MMmm...new airport. Do you know that Berlin has three airports? You're most likely to fly into Tegel, or Schoenefeld if you're on a low-cost European airline, and their modernist Tempelhof one is now just an event space. But come October 2011, a fourth airport will be added into the mix: Berlin-Brandenburg International (BER).
BER is currently under construction, but helping it to move along quickly is the fact that it'll use some of Schoenefeld's infrastructure (it's basically a new airport next to Schoenefeld). Additionally, Tegel Airport wants to close by 2012. Although BER will serve as the main airport in Berlin from its opening, it will only end up with two runways at its completion (one of the runways will be an existing one of Schoenefeld's). It'll only have ten boarding gates, but at least one will be equipped to handle the hot new airplane in town: the Airbus A380. BER seeks to battle it out with Munich airport for the title of Germany's second-best airport, after the behemoth that is Frankfurt am Main International.
A video, after the jump
And when completed, BER won't be alone out in the outskirts of Berlin. The neighborhood around it will be built up as a shopping district, with malls and such; we're imaging suburban entertainment like movie theaters too. And the airport will not only be connected to the city's public transportation with S-bahn stops, but also a rail station for the sleek Inter-City Express (ICE) trains and slower Regional Express.
If you're really into airports like we are, then the above video will tell you everything you need to know about the plans for BER—and yes, there are English subtitles.
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