page_title: Berlin Brandenburg Airport
section_title: Delayed opening and construction flaws
hierarchical_section_title: Berlin Brandenburg Airport / Construction progress / Delayed opening and construction flaws
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der im Bau befindlichen Terminal des Flughafens Berlin Brandenburg (BER). English: Construction site of the main terminal of the new Airport Berlin Brandenburg (BER).
context_page_description: Berlin Brandenburg Airport "Willy Brandt", is an international airport under construction near Berlin, the capital of Germany. Named after former West Berlin mayor and West German chancellor Willy Brandt, it is adjacent to Berlin Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, 18 kilometres south of the city centre. 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, the terminal of Schönefeld Airport is to be retained as Terminal 5 of the new airport at least for a transitional period. With projected annual passenger numbers of around 34 million, Berlin Brandenburg Airport would become the third busiest airport in Germany surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and make it one of the fifteen busiest in Europe.
  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. These were due to poor construction planning, execution, management, as well as corruption.
caption: Construction work as of July 2010
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