Troubled Berlin Airport Gets New Chief as Prestige Project Slips
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Berlin’s new capital airport, beset by opening delays and cost overruns, named Hartmut Mehdorn as its new chief, recruiting a manager who built his reputation on turnarounds from the national railway to an ailing airline.
Mehdorn, who fills a post that’s been vacant since January, wants to rebuild trust with the airline customers, he said today at a press conference in Berlin. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she wished Mehdorn well in his “complex” new task managing the so-called Berlin Brandenburg Airport.