Berlin’s yet-to-open airport weighed down by expensive problems

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Berlin's new – but as yet unopened – international airport was dubbed Germany's most expensive building site after it emerged that its 24-hour lighting and air-conditioning systems had driven costs to €20m (£17m) a month, without a single aircraft taking off or landing.


The capital's Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport has become the laughing stock of the nation. A year ago, its widely advertised opening had to be cancelled at the last minute because the fire-prevention system was deemed totally inadequate. The airport was initially scheduled to open in 2010
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