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After a near-decade delay, BER airport will finally open on Oct. 31

After a near-decade delay, BER airport will finally open on Oct. 31

Update: 2020-10-28
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Mismanagement, corruption charges, dubious design plans and a series of technical mishaps led to delay after delay since the first scheduled opening of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in 2011. So ahead of the much-beleaguered airport's official "takeoff" on Oct. 31, we’re hearing from people who have been following and a part of this story since the beginning. 


Host Sylvia Cunningham discusses the near-decade-long BER saga with freelance journalist Grace Dobush; Torsten Riecke from the German daily, Handelsblatt; artist Pae White, whose art installation, "The Magic Carpet," is suspended overhead in Terminal 1, and Daniel Tolksdorf, a spokesman for the new airport.

This show was produced by Monika Müller-Kroll and Sylvia Cunningham. 

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After a near-decade delay, BER airport will finally open on Oct. 31

After a near-decade delay, BER airport will finally open on Oct. 31

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