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BERLIN – Officials have canceled next month's planned opening of Berlin'snew airport, saying it will take at least until August before allnecessary fire safety checks have been completed. The delay is an embarrassment for planners and authorities in theGerman capital, who had hoped the June 3 opening of the WillyBrandt Airport — named after the former West Berlin mayor andlater chancellor — would mark another chapter in thereunification of the formerly divided city. The 2.5-billion ($3.3-billion) project is meant to replaceBerlin's two aging airports, Tegel and Schoenefeld, which belongedto West and East Germany respectively. The new airport operator's managing director, Rainer Schwarz, saidall flights booked for the period after June 3 will take place, butpassengers will have to travel to the old airports instead. "I won't hide the fact that I'm really angry," said MatthiasPlatzeck, the governor of Berlin's neighboring state ofBrandenburg, where the new airport is located.
Platzeck vowed to investigate why information about the delay wasrevealed only weeks before the first flights were due to take off,and with a huge opening party already planned. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said the delay "will cost money" butdeclined to put a price tag on it, saying it was first necessary todiscuss the matter with all companies and airlines involved. Carriers expressed annoyance at the delay Tuesday. "We want a reliable new opening date," said Lufthansa spokesmanThomas Jachnow. The German airline is already in talks with Berlin's northernairport Tegel to discuss how it can operate all flights offered inits summer timetable, he said.
Air Berlin, a low-cost carrier that currently operates the mostflights to and from the capital, said the delay would cause "hugelogistical problems" and additional costs for all involved. Meanwhile, Berlin's Tagesspiegel newspaper reminded its readersthat the city has braved worse aeronautical problems in the past. "If there's one big city in the world that can survive being cutoff from the outside world then it's Berlin," the paper said,citing the 1948-1949 Soviet air blockade of the city that wasovercome through a massive airlift of goods by Allied forces. Once it is opened, the new airport will be able to process 27million passengers annually, later expanding to 45 millionpassengers a year. ___ Juergen Baetz contributed to this report. I am Furniture & Furnishings writer, reports some information about antique secretary desks , media storage shelf.
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