'We were a laughing stock': Berlin airport finally finished as Covid bites

Berlin-Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport, €4bn over budget and nine years late, now has virus to contend with

Almost three decades after the plans were first mooted, over nine years behind schedule and more than €4bn (£3.6bn) over budget, Berlin’s new international airport is finally ready to open its doors.

But the already tortuous birth of Berlin-Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER) expected to open on 31 October, and once hailed as a celebration of the ambitious German reunification project, has only been compounded by the decision to unveil it in the middle of a pandemic.

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