Opening of new BER airport delayed
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Opening of new BER airport delayed
The opening of the new Berlin-Brandenburg Int'l airport, scheduled for June 3rd, is to be delayed "until sometime after summer, but 2012." Press conference today at 1pm. Seems the fire protection systems are nowhere near ready.
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/sc...r/6604068.html
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/sc...r/6604068.html
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Not good. However, I was almost going to book a flight on AB from BER to LAX on the 4th to "experience" the new place (and the the OW fare was only around 550 USD ^). Now I'm glad that I read this first. Well, it looks like Tegal and I will still be seeing each other for the next few months.
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according to the Tagespiel this morning the date expected is now October 28th, 2012.
Not good. However, I was almost going to book a flight on AB from BER to LAX on the 4th to "experience" the new place (and the the OW fare was only around 550 USD ^). Now I'm glad that I read this first. Well, it looks like Tegal and I will still be seeing each other for the next few months.
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you can cancel and lose the change fee and bank the rest towards future travel but that's about it. you're still technically going to fly into the city of Berlin so doubt you have an "out"
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ON the other side of the coin is what happens to those who booked on the last flight ever out of TXL on AB??? AB promoted that flight for the sole purpose of being on the last flight out.
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I was thinking of trying out the LAX-BER flight this Summer as well....still might do it.
Quite a shame about the BER airport delays. Air Berlin is quite upset about it, claiming they have to contact a million customers and re-arrange their scheduling. Meanwhile, Air Berlin is still moving forward with their expansions in service; as if nothing is going on? Seems most airlines would put the brakes on increasing service if the airport will not be ready and TXL likely not capable of handling the volume of business.
Air Berlin...I think you need to pull back the reins a bit. Otherwise you're creating more work for yourself, and making commitments you might not be able to keep, which could lead to poor guest service that you cannot recover.
"Don't be too proud"
Quite a shame about the BER airport delays. Air Berlin is quite upset about it, claiming they have to contact a million customers and re-arrange their scheduling. Meanwhile, Air Berlin is still moving forward with their expansions in service; as if nothing is going on? Seems most airlines would put the brakes on increasing service if the airport will not be ready and TXL likely not capable of handling the volume of business.
Air Berlin...I think you need to pull back the reins a bit. Otherwise you're creating more work for yourself, and making commitments you might not be able to keep, which could lead to poor guest service that you cannot recover.
"Don't be too proud"
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I was thinking of trying out the LAX-BER flight this Summer as well....still might do it.
Quite a shame about the BER airport delays. Air Berlin is quite upset about it, claiming they have to contact a million customers and re-arrange their scheduling. Meanwhile, Air Berlin is still moving forward with their expansions in service; as if nothing is going on? Seems most airlines would put the brakes on increasing service if the airport will not be ready and TXL likely not capable of handling the volume of business.
Air Berlin...I think you need to pull back the reins a bit. Otherwise you're creating more work for yourself, and making commitments you might not be able to keep, which could lead to poor guest service that you cannot recover.
"Don't be too proud"
Quite a shame about the BER airport delays. Air Berlin is quite upset about it, claiming they have to contact a million customers and re-arrange their scheduling. Meanwhile, Air Berlin is still moving forward with their expansions in service; as if nothing is going on? Seems most airlines would put the brakes on increasing service if the airport will not be ready and TXL likely not capable of handling the volume of business.
Air Berlin...I think you need to pull back the reins a bit. Otherwise you're creating more work for yourself, and making commitments you might not be able to keep, which could lead to poor guest service that you cannot recover.
"Don't be too proud"