Berlin’s new airport welcome planes after a nine-year delay

Visitors and travellers walk through Terminal 1 of the new airport Berlin Brandenburg 'Willy Brandt' ,BER, in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The airport was opened on 31.10.2020 after a long delay. - AP

BERLIN: The first passengers landed at Berlin’s new airport on Saturday.

This was nine years after it was originally due to open and as the global aviation industry struggles with collapsing demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.