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
federal government
will set off
on
business trips
from the new
Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt (BER) airport
in
Berlin-Schönfeld
.
Foreign guests of the
federal government
will also be received there from today (October 21).
For this purpose, taking
Air Force
of the
Armed Forces
to operate in
Schoenefeld
on.
State receptions
in
Berlin-Tegel
are
now a
thing of
the past.
Presidents
and
state guests
are now received at the new
airport
.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER): Departures and state reception rehearsed in advance
The home airport of the aircraft will initially remain
Cologne / Bonn
.
So you only come to
Berlin
for specific missions to
pick up
the
politicians
or
bring
them back to the
capital
.
In perspective, however, the white machines with the black, red and gold stripes should
move
entirely to the new
BER
.
From
now on only the helicopters of the
Bundeswehr air readiness will
fly
from
Berlin-Tegel
.
Previously, the
Ministry of Defense
, the
Foreign Office
, the
Federal Criminal Police Office
and the
Berlin police
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
Eurofighters
overflight
.
According to the
Bundeswehr
,
flights by the
Chancellor
and the
Defense Minister
were also
rehearsed.
Commissioning will now take place ten days before the opening of the entire
BER
Airport
on October 31, 2020.
Federal Government of Germany: (Business) trips from BER start with a delay
Construction of
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
had already started on September 5, 2006.
Originally, the
airport should
have opened in November 2011.
However, due to faulty
construction planning
, inadequate
construction supervision
and various technical deficiencies, the opening of the airport was repeatedly postponed.
The
costs
for the construction amount to
seven billion euros
.
The airport was one of the
largest construction projects in Germany
.
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