Berlin airport BER is ready in 2017. – The Pulse Of The Business

the Berlin airport, Willy Brandt in Berlin (BER), contrary to the preliminary zapowiedziom will not start operations in 2017.

“according to the latest research, which at the end of last week, I informed shareholders that the risk is too big to stick the whole period of the opening of BER in the current year,” said Karsten Muehlenfeld.

the Mayor of Berlin Michael Muller confirmed that “nothing will happen” with the opening of the airport in 2017.

One of the reasons for another delay are problems with the doors of the terminal. They must be re-prepared, as at present, are not hermetically sealed, which leads to the fact that in the event of a fire it will be impossible the complete removal of smoke.

About a possible postponement of the opening of the previously reported German media. The “Bild” newspaper wrote in December that the deadline for the opening of the Berlin airport is moved for the fifth time, this time in the spring of 2018.

construction of the airport Berlin Brandenburg (BER). Willy Brandt in schönefeld in the South-Eastern part of the capital of Germany has begun in 2006. The first aircraft was to be launched in autumn 2011. Due to numerous technical faults, including faulty installation, fire safety, time of airport opening was postponed several times.

the New airport will accommodate 27 million passengers a year. It is already known that the capacity of the port will soon be too small, and the number of passengers could increase to 37 million UAH.

construction of the airport will consume, probably, not less than 5.4 billion euros, twice more than was envisaged in the original estimate. Investments is built on the site of the former airport passenger GDR, Berlin-schönefeld.

the New airport of Berlin to be the third largest in Germany after Frankfurt and Munich. This is the biggest infrastructure investment in Germany in recent years.

the company’s Shareholders, based on the airport of the Treasury and the Federal country of Berlin and Brandenburg. The passing of years, the construction of the BER has become a symbol of the inability of the authorities of Germany and Berlin for the implementation of the prestigious investment.