Berlin RBB televison featured a Ryanair story on its news last evening.
Ryanair are basing five Boeings at the airport. The company are also developing a new arrival/departure area for passengers.
There is an irony to the story as Schönefeld should have closed its doors by now.
The new Berlin - Brandenburg Airport was by this stage to be up and running but because of design errors, scandals and price over-runs the airport is not yet operational, which means the old run-down, passenger unfriendly Schönefeld thrives.
Schönefeld was the central airport in the former GDR capital. It was from here the SED functionaries flew to Moscow. And it was into this airport that Mikhail Gorbachev flew on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the former GDR.
Interflug and Aeroflot Tupelovs have been replaced by Ryanair Boeings.
Funny old world.
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Just before i opened your website this morning to find your latest article about Ryanair, i read on another website that Michael O'Leary (chief executive officer of Ryanair) will be in the 'Bilderberg' committee from now on.
'Bilderberg' is the shadow government where all the important decisions are made before it gets handed over to the political theater.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmA4S6rCXRU
About Bilderberg
Bilderberg website.
Founded in 1954, Bilderberg is an annual conference designed to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.
Every year, between 120-150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. About two thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from North America; one third from politics and government and the rest from other fields.
The conference is a forum for informal discussions about megatrends and major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed.
Thanks to the private nature of the conference, the participants are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions. As such, they can take time to listen, reflect and gather insights.
There is no detailed agenda, no resolutions are proposed, no votes are taken, and no policy statements are issued.
It's so private that the tax payer has to pay for it:
The 2012 conference, held just outside Washington, DC, took place over the June Bank Holiday weekend – requiring Michael Noonan to leave Ireland on the day that polling was taking place on the crucial Irish referendum on the eurozone’s Fiscal Compact treaty.
The minister’s attendance cost a total of €4,366 – about three-quarters of which was his air fare, with a hotel bill for $1,161 (the Marriott Westfields hotel charged Bilderberg attendees $355 a night, plus taxes, for their rooms) and €261 in other miscellaneous expenses.
Asked about Noonan’s attendance in June, a spokesman for the Department of Finance said the conference provided “an excellent opportunity to sell Ireland on the world stage”.
“The Minister is working to promote a positive image of Ireland and to attract jobs and investment into Ireland,” he added. ‘All discussions are therefore private’
http://www.thejournal.ie/bilderberg-2012-agenda-conference-michael-noonan-557543-Aug2012/
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