The opening of Berlin's long-awaited new airport has been put back from June probably until March next year, because its fire safety system is not ready.
The delay is seen as a major embarrassment as the project has been beset with postponements and mishaps.
Berlin Brandenburg airport cost 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.1bn) to build. Airlines have been selling flight tickets from the airport for months.
Its technical director, Manfred Koertgen, has now been fired.
"In our view, he had problems recognising things in good time," Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said.
When it eventually opens - and the latest opening date is set for 17 March 2013 - the new airport will take over from the capital's ageing Tegel and Schoenefeld airports which date back to the Cold War.
Berlin Brandenburg, also known as Willy Brandt airport after the late West German chancellor, will eventually handle up to 27 million passengers a year, fewer than Frankfurt and Munich
The delay is seen as a major embarrassment as the project has been beset with postponements and mishaps.
Berlin Brandenburg airport cost 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.1bn) to build. Airlines have been selling flight tickets from the airport for months.
Its technical director, Manfred Koertgen, has now been fired.
"In our view, he had problems recognising things in good time," Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said.
When it eventually opens - and the latest opening date is set for 17 March 2013 - the new airport will take over from the capital's ageing Tegel and Schoenefeld airports which date back to the Cold War.
Berlin Brandenburg, also known as Willy Brandt airport after the late West German chancellor, will eventually handle up to 27 million passengers a year, fewer than Frankfurt and Munich
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