Troubled new Berlin airport won't be a white elephant, official says


  • World
  • Sunday, 24 May 2015

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's new international airport, repeatedly delayed due to red tape and technical problems, is on course to open as scheduled in 2017, a spokesman said on Sunday, denying a media report it could end up as a white elephant.

The planned opening will be six years after the original target date following a series of costly setbacks that have dented Germany's reputation for strong engineering and organisational skills.

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