the month before. Overall, passenger traffic seen in February this year stands at less than 7% of the level seen at the same time in 2020. Photo Berlin Brandenburg Airport Last month, around 3,000 aircraft departed and landed at BER. Almost 20,000 air movements were recorded in February of last year at Schonefield and Tegel Airports – a decline of almost 85%.