BERLIN - OCTOBER 30: The main hall at Tempelhof Airport stands illuminated for a reception with 800 guests inside on the night of its closure on October 30, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Several hundred people had arrived to protest the closing of the airport by city officials. Tempelhof is known for its crucial role during the Berlin Airlift, when Allied aircraft supplied the city with food, fuel and other essentials during the Soviet blockade in 1948. Getty Images logo Getty Images 40 months ago

BERLIN - OCTOBER 30: The main hall at Tempelhof Airport stands illuminated for a reception with 800 guests inside on the night of its closure on October 30, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Several hundred people had arrived to protest the closing of the airport by city officials. Tempelhof is known for its crucial role during the Berlin Airlift, when Allied aircraft supplied the city with food, fuel and other essentials during the Soviet blockade in 1948.

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