The long-established formal closure of Berlin Tempelhof Airport in the month of October has added force to the decision of ExecuJet Aviation Group to open out its facilities at Berlin-Schänefeld Airport.
It is projected that almost 90 per cent of the German capital's general and private jet air traffic will be shifted from Tempelhof to Schänefeld from this autumn.
Prior to the result of the Public Referendum on 27th April, ExecuJet started a major improvement of its Fixed Base Operation (FBO) and began to aggressively court private jet operators, who will be required to have fresh handling arrangements.
At present, ExecuJet is offering around 100 business plane per month out of Schänefeld with a target to triple this in the coming year.
ExecuJet's new facilities include a new VIP traveller lounge, a conference room, briefing and operations room and a pilot lounge.
To clear the space for the redevelopment work, which started in the month of April this year, ExecuJet's 24-based Berlin staff have shifted to temporary facilities on the airport's north side.
Peter Hartmann, Managing Director, ExecuJet Europe, said, "Berlin Schänefeld is being developed as the new Berlin-Brandenburg-International Airport, the new single site airport serving the capital of Germany.
Our activity in Germany will be pivotal to the 55-strong aircraft we support in Europe, with 20 more managed aircraft set to be added by the end of the year".
ExecuJet has been operating in Berlin-Schänefeld since 2005 after it bought into Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS), a joint venture with Lufthansa Technik and Bombardier.
