EasyJet opens first continental European maintenance hangar at BER airport

• EasyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has opened a new purpose built 4 bay hangar facility at Berlin-Brandenburg airport.
• The airline’s European, Austrian-registered, fleet comprised of 135 aircraft will all be maintained at the first continental maintenance facility
• The hangar opening represents a 20 million Euro investment in the Berlin-Brandenburg region and is a clear commitment to the airline’s ongoing presence in Berlin/Brandenburg

A joint opening ceremony for the easyJet repair hangar at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) was held by easyJet, Flughafengesellschaft Berlin Brandenburg (FBB), and the Brandenburg state government. Aletta von Massenbach, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, and Energy of the State of Brandenburg, and Thomas Haagensen, Group Markets Director at easyJet and Managing Director of easyJet Europe, served as the ceremony’s hosts.

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The new hangar, which started construction in September 2021, will provide easyJet with the capacity needed to ensure it can operate in the most efficient, safe and competitive way. The project was supported by the Wirtschaftsförderung Brandenburg as well as easyJet’s chosen partner MRO Facilities, who managed the design and construction to deliver market leading operational performance.

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The maintenance hangar was built in accordance with the German Building Energy Act Gebäudeenergiegesetz, GEG) and as such meets the requirements for energy-efficient construction in the EU. More than 100 easyJet employees will be responsible at the new facility in BER for the supervision and management of aircraft maintenance activities of the easyJet Europe-fleet, which currently comprises 135 aircraft (incl. 8 A320neo and 5 A321neo). This will further improve the efficiency of operational processes and save maintenance costs in the long term.

EasyJet continues to operate its aircraft as efficiently as possible, being one of the largest single brand operators of A320neo family aircraft in Europe and is always looking for further efficiency improvements to reduce fuel burn and therefore carbon emissions.