The time will come in a few days. Then the long-awaited airport opens its gates. The new airport in the capital wants to take it easy for now.

Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, the head of BER, expects around 5000 passengers at the main terminal T1 on the first day of operation. If Tegel Airport closes a week later, around 1 passengers would be handled in T16.000, says Lütke Daldrup. Another 8.000 passengers would then fly via Schönefeld Airport, which will serve as Terminal 5 of the new airport. Overall, the load factor in the first two months of flight operations is only around 20 percent of the usual level. Only on the weekends are more passengers expected, like sueddeutsche.de reported.