All Berlin Airport articles
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NewsBerlin airport to shut on 25 January, grounding 300 flights due to public sector strike
Berlin-Brandenburg airport will close completely on 25 January due to a nationwide warning strike by public service workers that will make operating flights from the airfield impossible.
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NewsBerlin airports chief seeks to step down following Brandenburg completion
Four months after the much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg airport opened, the chief of its operating company has requested to step down from his post. Engelbert Lutke Daldrup, who took over almost exactly four years ago, is seeking to terminate his contract of employment early, in September 2021. Operating company FBB says ...
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NewsCapacity concerns forgotten as embattled Berlin Brandenburg finally opens
One of the ironies of Berlin Brandenburg airport’s much-delayed opening is that the onset of the air transport crisis has brought an excess of capacity to a hub which, at one point, was thought to have a shortage. Combined passenger numbers for Tegel and Schoenefeld airport for the first eight ...
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NewsBerlin’s new airport completes operational tests
Berlin airports operator FBB has announced the completion of operating tests at the city’s much delayed new airport, meaning it has achieved all the steps necessary to open later this month. Since April, the operator has been running twice-weekly operational tests at the airport to the southeast of the German ...
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NewsBerlin Tegel could close four months before Brandenburg hub opens
Berlin’s airports operator is poised to close the capital’s Tegel airport early, with the possibility that it might not resume operations before the new Brandenburg airport opens. Shareholders of the operator, FBB, met on 20 May and unanimously agreed on a temporary exemption from obligations to operate the airport – ...
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NewsBrandenburg operator discusses financial aid but opening stays firm
Berlin airports operator FBB is insisting that the new Brandenburg hub will open on time, even if the coronavirus crisis disrupts trial runs prior to the inauguration. The operator says the 31 October opening date will be “strictly adhered to”, but it acknowledges that there are aspects of the testing ...
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NewsLufthansa to make Brandenburg switch in November
Lufthansa Group intends to transfer its mainline operations from Berlin Tegel to the German capital’s new Brandenburg airport a week after the long-delayed opening on 31 October.
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NewsOpening date fixed for Berlin Brandenburg airport
Berlin Brandenburg airport is set to open at the end of October 2020, the new hub’s operator has disclosed.
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Brandenburg airport stays on track after operational testing
Berlin Brandenburg airport’s operator believes the October 2020 opening date for the much-delayed capital hub is still realistic following operational principle tests of Terminal 1.
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Construction of Berlin Brandenburg airport to be finished in 2019
Berlin's airport operator FBB has expressed confidence that the long-delayed Brandenburg hub will open in October 2020 as planned.
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LHT extends lease on facility at Berlin Schonefeld
Lufthansa Technik has extended the lease on maintenance facilities at Berlin Schonefeld airport until the end of 2022.
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Approval granted for another terminal at Berlin Brandenburg
Berlin Brandenburg's operator FBB has received a building permit for an additional terminal at the still-to-open airport.
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Berlin sets October 2020 target for delayed airport opening
Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg has set October 2020 as the new opening data for the city's much-delayed new airport.
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Air Berlin further shrinks long-haul network
Air Berlin is to terminate all long-haul flights from the German capital and discontinue an Orlando service from Dusseldorf.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How the Berlin market changed while Brandenburg stalled
Air Berlin's insolvency filing has deepened the malaise surrounding the yet-to-be-opened Brandenburg airport. And the Oneworld airline's challenges and likely break-up highlight how the market has changed since the German capital's long-delayed future gateway was conceived.
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Berlin confirms further Brandenburg delay
Berlin's airport operator has admitted that the long-delayed Brandenburg gateway will not open in 2017 as previously targeted.
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Brandenburg chief warns of further troubles ahead
Berlin's airport operator expects to encounter further obstacles as it works to complete the troubled Brandenburg hub, after construction work had to be suspended due to excessive loads in the main terminal's roof structure.
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NewsBrandenburg unlikely to open before 2017: report
Berlin’s long-delayed flagship airport is unlikely to open before 2017, indicates Christian Gorke, finance ministry of the regional government of Brandenburg.