BER chief Mehdorn prior to departure: cancellation later than planned mid-2015
Less than two years after taking office accused the head of the planned major Berlin BER airport, Hartmut Mehdorn, the towel. He will resign his post no later than 30 June 2015, the airport company said on Monday. Mehdorn was quoted as saying that “were speculated to my person, which exceeded the acceptable level for me” despite the progress of construction.
According to the announcement, the capital airport will open in at least three years, the 72-year-old sees a lot of his work have been dealt with. However, the Greens moved to doubt whether this appointment is to be held.
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Only on Friday the BER Supervisory Board decided that the airport is scheduled to open in 2017 at the latest. Mehdorn said that the organization of the site is now sorted, the core technical issues were decided and management has been reorganized. He regretted his resignation much. He is also consistent not his duty and his personal goals. “The move has become for me but necessary in consideration of the overall situation.” Before the meeting of the Supervisory Board, there had been speculation that Mehdorn could be detached.
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Green suggests new difficulties
The Greens in the Berlin House of Representatives expressed the suspicion that behind the resignation Mehdorn new difficulties in the major project could be stuck. The Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD) should clarify whether the opening date in 2017 have more inventory, urged the Group Chairman Ramona Pop. “Last but not least, the question arises whether the BER will tear the six billion euro mark.”
CDU warns stalemate
The Berlin CDU called for a swift succession. “The BER can be a cliffhanger at the Board by mid-2015 barely afford,” said the CDU state association. “The next shot count, otherwise the reputation of the industrial location Germany is at stake.”
Federal Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters in Berlin, the resignation announcement was also surprised him: “But may surprise nothing on the Berlin airport actually.”
In March 2013, Mehdorn took over the management of the airport company as a crisis manager. The construction site is not in the headlines because of repeatedly postponed opening date, cost inflation and corruption. Einstein was a planned opening in mid-2011, the cost should be at 2.5 billion euros. Last summer, told the airport company, the cost would now estimated at 5.4 billion euros.
Mehdorn is one of the most famous German top managers. He is said to have a sometimes gruff way. With the outspoken 72-year-old could thrust his interlocutors on the head. Last March, he declared with a view of the slow progress: “In a dictatorship like China everything happens very quickly, budgets are not controlled democratically.” Germany same in this respect a great smokes creen. “For us, the rules are not clear because the building law is overlooked by anyone.”
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Before he headed the airport company, was chief Mehdorn the ailing airline Air Berlin. A broad public, he was known as CEO of Deutsche Bahn, becoming Chairman from 1999 by 2009. In this role he often clashed with traffic politicians in parliament together.
Owners of the airport company are Berlin and Brandenburg (37 per cent) and the federal government (26 percent). The BER in the southeast of Berlin to replace the existing airports Tegel and Schoenefeld. Air traffic to and from Berlin has in recent years gained more than forecast.
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