Any follow-up to that will always end up being "fucked up".
That stopped there though, did you ever fly from B or C? Tolerable enough if you're catching a commuter to Munich or something at 7am, but once it's filled with tourists it was appalling, far too small, far too crowded.
Living in the west of the city, I'm quite happy having the airport moved further away for noise reasons though :}
I mostly flew from C (cheap EU flights), sometimes from A and D (Asia, UK). I don't recall ever flying from B.
I agree that A gates was a sweet spot but even C was great. The airport optimised for getting you out of there ASAP, both for departures and arrivals.
I usually managed to get from the plane to my living room within 30 minutes (just with a carry-on, naturally).
BER was also a shitshow but the old airports badly needed replacement. I’ve flown through BER 3 times so far and all of them went fine and much more convenient than the old ones (with the exception of inner EU trips which I anyway prefer to do via train instead when possible).
You can’t possibly mean Tegel? I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world.
I used to literally avoid doing any business in Berlin because Tegel was so painful.
Tegel was always the quick and convenient one.
Food options seem to have gone downhill now that the ok airside restaurant only does burgers. I’ve had delightful meals there in the past, making delays more than bearable.
I always preferred going to TXL from ARN, felt like I was getting a flying bus to my destination, very close to the center so it was a matter of disembarking and getting to the center in 30 minutes or less. Flying to Schönefeld had the same atrocious facilities and another hour of a train ride to the city...
I don't believe you. No business owner is their right mind would believe that you avoided doing business anywhere based on airport opinions.
Like a traveling salesman maybe.
I've frequently used TXL and it was actually my favorite. However, I can see why at least some people hated it. While A-gates boardings were very fast (for which reason, I personally used to find it very convenient), they were also very crammed, which surely bothered a lot of people.
The experience of A<>C was very different. I didn't have a particular bad memory of C, but it didn't have services, which can be annoying when there's lots to wait.
It was also convenient for a two-legs connection (since one typically had to take a metro, then the bus), since the second leg (bus) was short. But again, some people may frown upon anything that is not directly connected like Heathrow.
It's true that Tegel was conveniently located and that boarding could be quite fast in terminal A. But if your flight got delayed after you were through security you would be stuck in a crammed space and your only opportunities for food would be overpriced Pretzels. And the whole thing was just outrageously ugly.
Well, you've met one (or actually, many) now. So you won't be able to use that line moving forward.
You mean which Berlin's airport? As Berlin-native for few years I used the Schönefeld numerous times... and the staff there was some mixture of rude primitive sadists. Behaving towards passengers as if they're taking revenge for something. I just want to fly out of here, you cunt.
Schönefeld is not in Berlin.
Too many too important entities invested in real estate on the Tempelhof's approach routes to keep it operating. Now the very area of Tempelhof is pure goldmine. Tegel is next.
> Schönefeld is not in Berlin.
Neither BER is in Berlin.
And I thought I had picked up the wrong person to check my papers that one time when we flew out from Schönefeld.
They've been saying that for a very, very long time
Actually the newer (low-cost) terminals worked better than the original one. No frills and less crowded.
The main terminal had an interesting design but it was slightly better than SXF (the one that had communist efficiency - take it as you will)