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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport#Projected_passenger_volume_and_expansion_plans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport
by zepearl 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport#Projected_passenger_volume_and_expansion_plans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport#Pro...
It was originally intended to replace both Schönefeld and Berlin Tegel Airport and become the single commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding State of Brandenburg, an area with a combined 6 million inhabitants. However, it is now planned that it will not replace any, with Schönefeld Airport currently being expanded due to rising passenger numbers, and Tegel which will remain open after a referendum.
After almost 15 years of planning, construction began in 2006. Originally planned to open in October 2011, the airport has encountered a series of delays and cost overruns.
Since German reunification, air traffic in Berlin has grown greatly. In 1991, the combined passenger volume of the city's airports was at 7.9 million per year. By 2014, this number had risen to 28 million. When Berlin Brandenburg opens, it will have a capacity of 27 million passengers per year.
Summarized: when/if BER will open, if it will manage to handle immediately its max capacity (best-case scenario), it won't have enough capacity => the other airports will still be needed (until BER is expanded) :|
- k__ 7y agoI meant Tempelhof
- zepearl 7y agoA quite nice recovery attempt - respect (unluckily the parent threads didn't mention Tempelhof nor did the anchor article of this discussion, therefore Tempelhof seems to be out-of-context. Additionally, after considering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tempelhof_Airport#Post-airport_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tempelhof_Airport#Post-... : the post does not seem to take into consideration its current situation and therefore does not seem to be realistic).
- k__ 7y agoThis wasn't recovery. I was at the Tempelhof and people told me that it's privatly owned and the onwer wasn't happy with the current usage.
- yorwba 7y agoThe state of Berlin wholly owns the area since 2009: https://www.berlin.de/senuvk/umwelt/stadtgruen/aktuelles/de/projekte/tempelhofer_feld/index.shtml https://www.berlin.de/senuvk/umwelt/stadtgruen/aktuelles/de/...
- pbreit 7y agoCrazy to think that Tesla will likely get a factory done in less than a year.