Btw. The referendum was a gimmic. If I understand it correctly it was triggered by one of those “get a 1000 signatures get a referendum” things. And it was held in Berlin. The airport isnt majority owned by the Berlin state so even if they wanted to act on it they couldn’t.
It’s a bit of an embarrassment to be honest. I reckon it’s at least one more German World Cup victory away from opening.
Whilst on the subject of airports. The Heathrow 3rd runway proposal was approved in 2009. How’s this progressing?