Berlin, FlughafenTegel

60 years after the first scheduled flight, Berlin’s Tegel Airport is history. Hundreds of employees and Berliners bid farewell to the last scheduled flight on Sunday. An Air France special flight took off for Paris. The new Capital Airport BER on the outskirts of the city in Schönefeld, Brandenburg was opened one week ago.

 

60 Jahre nach dem ersten Linienflug ist der Berliner Flughafen Tegel Geschichte. Hunderte von Mitarbeitern und Berlinern verabschieden sich am Sonntag vom letzten Linienflug. Ein Sonderflug der Air France startete nach Paris. Vor einer Woche wurde der neue Hauptstadtflughafen BER am Rande der Stadt im brandenburgischen Schönefeld eröffnet.

 

İlk tarifeli uçuştan 60 yıl sonra, Berlin’in Tegel Havaalanı tarih oldu. Yüzlerce çalışan ve Berlinli Pazar günü son planlanan uçuşa veda etti. Paris’e Air France özel uçuşu başladı. Brandenburg, Schönefeld ‘ de şehrin eteklerinde yer alan yeni Başkent BER Havalimanı bir hafta önce açıldı.

As a citizen of this city I decided to spend my Sunday also in the area of the airport Tegel to take pictures. 

Airports are usually places where people meet again, say goodbye for a short time or even forever. I wonder how many people have laughed, cried or cursed during the last decades. The fact is that this year, about 24 million passengers were handled. That means again, calculated as a percentage, oh, do the math yourself… 

Well, after so many years, this is finally over. A few days ago I was in the new area of the BER, it was creepily quiet there. Now we have to and will get used to the fact that Berlin has a new central airport. 

Do well former airport Tegel. I was also a witness of time and I will keep my beautiful memories to myself. 

 

 

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© Leyla Dirim - an employee takes a last photo from the Air France Airbus A 320
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© Leyla Dirim - last preparations before departure
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© Leyla Dirim - Berliners wait for the last departure
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© Leyla Dirim - Employees on the airfield next to the Airbus A 320
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© Leyla Dirim - Guests of honor and selected press representatives on the airfield next to the Airbus A 320
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© Leyla Dirim - the mayor Michael Müller takes a picture of the crew
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© Leyla Dirim - Nostalgia Bus with Berlin Bear Flag
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© Leyla Dirim - fully occupied nostalgia bus
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© Leyla Dirim - bus built in 1964
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© Leyla Dirim - Signboard the airport area
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© Leyla Dirim - Even our good old airport -we will miss you- reminds us of the name of the new central airport (part of the lettering from Tegel Airport)
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© Leyla Dirim - farewell Tegel Airport
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© Leyla Dirim - indeed, it was busy here again today
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© Leyla Dirim - last flight from Tegel Airport Air France Airbus A 320