The Berlin airport is open. You may be reading this sentence sometime. Maybe not eir. And that is real scandal associated with new opening date in October 2020. Even this date, to which supervisory board has agreed today, is uncertain. How could it be different? There are planners who have strongly advised to demolish and rebuild airport. The idea is by no means absurd if one assumes that anor billion will be invested by opening date.

This airport shows when politics does not work. Whenever a large coalition has too many common interests. And at airport, whole grand coalition reigned from outset. A CDU/CSU federal government, which was accompanied by FDP, n by SPD, a red-red provincial government in Brandenburg and n a red mayor, who was accompanied by CDU, n by left and Greens. In fact, no party had any interest in systematically getting to root of causes of debacle, so that airport could be properly built and at same time accountable to those responsible for systematic delays. Could. Hardly any public prosecutor has identified and no judge has spoken a verdict.

There are enough victims. From airline Air Berlin, which promised new impetus, to retailers who were already in process of setting up at airport and were n surprised by grand opening cancellation 2012. There have been two people since n who wanted to enlighten. One is Martin Delius and with his pirate faction ensured that 2012 a committee of inquiry was set up in Berlin. 1,269 pages included 2016 of its final report.

Berlin-Ber to open October 2020 re is a new opening date for Berlin Capital Airport. He was very confident that it would be shut this time, said supervisory board chairman Rainer Bretschneider. © Photo: Patrick Pleul/DPA

The or was Horst Amann, who, as head of technology, called for an inventory. Also Amann was not uncontroversial, but he would have made BER honest. At least as far as timetable is concerned. He threw himself at that time with Hartmut Mehdorn and went. Then also went Mehdorn and so on.

Today's chief Engelbert Lütke Daldrup is now being measured at new opening date – October 2020 –. But you can't ask him to wonder. He's going to deliver a job like a mason who's supposed to fix a wall that's wrong. The airport will eir burst from all seams at opening, because numbers of passengers in Berlin are growing steadily. And because he will look very much on money, Lütke must improvise Daldrup and build terminals that will be reminiscent of building market commercial areas rar than gates to world.

To this day, MEPs doubt wher it is even possible to finish main terminal. Just yesterday, Greens in Brandenburg Landtag called for a halt. The Tagesspiegel also reported in afternoon that new timetable was not in accordance with competent authorities.

All this seems like trying to push spilled ketchup back into bottle. It's just a lot more expensive. For taxpayer.

Date Of Update: 16 December 2017, 12:02