The head of the Berlin Airport Company, Hartmut Mehdorn, announced his resignation. He would resign his office no later than 30 June 2015, the airport company said Monday.
Mehdorn justified the decision with speculation about his person in the environment of the Supervisory Board, which exceeded the acceptable level. “I regret my resignation personally, since he neither my sense of duty will still satisfy my personal goals.” The step had become necessary in consideration of the overall situation.
In addition, close with the determination to opening of the airport in the second half of 2017 for him a circle. The site, which he took over in March 2013 in chaos is now sorted.
New date for airport opening
It was only on Friday, the Supervisory Board Mehdorn had assisted in its intention to open the Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) in the second half of 2017. Previously, there had been considerable but differences between Mehdorn and parts of the Supervisory Board. Vice-chairman of the board Rainer Bretschneider had said that the construction should as soon as possible, but also accident-free start operation.
The new airport was originally supposed to go in late October 2011 in operation, this and three other opening dates was canceled. Causes include design errors, construction defects and technical problems. For almost two years was unclear when the third-largest German airport can go into operation.
successor search has already begun
Just last week it became clear that the days of Mehdorn as chief Breakdown of the Berlin airport are counted. According to a report by the “Handelsblatt” (Tuesday) the search for a successor has already begun. A Headhunter have are just two names on his list: Michael Garvens, head of the Cologne-Bonn Airport and Munich Airport Manager Thomas Weyer regarded as potential candidates
Thanks Mayor of Berlin Müller
. Berlin’s mayor Michael Müller (SPD) has described the announced resignation of the airport bosses Hartmut Mehdorn than respectable. Müller thanked Mehdorn for nearly two years as managing director and work for the future Capital Airport.
Mehdorn had “the difficult situation rearranged on the site and given a clear direction to the BER project,” Mueller said on Monday. Finally Mehdorn had “the Supervisory Board and the public credible prospects for the opening of” represented the beleaguered construction and design defects airport a few days ago.
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