The much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) will cost more than €5 billion ($6.76 billion) when it finally opens, according to the Germany’s Bund der Steuerzahler, or Association of Taxpayers.
Berlin-based Germania will increase flights to twice-weekly from Berlin Schoenefeld to Skopje/Macedonia and increase service to Beirut to 3X-weekly during the summer high season.
Mexico’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation has authorized Interjet to continue operating three international routes previously operated by Mexicana Airlines, which suspended operations under severe financial distress in August 2010.
African low-cost start-up Fastjet will launch international services Oct. 18, with a flight from Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania to Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa.
The European Union’s Council for Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) has agreed to extend the mandate of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking (JU) until Dec. 31 2024, pending consultation with the European Parliament.
Chinese construction and engineering company Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) will be one of a group of new investors in a development joint venture (JV) at Manchester Airport.