On the last day of school there was a great rush at BER. And the airport went down again, on its knees. A comment from BZ editor Stefan Peter.
On Friday, BER happened as it had to: At the beginning of the Easter holidays, there was chaos, anger and despair.
For many passengers, the start of their vacation began with the big question of whether they would even be able to catch their flight. Some were actually unlucky and stayed on the ground.
Reason, once again: technical problems. This time it was (allegedly) a broken baggage carousel. But that doesn’t really matter – there’s always a problem at BER.
Added to this is the inability of the federal police to ensure speedy security checks. This has been outsourced to private companies – which often employ too few staff. So one can always blame the other for the chaos.
It would be unfair to describe BER as a provincial airport – things are often much less chaotic in the provinces than in the capital. One of the three shareholders of BER is the State of Berlin. The Senate should finally take on more responsibility.