Overview
- Ryanair announced it will shut its Berlin Brandenburg Airport base on October 24, 2026, removing seven aircraft and associated crews and halving its previous offering at BER.
- BER now expects roughly 25.7 million passengers in 2026 and about 25.0–25.2 million in 2027, down from an earlier target as a result of the lost capacity.
- The airport has launched a cost‑review, will postpone planned investments and says other airlines will only partly make up the 2.5 million annual seat shortfall.
- The airline’s pullback will lead to route cuts and jobs lost in Berlin, with local reporting that about 210 positions at the BER base will be affected.
- Ryanair frames the withdrawal as a protest against high German taxes and charges, a long‑running industry complaint that airport management says is aimed at federal policy rather than the airport itself.