The Last Scheduled Aircraft Will Take Off From Berlin's Tegel Airport On Saturday

The Last Scheduled Aircraft Will Take Off From Berlin's Tegel Airport On Saturday

After 60 years, the last scheduled aircraft took off from Berlin's Tegel Airport on Saturday. The city center airport is going offline in favor of the new capital city airport. Today is the last regular operating day and the last moving day to BER. Among other things, Lufthansa said goodbye in the evening. The airport will be officially closed on Sunday with the abbreviation TXL. Air traffic in the German capital will then be concentrated at the Schönefeld site. The new Willy Brandt Airport was opened there on Saturday after 14 years of construction on October 31. In addition to the congested Tegel Airport, it also replaces Tempelhof Airport, which was closed in 2008. When the airlines take off from Tegel for the last time, the fire brigade says goodbye to the respective machines with water fountains. Due to the high demand, Lufthansa is once again using a large aircraft, an Airbus 350-900 with around 300 seats. Air France will have its official last flight on Sunday. Hundreds of guests are expected on the visitor terrace this Saturday. All the tickets for this have been awarded. The terrace is no longer open on Sunday. The rest of the airport is then also not open to the public, which is justified by the corona pandemic. Tegel Airport has no rail connection. Because of its location close to the center and the short distances in the terminal, he still has many friends in the city. In a referendum in 2017, a majority voted to continue operating the airport in parallel with BER. However, the vote has no legal force.