Berlin Brandenburg Airport: “officially to open” in Oct-2020

Of all the many delays to new airport openings, that of Berlin Brandenburg Airport is in a league of its own - standing at nine years, if and when the airport does ultimately start receiving and dispatching commercial flights in Oct-2020.

Promises are being made that this deadline is the last one, but some funding still needs to be found. And it will require two different operating models to come together under the same roof. Some disquiet has already arisen over that, with LCCs complaining that they are getting a raw deal.

Questions continue to arise. The nature of the business has changed over the last 20 years since the airport was first envisaged. Has so much effort been put into resolving the fire control/electrical system problems that today's pressing environmental measures had to take a back seat?