Berlin's beloved Cold War-era Tegel airport
finally closed its doors Sunday after a last flight took off, one week after a
much-delayed replacement hub opened on the other side of the German capital.
Drab and outdated but beloved for its convenience and quirky hexagonal design, Berlin's Tegel airport will finally close for good on Sunday after more than 60 years.
Technical problems and disorganisation are commonly cited reasons why the Berlin Brandenburg (BER) airport didn't open as planned nine years ago. But the story goes a little deeper than that.
Nine years late and eye-wateringly over budget, the Berlin region's new international airport will finally open on Saturday – in the middle of a global pandemic that has crippled air travel.
On November 8th, a plane will take off from Tegel for the final time. Could this finally be the end of the line for the 60-year-old airport? Not quite. New plans are in the works to regenerate the area.
Berlin's new international airport can open
next month after an embarrassing nine-year delay despite the coronavirus
pandemic taking a big bite out of air travel, its chief manager said Tuesday.
Berlin’s long-delayed BER airport is set to go bankrupt by the end of October 2020 unless it receives a cash injection of €300 million, according to a report.
Well, it's still on track to happen: the long-delayed opening of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) will go ahead as planned in October 2020, say bosses.
The little known tragedy of the 1969 rumoured Rolling Stones concert captures both the East Germans’ determination for freedom of expression, and the horrors of life under the Stasi.
After several years of delays, the controversial Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) will open next fall following a last series technical tests, said its CEO Lütke Daldrup.
The capital's long-awaited BER airport is far from finished, but boss Lütke Daldrup is already planning an expansion - in time for the opening in 2020.
Thousands of people around Berlin's central railway station were evacuated on Friday to allow disposal experts to defuse
an unexploded World War II explosive unearthed on a building site.
Planners at Berlin’s BER airport have confirmed that they are getting rid of 750 monitors which have reached the end of their life cycles. Despite never being used, the monitors always had electricity running through them.
The state company behind Berlin’s long-delayed international airport needs a further €770 million in order to finish the job, broadcaster RBB reported on Friday.
It is 2,000 days and counting since Berlin's BER airport failed to open and once again progress has been delayed by the identification of faults in the safety systems.
Insolvent airline Air Berlin has long driven growth for airports in the capital city. After the final Air Berlin flights take off and land on Friday, Berlin airports will likely see growth slump.
Berlin’s new international airport still hasn’t opened its doors. Nonetheless the airport boss has just completed grand plans for an extension to be carried out in five stages.
Sometimes it seems like the bad headlines never stop when it comes to Berlin’s new international airport. But the airport boss has just made a noteworthy announcement.
The bosses of Berlin’s new international airport have been criticized for offering bonuses to the companies building the long-delayed and over-budget project.
A former department head at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) was jailed on Wednesday after admitting in court to taking a huge bribe from a subcontractor at the long-delayed air hub.
