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Berlin’s Tegel airport: A love letter as it prepares to close

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The opening in late October 2020 of Berlin’s long awaited new airport – almost a decade …

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Auf wiedersehen, Tegel: the long goodbye to West Berlin

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the start of the year in which the Berlin Wall came down, flying on one now-extinct US airline to …

New Berlin airport opens 9 years late with little ceremony

BERLIN — Nine years late and far above its original budget, Berlin’s new airport finally opened on Saturday with little fanfare as the aviation industry struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Luetke Daldrup said that investing in the airport would pay off in the long term and it “will be an important guarantor for the economic development of …

New Berlin airport welcomes its first passengers – nine years late

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nine years late and billions of euros over budget, Berlin’s new airport has finally welcomed its …

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New Berlin airport opening 9 years late with little ceremony

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