https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Nine years late and eye-wateringly over budget, the Berlin region's new international airport will finally open on Saturday – in the middle of a global pandemic that has crippled air travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20201028/berlins-ill-fated-new-airport-finally-ready-for-take-off-after-long-delay Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:03:48 +0100 berlins-ill-fated-new-airport-finally-ready-for-take-off-after-long-delay Berlin’s long-delayed BER airport is set to go bankrupt by the end of October 2020 unless it receives a cash injection of €300 million, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.de/20200907/berlin-airport-bankrupt-by-october-without-300-million-cash-injection Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:43:54 +0200 berlin-airport-bankrupt-by-october-without-300-million-cash-injection Berlin's long-awaited BER airport is set to finally open in October. We spoke to one of the volunteers who tested out the airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20200904/ready-for-take-off-inside-berlins-long-delayed-ber-airport-before-it-opens Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:10:23 +0200 ready-for-take-off-inside-berlins-long-delayed-ber-airport-before-it-opens It is 2,000 days and counting since Berlin's BER airport failed to open and once again progress has been delayed by the identification of faults in the safety systems. https://www.thelocal.de/20171124/fundamental-faults-identified-in-over-half-of-emergency-systems-at-ber-airport Fri, 24 Nov 2017 13:13:21 +0100 fundamental-faults-identified-in-over-half-of-emergency-systems-at-ber-airport Many air travellers were stuck at the yet unopened Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) due to the defusing of a Second World War bomb on Tuesday evening at Tegel Airport in the north of the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20170830/bomb-defusal-at-tegel-causes-hundreds-of-passengers-to-land-in-unopened-berlin-airport Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:23:41 +0200 bomb-defusal-at-tegel-causes-hundreds-of-passengers-to-land-in-unopened-berlin-airport As the capital city continues to struggle to complete its long-awaited new airport, Ryanair has chimed in to say that Berlin needs yet another hub for air travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20170719/ryanair-calls-for-yet-another-airport-in-berlin-ber-tegel Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:02:54 +0200 ryanair-calls-for-yet-another-airport-in-berlin-ber-tegel A former department head at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) was jailed on Wednesday after admitting in court to taking a huge bribe from a subcontractor at the long-delayed air hub. https://www.thelocal.de/20161013/berlin-airport-employee-jailed-for-taking-huge-bribe Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:25:37 +0200 berlin-airport-employee-jailed-for-taking-huge-bribe Berlin's new airport has been blighted by delays and corruption. Now the farce has taken a darker turn, as police investigate the possible attempted poisoning of a whistleblower. https://www.thelocal.de/20160502/police-probe-possible-revenge-poison-attack-on-ber-whistleblower Mon, 02 May 2016 13:18:03 +0200 police-probe-possible-revenge-poison-attack-on-ber-whistleblower The new spin doctor for Berlin’s embarrassingly delayed new airport found honesty doesn’t pay in his business on Monday, after just three months in the job. https://www.thelocal.de/20160412/berlin-airport-pr-chief-fired-for-calling-project-shit-show Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:29:40 +0200 berlin-airport-pr-chief-fired-for-calling-project-shit-show Berlin's long-delayed BER international airport has been hit by yet another hold-up, as authorities announced late on Monday that 600 walls in the terminal need to be rebuilt. https://www.thelocal.de/20150929/600-walls-to-be-pulled-down-at-berlin-airport Tue, 29 Sep 2015 10:53:40 +0200 600-walls-to-be-pulled-down-at-berlin-airport Cost-explosions and huge delays at large-scale infrastructure projects are the norm rather than the exception in Germany. Economist Frederik Roeder argues the private sector should be put in charge. https://www.thelocal.de/20131119/put-germanys-flagship-projects-in-private-hands-berlin-airport-ber Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:40:00 +0100 put-germanys-flagship-projects-in-private-hands-berlin-airport-ber