B3. Air transportation development in Berlin and Eastern Europe
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Published:1991
R. F. Grosch, Dipl.Ing, 1991. "B3. Air transportation development in Berlin and Eastern Europe", Airports and automation: Proceedings of the 9th World Airports Conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 10-12 September 1991
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The political events in East-Germany and Eastern Europe of 1989/90 will lead into essential changes of the economical structure. The governments of some communist countries support a liberalized industry. The access to the markets of the East is now open. The East-European demand for consumer products, knowledge and experience is giant. With infrastructure in poor condition, the only fast expandable mean of transport from the West is air traffic in conjunction with an efficient regional air route network.
1. The fall of the wall on November 9th,
1989, changed Berlin, Germany, Europe and to a certain degree the world. The Iron Curtain, a frontier of concrete walls, barbed wire fences, mines, aggressive dogs and automatic guns, broke down. For the population in the East and West absolutely unexpected, the German Democratic Republic tried to rescue itself by opening the wall. This was the end of the GDR: The reunification of the two parts of Germany became official on October 3rd, 1990, less than a year after the dramatic events.
