Why then the local government of Brandenburg did so much to destroy all possible alternative airfields in the entire region? 10 years ago Ryanair and other lcc's were eager to settle in Neuhardenberg and/or Eberswalde-Finow, that was just torpedoed. By now these airports could have been striving the same way as Luton or Stansted in the UK are doing, reducing the need to concentrate everything in one place. Delusions of grandeur or alike?