Friday, August 17, 2012

Berlin Airport Fail

"Now, though, it looks as though the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) -- already thrice delayed -- will be pushed back yet again. Amann, who has plenty of experience constructing airports, is unable to say with certainty whether the airport will be ready for prime time in March. Sources close to the supervisory board say that he intends to ask for an additional month to evaluate the state of the airport's construction.
The delay is not without consequences. As long as no date has been fixed for the facility's opening, it is impossible to finalize financing efforts to cover the at least €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) in cost overruns. And that means that the situation of the state airport operating company, which is already slowly running out of money, has become even more precarious.
...Furthermore, it is not even clear if the federal government is prepared to grant additional funding to the airport project. "Given the chaotic situation and jurisdictions, there can be no additional financial concessions granted to the new capital city airport … in the upcoming negotiations for the 2013 federal budget,"
--http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/new-berlin-airport-opening-delayed-again-amid-financing-chaos-a-850396.html

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Update 1/18/2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-07-23/how-berlin-s-futuristic-airport-became-a-6-billion-embarrassment
Now the airport might not open until 2018.

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