A modern airport

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Harry wants to get out of Germany as fast as he can, so he wants to get to the airport right away. Rebecca Strobel kindly drives him to the nearest airport in Stuttgart - the seventh largest in Germany. Flights from here depart mainly for domestic and European destinations. The largest commercial airport in Germany is Frankfurt Airport. With over 70.5 million passengers in 2019, it is the fourth-largest airport in Europe. But the airport that made many headlines even before its opening is BER - Berlin Brandenburg "Willy Brandt" Airport.

The capital's airport was supposed to open back in 2012. But serious construction shortcomings and technical errors postponed the opening several times. On October 31, 2020, the time had finally come. After a nine-year delay, the airport opened - in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. After a long wait, BER was open and hardly anyone was flying - a tough start for the new airport. In 2021, more than 9.9 million passengers took off from the capital's new airport to destinations in 53 countries. Many passengers enjoy the airport's serene interior design and works of art in the terminals, like Pae White's Flying Carpet. Still, the airport is not really "new" and "modern," even though it opened in 2020. That's because BER was planned and built mainly in the 2000s – based on the standards at that time