Berlin-Tegel : Lufthansa-Chef: TXL-open check again

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has suggested to check the open in the Berlin airport Tegel again. He justified his view with the growing air traffic and to Doubt whether the capacity of the capital airport BER will be sufficient in Schönefeld, whose opening is planned for October 2020. The Tegel airport no later than close half a year later, in the spring of 2021.

Spohr spoke at the same time, of "unsustainable conditions" in Tegel. "And we will continue to not rest until this Situation is improved," he said, according to the company, on Tuesday evening at an event in Berlin. This was especially necessary because of the growth in air traffic will continue to go and not yet evaluated, whether and how the new BER and the surrounding infrastructure could accommodate this growth.

"Our customers"

expect the expected, Therefore, "in the meantime, our customers and many in the Public right of all the parties Involved, that we assess the question of the preservation of Tegel, with a view on the current development of air transport". Spohr had not so far publicly to focus the Berlin air traffic at a location in Schönefeld.

Spohr, who had demanded the new year's concert of the group on Tuesday evening, according to the "picture" to lead a public debate on the preservation of TXL. Accordingly, he also criticised the "unacceptable conditions" in Tegel, such as outdated technology in security checks and queues of up to a hundred meters. (dpa, AFP)

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