Schönefeld airport to get new name for re-opening - Berlin

Berlin's Schönefeld airport is to get a new name when the current extension work is completed, although there is no certainty yet over what it should be.

The working title Berlin-Brandenburg International, or BBI, is not going to be retained, with politicians and project managers keen to have a more catchy, exciting name decided when it opens in autumn 2011.

A design agency has already been given the job to develop an image for the airport, which will be the third biggest in Germany, while the name Willy Brandt is among those being considered.

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I vote Einstein International.

I think it should be named Branderlin

I say save the time and money they are spending on this naming / design agency
en devour and just keep it Berlin-Brandenburg International. The name is already
associated with the new airport and has a name that is catch'y..

I think the name of a famous person is a good idea. Short , easy to remember, everyone knows them.
Maybe the name of a famous aviator ?
Richthofen International ? Immelmann International ?
Lilienthal would propably be too complex to speak out for many people. So he is out.

My suggestions:
Job Center Int'l or Harz IV Planes.
That would reflect the character of Berlin more.

Albert Einstein is my choice! Great man for great city!

In theory that could work but it's all relative. Would it also change from SXF to EMC?

Messerschmidt International?

In seriousness Willy Brandt would be up there. He started Ostpolitik (won a Nobel peace prize for it) so it's fitting that the airport, being as it is in a new bundesland should be named after him and of course he was mayor of a little town called (west) Berlin!

And it might be confusing because that's already the name from the other airport in Berlin, you know, Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal".

Tegel has the byname Otto Lilienthal ?
Never knew that !
@ murphaph
Its Messerschmitt not Messerschmidt ;-)

Thanks Celeon, +1 for you!

Sternberg Pfand International

Im only in for the name Willy Brandt if it also gets a Günther Guillaume terminal. :-D

Personally I think naming airports after important political/social figures belongs in the last century.This is a new airport in modern times.I would be inclined to stick with BBI or a variation of it (eg: Ber-Burg International,Berlin Europa International)for marketing simplicity.