SCHÖNEFELD (dpa-AFX) - Summertime is travel time: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) is expecting around 3.6 million passengers to take off or land during the summer vacations. This is around 200,000 more than in the 2023 summer vacations, the airport company announced. The vacations begin on July 18 and end on September 1. According to the airport company, 24,000 take-offs and landings will take place at BER during this time.

"At the start of the vacations, in the period from Wednesday, July 17 to Sunday, July 21, 390,000 passengers will use BER, including around 86,000 passengers on Friday," the airport announced. The airport points out that appointments for security checks can be reserved online.

There will be direct flights from BER to 144 destinations in around 50 countries during the summer vacation. Vacation destinations on the Mediterranean are particularly popular. There are 900 connections to Mallorca alone and 840 to Antalya in Turkey./nif/DP/men