Originally Posted by airotique

Dear Deer,

I have been lurking this forum for years. Yet, it was your post that left me no choice but to turn thought into action and become a member. Bold as your statement may have been, but likening Tegel to the "world's best airport" strikes me as perfectly reasonable. As a man of humble means, Tegel airport has enabled me to get closer to the luxury of private jet travel than any other publicly serviced airfield providing scheduled service would have ever had the privilege to do. I have - literally - arrived t-h-r-e-e (1-2-3) minutes before departure and made my flight, rightfully having been scolded by the Lufthansa captain for my unacceptable tardiness and the size of my carry-on, but: I made the flight without delaying it. Three minutes: eins-zwei-drei - post 9-11! It is hard to believe that the father of the ingenuity of TXL is the same person who designed BER, an airport very much like all the others.

I will cherish every minute and every second I spend/t in this remarkable structure that has uncompromisingly been delivering to the passenger's first and foremost need: spending as little time departing and arriving possible. In an age of "forced passenger flow" (a.k.a. walking through a "duty free" area, being led to buy something by being bored senseless, waiting for your departure), I shall always remember the luxury of just getting out of a taxi and right onto my plane. Hello!?

Tegel, I love you.