Berlin’s downtown airport gathers support
Defenders of Berlin Tempelhof airport, which is scheduled to close in October, report some progress in their bid to keep it open.

Defenders of Berlin Tempelhof airport, which is scheduled to close in October, report some progress in their bid to keep it open. As of early last month, more than half of the required votes had been gathered, and two sponsors are facilitating logistics to ensure that there are enough votes to force a public referendum.

“As of December 5, we had 102,000 of the required 170,000 votes in favor of keeping Tempelhof open,” Bernd Gans, president of the German business aviation association, told AIN. The vote opened in mid-October and the deadline is February 15.

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