Berlin Brandenburg International Airport 9 years behind schedule ... November 1st 10:05
The new empty gateway to Berlin, the capital of Germany, "Berlin Brandenburg International Airport" has opened.
Although the business was finally opened nine years later than originally planned due to inadequate construction, the spread of the new coronavirus infection will face a new challenge of a significant decrease in the number of passengers.
"Berlin Brandenburg International Airport" was constructed as a significant expansion of Schönefeld Airport in Brandenburg, which is adjacent to Berlin, and opened on October 31st.
On the first day of the opening of the port, when two aircraft arrived one after another around 2:00 pm local time, the people watching were applauding with a relief.
In Germany, which was divided into east and west during the Cold War, after the unification of east and west in 1990, a plan to consolidate the airports in the east and west and unify the empty gateway to the capital Berlin has begun in earnest. It was.
However, although the new airport was originally scheduled to open in 2011, the schedule was postponed six times in succession due to inadequate fire prevention systems, and the budget was tripled to about 6 billion euros, about 6 billion euros, about Japanese yen. It has expanded to 730 billion yen.
Furthermore, although the business has finally been opened, the number of passengers is expected to decrease significantly for the time being due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and we will face new challenges.