CEO Daldrup completes his job at Berlin’s airport. Future roles...

The story of Berlin Brandenburg Airport is like one of those nightmare movies that never ends. From the day the plans for it were first hatched until the ceremonial cutting of the tape last October, it took the best part of two decades.

On numerous occasions politicians wondered openly about whether or not to axe the project altogether, as what started off as an apparently minor problem related to electrical wiring of the fire alarm and sprinkler systems mushroomed into a decade long debacle never before witnessed in the industry, with many thousands of faults discovered.

'Vorsprung durch Technik' (Progress through Technology). Not in this case.

Then Engelbert Daldrup was appointed as CEO, a plan was put into place, and the airport was finally completed, an airport that should hopefully serve Germany's capital well for decades to come.

Mr Daldrup has now announced that he intends to step down as he feels he has done the job he was asked to do...