The new Berlin airport: A symbol of failure finally ready for take-off
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Terminal 1 of Berlin-Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport, ahead of its opening.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Markus Ziener Global Affairs Correspondent In Berlin, Markus Ziener
Germany will breathe a collective sigh of relief on Oct 31 when the new Berlin airport finally opens. It will be nothing short of a nightmare coming to an end.
Haunted by numerous construction troubles, frequent changes of management and repeated postponements to the opening, the airport had become something of a joke. German engineering prowess, oft vaunted as the world's best, became fodder for taunts in Berlin.
