Originally posted by HalcyonDays
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So, I am the one who must explain why in Berlin nobody is able to build a rather small (too small) BER airport within 13 years (!).
Not Bundesminister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) is able to explain it, but me?! Hm. In less than 101 words. Which I never promised.
Between 1949 and 1999, the city of Bonn was the Federal Capital of Germany, not without reason. Here we have (at least) two major airports who until today work like a charm. DUS and CGN. Less than 101 words? Guess how many nautical miles today are between an airport who works like a charm
and "the new address" for the Chancellor of Germany, in Eastern Germany.
If you ask me, Paris is 212 nautical miles away from here, Zurich 240 nautical miles, and Berlin is the longest route, 256 nautical miles away from here. Now, somewhere is the parking position and on the other end of these 256 nautical miles there sits the maintenance crew for German Bombardier Global jets.
Halcyon, I think your question has been answered as good as it is possible in public. Would you drive your car 256 nautical miles (air-line distance) or 565 kilometers on the road only because the only maintenance crew who you trust is that far away?
I wouldn't, and as far as my avatar is concerned, I don't have to..

You'll have to notice, here in public I will not go into further detail.
PS: Mainly it is a huge waste of time, if you know that between the current parking position and Berlin, a good passenger jet like the Airbus A320 needs 1 hour and 10 minutes. Not to mention waste of fuel, and, what you mentioned, a serviceability of near zero. Imagine you are chancellor, you call the fleet, now, Sunday night, 0326 CEST. And they need 70 minutes or more before..
Please don't ask me for more in public.
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