Historic Berlin airport to close
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Tempelhof Airport, Berlin’s lifeline during the Soviet blockade of the 1940s, was cleared for closure next year when a court threw out legal challenges.
Tempelhof, a 10-minute drive from the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin, is to close Oct. 31, 2008. There is no right of appeal.
Allied planes, carrying lifesaving loads of food and coal, landed there every few minutes in 1948 and 1949. Now the airport handles private jets and some domestic commuter flights.
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