is about an airport operator . for the airport itself see berlin brandenburg airport . flughafen berlin brandenburg gmbh type gmbh industry transport founded 1991 1991 headquarters berlin brandenburg airport sch nefeld germany key people hartmut mehdorn ceo matthias platzeck chairman of the supervisory board services airport operation revenue eur 263.2 million 1 number of employees 1 436 1 website berlin airport.de flughafen berlin brandenburg gmbh commonly abbreviated fbb is a german airport operator . currently it operates berlin tegel airport and berlin sch nefeld airport and is the building owner and future operator of berlin brandenburg airport . fbb is owned by the german states of berlin and brandenburg 37 percent each with the remaining shares being held by the federal republic of germany represented by the ministries of transport and finance . history edit when plans for a new berlin airport were made following the german reunification berlin brandenburg flughafen holding gmbh bbf was founded on 2 may 1991 . 2 in a privatization attempt hochtief was considered a suitable future owner and operator of the proposed airport so that in 1998 negotiations commenced about the conditions under which hochtief would acquire bbf . 3 in 2003 it was decided to have the airport come under public ownership instead . 4 bbf was renamed berlin brandenburg flughafen gmbh fbb and serves as owner of the new airport since construction started in 2006 . due to the construction and opening delays at the new airport rainer schwarz the ceo of fbb was dismissed from his post on 16 january 2013 . 5 he was succeeded by hartmut mehdorn the previous ceo of air berlin who took the office on 8 march 2013 . 6 klaus wowereit the berlin mayor who had served as chairman of the fbb supervisory board since 2001 also stepped down from his post and was subsequently replaced by matthias platzeck the minister president of brandenburg . references edit a b fbb annual report 2011 in german der tagesspiegel die akte sch nefeld 1989 bis 1996 . published online on 2 december 2011 in german . die welt hochtief baut in sch nefeld . published online on 19 september 1998 in german . frankfurter allgemeine zeitung privatisierung von hauptstadt flughafen gescheitert . published online on 22 may 2003 in german . yahoo news berlin airport ceo fired after delays to opening . published online on 16 january 2013 spiegel online ber berraschung mehdorn wird chef des berliner flughafens . published on 8 march 2013 in german . external links edit official website authority control worldcat identities viaf 151512679 gnd 1023816938 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flughafen berlin brandenburg gmbh & oldid 702586177 categories airport operatorstransport companies of germanycompanies established in 19911991 establishments in germanycompanies based in brandenburggovernment owned transport companiesstate owned companies of germanyhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 31 january 2016 at 14 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view