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Despite no longer being in operation, Tempelhof Airport is costing the German government over fourteen million euro a year. It looks like being a long term problem according to the state-owned real estate company currently in charge of the airport.

When the airport was in use it was losing ten million euro a year. The German public is baffled as to how it could actually be losing more money now. According to Sven Lemiss, the head of Berliner Immobilienmanagement (BIM) much of the bill is due to the cleaning firm BSR. Now that Tempelhof is considered a normal property, it is responsible for the cleaning costs of the surrounding public roads.

Lemiss says that this bill runs into a seven figure sum. He wants Tempelhof to be considered a special property so it will not incur the cleaning costs. The government is now fully responsible for all Tempelhof costs which were previously taken care of by the airport operator.

Babelsberg Film Studios have shown an interest in using the airport. They have plans to turn Tempelhof into a film studio. An area in the heart of Berlin is a very appealing proposition for the expanding company.

The Senate in Berlin is currently running a competition looking for ideas on what the airport could be used for.