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Why was the Berlin airport finished after all (this meme is seven years old …) image: socialpunk
BER: The funniest airport in the world is finally finished, and the network laughs with tears.
Just nine years late and three times more expensive than expected: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) opened its doors on Saturday. These are the reactions on the network.
Scheduled opening: October 31, 2011.
Actual opening: October 31, 2020.
Of course only of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) be the talk. He is practically the Boris Becker of airports. You’re laughing just hearing B. German comedians and satirists have been poking fun at the never-ending, failed build for ten years, which has somehow ended after six postponed release dates.
The Chronicle of Failure on a Chart: Release Dates Missed Six Times.
Amid the corona pandemic, the capital’s new airport will open this Saturday, regular operations will begin on Sunday, just one day before the second closure takes effect in Germany on Monday. This somehow also fits “Airport”, as BER is jokingly called in Berlin.
Why BER opens now:
“Breaking news: The construction company that built the hospital in Wuhan has agreed to complete the Berlin airport. He has suggested two dates: Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. “
A meme that says it all
If you open BER on World Savings Day, of all places
BER is likely to be the first building in the world to be listed as a historical monument on the day of its inauguration 😉
Went wrong, what could go wrong:
- In 2012, invitations were sent for the opening ceremony. A few days before the planned opening in June, the date was canceled because innumerable shortcomings were recognized.
- In 2013 the architects were fired. Important documents were taken, causing huge construction delays.
- In 2017, two kilometers of water pipes on the roofs and previously 29,000 sprinkler heads had to be replaced.
- In 2018, according to experts, BER was already in a state of refurbishment even before its opening. For example, 750 monitors had to be replaced because they had been on the power supply for six years and had reached their useful life.
- In all the years leading up to the opening, BER generated a single digit millions of electricity costs each month.
- Construction was also delayed because the ordered escalators were too short. Now they’re just walking up …
Bankruptcies, bad luck and embarrassment: what has been wasted in the last 14 years
Well you can be wrong
Former Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit 2010 after four years of construction: “I should be prepared for the fact that I will do the opening myself. You can iron your suit now. “
Wowereit was mayor of Berlin from 2001 to 2014. However, his term did not get close enough to be able to open the BER airport.
A classic, that’s how the BER laughingstock was joked for years
More or less
Now satirists have to find a new victim, but one last hit is still possible
I hope there’s no rude awakening on Monday
Of course, the unfortunate moment of opening in the midst of the crown crisis also generates jokes.
He waited 14 years and now no one can fly …
Fun fact about BER:
Planners have learned from mistakes and rely on the latest BER technology
Construction time of comparable airports:
Bitterly angry!
This is how the Flugis (including the “Kotzkurve”) takes off
Of course, the climate activists are also at the beginning. Too bad it occurred to them a bit late to demonstrate against the BER …
People laughed at BER in 2012
2020
And this is what the finished “Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport” looks like:
(I was)
