The opening of Berlin’s new airport on Oct. 31 will happen without fanfare, operators say, a nod to the long delays and massive cost …
The opening of Berlin’s new airport on Oct.31 will happen without fanfare, operators say, a nod to the long delays and massive cost overrun since construction started in 2006. Airport boss Engelbert Luetke Daldrup conceded Tuesday that the repeated postponement from the once-promised opening date in 2012, blamed on construction and technical problems, had made Berlin and Germany “a laughing stock.” “We German engineers were ashamed,” he told reporters in the capital.
