Air Berlin (AB) has taken legal action against Berlin Brandenburg Airport operator Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (BER) for damages resulting from the airport’s delayed opening.
AB said it is sustaining considerable damage that cannot be fully quantified at this stage and estimated additional costs and other losses have already run into the tens of millions of euros.
The carrier said in a statement the airport operator failed to comply with the agreed-upon June 3 opening date and has since postponed the opening several times. The new opening date is planned for October 2013 (ATW Daily News, Sept. 9).
“We have decided to bring our claim for damages through the courts,” AB CEO Hartmut Mehdorn said in a statement. “Over the course of the last several months, we held many intensive discussions with the airport operator in which we strove to find a mutually acceptable solution. Unfortunately, no such agreement could be reached despite extensive efforts on the part of AB.” Mehdorn said legal action is now the only feasible route open to AB to safeguard its interests. “It is our duty both to the company and to its shareholders to prevent losses,” he said.
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