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| | CNN.com - Berlin air hub cleared for takeoff - Mar 17, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Germany's capital will have a major international air hub, after a federal court cleared the way for plans to expand the former East Berlin airport following nearly a decade of resistance from citizens. |
 | | Germany's second-largest carrier, Air Berlin, which currently has some flights in an out of Schoenefeld, criticized the night flight restrictions for seriously limiting business travel and freight flights, which normally arrive after passenger hours. |
 | | Some 4,000 residents of Berlin and its surrounding state of Brandenburg, where Schoenefeld airport is located, had filed a series of legal suits in an attempt to block the expansion, which they maintain will cause environmental problems. |
| www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/europe/03/17/berlin.airport.ap (419 words) |
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