There has been chaos at BER every day since Saturday, but so far nothing has been heard from the Senate. Berlin and Brandenburg are co-shareholders of Flughafen GmbH with 37 percent each and also sit on the supervisory board.
As with the election chaos – the governing mayor Michael Müller (56, SPD) is silent for the time being. Also from Finance Senator Matthias Kollatz (64, SPD) has not been heard so far – his house is responsible for the airport GmbH.
When asked by BZ on Tuesday, his authority vaguely said: “The State of Berlin is in close contact with the airport company. Discussing the situation from last weekend has top priority. ”
With all understanding of the effects of the pandemic, regular airport operations are expected.
► “The chaos was foreseeable,” complains FDP parliamentary group leader Sebastian Czaja (38). “BER was never designed for such a volume of traffic – the corona crisis only delayed what was already clear at the opening: the capacities are insufficient.”
► Traffic expert Oliver Friederici (51, CDU): “There are too few security gates and you have to finally open Terminal 2.”
► The BZ also asked traffic and tourism experts from the red-red-green coalition – only Kristian Ronneburg (34, left) answered: “The Senate can only intervene to a limited extent: The responsibility for the security checks lies with the Federal Police. The ground handling service providers are commissioned by the airlines and not by the airport itself. “
► Meanwhile, Lufthansa is exercising optimism. “The situation has currently relaxed,” said a spokeswoman for the BZ. However, you don’t seem to trust yourself …
In the afternoon, the airline’s absurd request to its passengers: “As a precaution, we have recommended a lead time of up to 240 minutes for the flights that take place this week.”
Four hours before departure at check-in? Means for a departure at 6.30 a.m. (first Lufthansa flight to Munich): 2.30 a.m. At this time, however, the switches are still closed. And there is no train, only the night bus to BER …
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Two hours later Lufthansa suddenly backed out! “The blanket request to our passengers to come to the airport four hours before departure from BER will no longer be sent.”
It is advisable, however, to “arrive at BER early, especially for morning departures”. A specific point in time was no longer given.