Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg: Summer flight plan 2017 Expansion of long-haul routes

/24.03.2017/ The 2017 summer flight plan from Berlin offers numerous new and attractive destinations. In total, 84 airlines connect Berlin and Brandenburg with 178 destinations in 57 countries. The summer flight plan takes effect from 26 March 2017.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Engelbert Lütke Daldrup, CEO Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH: “We’re happy to offer our passengers a diverse array of exciting international, European and German destinations this summer. With San Francisco, Los Angeles and Toronto three new long-haul routes are now being offered on the American continent. In addition, our range of destinations in Eastern Europe and Russia, as well as the flight plan from Schönefeld, has never been so broad.”

Berlin-Tegel: new destinations, higher frequency, better connections

The summer flight plan offers excellent worldwide connections from Tegel, with a total of 20 intercontinental routes, of which 13 are long-haul, 89 European destinations and nine domestic, as well as increased frequencies. Here are the new long-haul routes from Berlin-Tegel in summary:

airberlin significantly expands its range of long-haul routes to the USA. From 13 April 2017, the airline starts flying twice a day from Berlin-Tegel to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. Miami will be included for the first time in summer. In addition, the route will be expanded to include five flights a week from mid-April and then daily, except Mondays and Wednesdays. With Los Angeles and San Francisco the Berlin flight plan has two new nonstop destinations on the US West Coast. The red and white airplanes begin flying four times a week to San Francisco from 1 May 2017 (every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday). airberlin will also fly to Los Angeles three times a week from 2 May 2017, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Delta Air Lines returns to Berlin. The airline begins a daily nonstop service from Berlin to New York (JFK) on 26 May 2017. The flights are operated together with the joint venture partners Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Delta is initially operating the route seasonally until 5 September.

On 4 June, Toronto in Canada will be added to the list of nonstop destinations across the Atlantic. Air Canada rouge will fly from the city on the shores of Lake Ontario four times a week to Berlin. From 8 October, flights to Canada’s largest city will depart every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

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