Skift Take
Due to increased airport costs and decreased corporate travel, both Low-Cost Carriers and Full-Service Carriers have scaled back operations in Germany, leading to a 10-year low in capacity levels in 2023.
Germany has the world's third-largest economy but in terms of airline capacity, it's far from a major power. Total capacity was actually lower in 2023 than it was a decade earlier.
Here are the numbers: In 2023, the total airline capacity to and from Germany was 225 million seats, down from 232 million seats in 2012.
The German airline market was impacted by several factors:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions that followed was one hit. Russia accounted for just 2.2% of Germ