Berlin Airport’s First Flight Scheduled After Eight-Year Delay

BER airport during a press preview on Nov. 25.

Photographer: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images

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Berlin’s long-delayed airport finally has an opening date.

The German capital’s BER airport will have its inaugural flight on Oct. 31 next year, the operator Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH said Friday on Twitter. That’s at least eight years behind schedule.