BER-Boom: Nine years after the planned opening - the government is flying from the new Berlin airport from today

As of today (October 21), the federal government will start business trips from the new capital city airport BER.

From now on, guests from the federal government from abroad will also be received there.

• Starting today, Wednesday (October 21), the Federal President, Chancellor Angela Merkel * and their ministers will take off from the new Berlin Airport (BER).

• The Bundeswehr air force is putting the provisional government terminal into operation for this purpose.

• The official opening of the new capital city airport will take place in ten days.

Berlin -

From now on, the

will set off

on

from the new

in

.

Foreign guests of the

will also be received there from today (October 21).

For this purpose, taking

of the

to operate in

on.

in

are

the past.

and

are now received at the new

.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER): Departures and state reception rehearsed in advance

The home airport of the aircraft will initially remain

.

So you only come to

for specific missions to

pick up

the

or

bring

them back to the

.

In perspective, however, the white machines with the black, red and gold stripes should

move

entirely to the new

.

From

now on only the helicopters of the

fly

from

.

Previously, the

, the

, the

and the

had already rehearsed the emergency together.

At the beginning of October, the arrival of a fictional head of state was played out, including a gun salute and two

overflight

.

According to the

,

flights by the

and the

were also

rehearsed.

Commissioning will now take place ten days before the opening of the entire

on October 31, 2020.

Federal Government of Germany: (Business) trips from BER start with a delay

Construction of

had already started on September 5, 2006.

Originally, the

have opened in November 2011.

However, due to faulty

, inadequate

and various technical deficiencies, the opening of the airport was repeatedly postponed.

The

for the construction amount to

.

The airport was one of the

.