U.S., Oct. 22 -- BER, the new airport for Berlin, Germany may have a lonely opening. After waiting for years the opening on October 30 was big deal with invited guests and widespread coverage

Now Corona is threatening the start of the BER airport. Due to the sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, the large airport opening gala of the Schonefeld trade association was canceled on Monday.

The Schonefeld trade association wanted to celebrate the BER opening on October 30th with 750 guests, some of whom were very prominent. In a 7000 square meter exhibition hall at the airport.

Airport boss Engelbert Lutke Daldrup (63) was supposed to give the welcome speech. Schonefeld counted 29 new corona cases within a week. With 17,000 in...