Berlin’s Airport Travails Hurt German Engineering Pride

April 16, 2018

It has been such a mess that one senior Lufthansa executive recently predicted it would have to be torn down and rebuilt. 

But after years of scandal and controversy, Berlin’s new airport is finally inching towards completion. The €5.3 billion building will begin operations in October 2020, nearly a decade later than planned. Germany’s biggest national joke is readying for primetime. 

Engelbert Lütke-Daldrup, boss of the airport operating company, knows many will view the new deadline, first unveiled last December, with scepticism. Since work began on BER, as it is known, its official opening has been postponed six times. 

Read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/berlin-s-airport-travails-hurt-german-engineering-pride-1.3462546

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