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→ 30 | Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH The Taxiway Charlie will be extended within the scope of the project flight operation areas. Additional capacities create expansion programme and master planning Owing to sharp growth in traffic and passengers at the Schönefeld and Tegel Airports in Berlin in the past few years the expansion programme BER was created. It was decided to continue to temporarily operate Schönefeld Airport and expand it in order to be able to take the rising passenger numbers into account. With the opening of BER both airports will be on the network in the so-called Double-Roof-Operation for a certain period of time. This will make it possible to temporarily absorb the extraordinary growth in passengers. At the same time the expansion in the midfield of the BER will be pressed ahead with. The projects in the expansion programme were specified over the course of 2016. The financing was confirmed by the Supervisory Board at the beginning of 2017 and the realisation decision of the planned projects was made. These comprise short-term adjustments in Schönefeld, the expansion of existing taxiway-relations and apron areas, the erection of a new terminal 1E in the midfield of BER, adjustments to the landside and medial infrastructure (electricity, water, heat, cooling system, IT) and the erection of an interim terminal for the government airport. The require space is thus created in order to handle the around 40 million passengers which are expected until 2023.

News from BER | 31 ← Expansion of Schönefeld In order take the sharply rising traffic volumes particularly in Schönefeld into account, the Terminal B was enlarged, the multi-storey car park P4 was restored and the landside infrastructure was adjusted. A completely new arrival terminal was realised west of Terminal D. This Terminal D arrival was put into operation at the beginning of December 2016. As a result the security check lanes are now being extended in the Terminal D that has existed since 2005 already and the terminal itself is being converted to a pure departure terminal. Flight operation areas and blocking of the North Runway As a result of taxiways that are to be newly built, which will enable the so-called Double-Roof-Operation at all it will be necessary to block the North Runway during the period of time from July to October 2017. The new taxiways can thus be built in the roll protection area of the North Runway and a glide path transmitter can be laid for the purpose of optimising the traffic processing. Further existing taxiways will be restored in this period of time and taxiway connections will be established for the subsequent government airport. The extension of the taxiway Charlie and a first extension of ground filters near the South Runway are currently being constructed. Further aprons, such as for example for the new Terminal 1E and taxiways will follow. Government airport and new Terminal 1E For the interim terminal of the government airport on ramp 1 a general contractor was committed at the end of 2016 and the construction work was started in January 2017. With the final location of the government airport on ramp 2 Schönefeld will lose around half of its capacity in the mediumterm. The new Terminal 1E is to be created as compensation at BER. Expansion until 2040 The Terminal D arrival opened in Schönefeld in December 2016. The construction work for the interim terminal of the government airport started at the beginning of 2017. The traffic forecast of the airports in Berlin assume a continuing growth in the passenger numbers. Additional expansion measures are necessary in order to be able to make the necessary capacities available for this traffic volume in future. The Master Plan 2040 creates the planning basis for the long-term development of BER suitable for the needs. Besides a safe, efficient and sustainable flight operation the aim is to establish the airport as a growth driver for the regional business location. Therefore, besides the airside expansion of capacities the landside real estate development together with the medial development is also the object of the Master Plan. The project started in November 2016 and is expected to be completed towards the end of 2017. With regard to contents the Master Plan relies on the results of the medium-term requirement planning and thus on the expansion programme. The Master Plan initially focuses on a maximum possible infrastructure at the location in the future. Subsequently the expansion in several phases along the requirements from the traffic forecast is planned. Concrete projects can then subsequently be derived, passed and finally realised from this phase planning.